What MP3 Player(s) Do You Own?

I've been looking around for iPod alternatives and was wondering what kind of MP3 players all of you own. I don't really want another iPod especially after all the shit that's been going on with Foxconn in China. I just need a portable audio device that doesn't break during exercises.

I own a Zune HD 32 gigabyte. Had it for 3 years now I think and it hasn't had a problem.

Unfortunately, it is next to impossible to find a decent mp3 player of considerable storage capacity that is not iPod. I like Zune a lot (I have 3) but their infrastructure (Zune marketplace) is more and more geared to the Windows phone and they recently stopped the great deal of $15/month with 10 free music downloads. I've heard Cowon makes a decent player, too, with a fair amount of storage. For more ideas, I found this site recently: http://anythingbutipod.com/

Good luck!

I have been waiting for my iPod classic to die for 4 years now, and it just won't happen. We got my brother an Archos internet tablet for the christmas before last, but I don't think that most people are willing to use anything that bulky for media.

Unfortunately large capacity dedicated media devices seem to be very hard to find these days.

I use a PSP: D: I don't know why.

Get another iPod because pretending you care about what happens with Foxconn employees impresses nobody but yourself.

I've had the same 120 GB iPod classic for over three years, and I love the damn thing to death. Never had any problems with it. And I use it to exercise with 6 times a week.

Only thing I have is a 3rd generation, 8 GB iPod Nano that I received 4-5 years ago. Still does what I need it to, so I haven't bothered replacing it although it's getting a bit worn out.

just the 1st gen 2GB ipod nano which I got for free when I bought a Macbook Pro. :p it's been the only mp3 I've had eversince.

@BraveToaster said:

I've been looking around for iPod alternatives and was wondering what kind of MP3 players all of you own. I don't really want another iPod, especially after all the shit that's been going on with Foxconn in China. I just need a portable audio device that doesn't break during exercises.

I hate to break this to you, but no matter what MP3 player you get, it will be from an asian sweatshop. Hell, everything is from sweatshops now/

Hmmm.... I've got a PSPgo. That counts, right?

I used to part of the Zune HD master race, but it sadly broke when a couch fell on it. Now I have an iPod touch.

I still have an old 4GB Nano from the third generation, I think, but I mainly use my iPod Touch when I want to listen to my amassed collection of music (which is admittedly piddly). Most of the time, I just use Pandora to mix things up or Youtube if I have something specific in mind.

Zune.

160 GB IPod Classic Video (5th Gen). I have over 10,000 songs on it and it still has over half the space left - I love it.

Samsung Galaxy Player. Android OS and the memory is expandable with a microSD slot. Been using it for about 3 weeks now and I am loving it.

I have a 6 year old 160gb ipod classic. I love the size and that I don't have to make decisions about what I have on there, since I can have everything. I've had to replace the headphone jack 3 or 4 times though, and it makes me wonder what I'm going to do when the thing decides to stop working all together.

1 of: iPod Classic, 6th Gen, 120GB

1 of: Zune, 2nd Gen, 80GB

4 of: SanDisc Sansa E280 V2, 8G - These are not only discontinued, but very hard to find, and worth any effort to find.

I use my Zune at home, because it's a beautiful piece of hardware. The iPod leaves the house because I really don't care what happens to it. The Sansas are for running, gym, and yardwork.

The problems I've had syncing with iTunes are completely equal to the problems I've had syncing with the Zune software. Each one does its best to be a headache. The Sansas work with ANYTHING. A Sansa E200 series running Rockbox is unbeatable. I'm still praying for a Rockbox port to the iPod Classic; I found out after buying it that Apple went mad with the security on the Classic and it's as of yet unported.

If you have a lot of music, I'd get a Zune Classic or one of SanDisc's models. If 8 gigs is enough, get an E280 or a Sansa Fuze 1st gen.

The iPod has good hardware running pretty awful firmware. Which is odd, considering that the hardware is made by these guys while the software is made by these guys.

@dbol said:

Get another iPod because pretending you care about what happens with Foxconn employees impresses nobody but yourself.

And just ignore this guy.

2 iPod shuffles I never use. One original model and one of the little squares. 
 
1 iPod Nano 2nd Gen which I use for all of my stereos in my house and in my car. 
 
The Peace Walker special edition Walkman, which is actually really good for working out or doing any work since it stays on your head, ugly though.

@dbol said:

Get another iPod because pretending you care about what happens with Foxconn employees impresses nobody but yourself.

Damn. You're not impressed? I guess I need to delete that part, then.

:(

One of the cheaper sony walkman mp3 players with some monitor-quality earphones. The sound quality is very good.

GOT A MOTHERFUCKING ZUNE HD 64GB BABY

@mlarrabee: Okay, I was actually looking at the Sansa Clip on Amazon. Are you familiar with the durability of this model?

iPod classic, 80 gigs. A few crappy pixels on the video, otherwise it's been great. I had a Sandisk first, it didn't last too long.

iPhone is all I need.

@BraveToaster: One of my siblings owns the 1st gen model. I've looked at it a bit, and hardware-wise it seems to be just as good as the E200s.

The actual clip itself is sturdy, and large enough to securely attach to pretty much anything.

The button placement and "feel" seem great, although I haven't played with it for more than five minutes. The placement looks to have changed a good deal between generations.

It's very small, about the size of a Tic-Tac dispenser. That causes the screen size to be a problem for some, though, again, that seems to be largely fixed on the newer model which is a bit larger, I think.

The MicroSD slot lets you hold plenty of music. I bought a couple of these for the owner, effectively tripling the capacity. Twenty-four gigs is very respectable for a player you can forget is in your pocket, especially for a total of sixty bucks. I haven't been able to convince her to use Rockbox, but I'd love to see how it improves the experience.

So while I can't speak for that generation, I've been VERY impressed with all of SanDisc's Sansa line. And looking at the reviews, I'd say the users are, too.

The best aspect of these little SanDisc players is how user-open they are. I've been very experimental with my E280s, and have completely broken them by any standards several times. Not just bricked. We're talking formatting recovery partitions; stuff you shouldn't be able to recover from. But a firmware web search, some work with a Linux Live CD, and half an hour, and those things are as good as new. I once both ruined and fixed one in a single Starbucks trip. You CAN'T kill these things.

Oh, one side note. A lot of users complain (legitimately) about Sansas' inability to play while charging. Rockbox firmware allows charge-and-play.

Also, there are no OEM accessories, but I've been using some brand X wall charger for 6 years now with excellent results.

I use my phone with a 32gb sd card. It's android, and with poweramp it's a pretty good music player.

Go retro and carry a boombox on your shoulder!

@mlarrabee: Thanks for the reply. I noticed that one of the reviews mentioned that newer models don't allow you to save playlists on the expandable memory. This ends up forcing users to manually sift through their songs to find a song on the memory card. That doesn't seem like too big of a problem for me, since I doubt that I'm going to be putting more than 4 gigs of music the device. I just went ahead and bought the Clip Zip. I'll have to check out RockBox too.

i have a sana view 8gig. it's pretty good. lately, it's been acting funny, like it randomly turns off, and today the music stopped and screen froze.

Zune HD 64 GB, had a Zune 8 and Zune 80 both broke (my fault), and my local Walmart still actually has a Zune 120 on its self for like $200 (id like to have all my music in 320 again)

I have an iPhone 4 ( didn't even bother putting music on it. though iCloud later i guess technically changed that) and have owned iPod Touches before as well. Personally I've always preferred using my Zunes for media. It's amazing to me how superior syncing and managing Zunes and WP 7 devices (except for ringtones, make that separate please Microsoft, not as a genre) are then syncing apple devices with iTunes. Podcasts alone would keep me on zune, I mourn the day my last zune dies. Hopefully by then there's another "pmp" device I'll wanna use.

But if you don't want an iPod product based on the Foxconn stuff then have fun by any product let alone electronic devices.

I've been looking around for iPod alternatives and was wondering what kind of MP3 players all of you own. I don't really want another iPod especially after all the shit that's been going on with Foxconn in China. I just need a portable audio device that doesn't break during exercises.

I've bought 3 iPods since 2003(2nd Gen 13GB, 80GB Classic, 4th gen touch) and every single one, except the touch obviously, has died of harddrive failure.

I don't know why I keep buying these things...

64 GB Sony NW-A847. Sounds good for a portable device. I've been sticking with Sony since the old tape walkmans and I have always been happy with their performances.

Before my ipod nano 8GB 3rd generation and current generation ipod touch 32GB, I had a Creative Muvo 1GB. Its sound quality was okay, it was really easy to load songs on it (drag and drop), and the AA battery lasted for days. That was years ago though and I assume that if Creative is still around, their mp3 players are worlds better.

I have a 3rd gen Ipod and a 5th gen Ipod Video. No problems with the 5th gen to speak of and I've had it for 3 years. The 3rd gen has trouble holding a charge which is why I just use it playing in a stereo cradle.

HTC Wildfire S.

my ipod classic is about 6 years old now and i've not had a single problem with it, great chunk of tech

@OllyOxenFree said:

Samsung Galaxy Player. Android OS and the memory is expandable with a microSD slot. Been using it for about 3 weeks now and I am loving it.

Can I put power amp on it?

While I have an iphone, I really don't understand why someone would want to use their phone as an mp3 player since they'll be left unable to make calls when the battery runs out. Apple certainly doesn't help with their woeful battery life.

As for the mp3 players I do have, I have a 32GB Sony NWZ-X1060 Walkman, a 1GB Sony NW-S203F Walkman and a 16gb Iphone 4. I used to have a 60GB ipod classic but the HDD screwed up.

Personally, I find that the Sony Walkmans are fantastic alternatives to the apple ipods and iphones, with the added benefit of being a dedicated device so you don't have to worry about being unable to make calls once the battery runs dry.

iPod Nano, but I haven't used it since Amazon CloudDrive / Google Music have made MP3 players worthless.

i started with a diamond rio and then moved on to a sony NWE-3.

but since i owned my first (the first) ipod i've always owned them. im not apple fanboy i just always found them the best. i worked in a store which sold MP3 players so i could always try before i bought and always went for an ipod.

sound quality wise in my experience the a good set of headphone has far more baring on this then different model and manufactures.

i just use my iphone now though with a good set of sennheiser headphones

I rarely listen to music when not in my car or on my laptop, so I guess if I did, it would be on my iPhone.

@OllyOxenFree said:

Samsung Galaxy Player. Android OS and the memory is expandable with a microSD slot. Been using it for about 3 weeks now and I am loving it.

Can I put power amp on it?

Still got my black 80 GB iPod Video around somewhere, every couple months I'll sync it up just to have all of my music on something in case anything happens to the files.

Before I had an iPod, I had a Rio...something or other. Solid MP3 player.

@OllyOxenFree: Sold.

I just use my phone now. I bought the first generation Zune when it first came out (watching widescreen movies on that screen during finals was bangin') but I sold that a couple years ago.

samsung galaxy nexus

I have a Zune HD currently (an old 120 lying around too)...the Zune HD is awesome

I actually don't own any kind of MP3 player and I never did own one, which kinda weirds me out now since I never thought about it before.