[Gskdmidd]

date a singer.

[Serereids]

I have an iAudio X5, but only because I can't use a player that doesn't have a joystick.
Try Zune HD. I think it has monthly subscription to unlimited music.

[cajonnmu]

No iPods, nothing by Sony. Both have annoying DRM BS to deal with. Beyond that...we have an extremely cheap SanDisk that's a couple of years old, and it serves us well as a car "radio."

[movlabc]

What's more important to you?

- Portability or song capacity?
- Do you only want to listen to music or do you want also to play games, watch movies, surf the net, etc.?

As for the music itself, you either have to rip the music you already own, or buy music on an online music store. There's also a radio on some models.

[Pelefaifs]

Yeah, pretty much every smartphone out there has music storage and delivery, which is one less device to carry around. Don't shy away from Apple; they stopped the DRM thing awhile back, as Nostromo noted.

My guess is that you want to listen to music you already own, in which case most anything will let you rip from your CD collection.

Portable listening is a compromise in terms of sound quality, especially if you're using cheap buds or earphones. It will sound fine, but don't expect an audiophile experience.

[Arr34ston]

If you already have ripped music converted to MP3 on your PC, it's just a matter of copying over to whatever you get. I have a Sansa and like it fine.

[thakitt]

What's more important to you?

- Portability or song capacity?
- Do you only want to listen to music or do you want also to play games, watch movies, surf the net, etc.?

As for the music itself, you either have to rip the music you already own, or buy music on an online music store. There's also a radio on some models.

Yeah, pretty much every smartphone out there has music storage and delivery, which is one less device to carry around. Don't shy away from Apple; they stopped the DRM thing awhile back, as Nostromo noted.

My guess is that you want to listen to music you already own, in which case most anything will let you rip from your CD collection.

Portable listening is a compromise in terms of sound quality, especially if you're using cheap buds or earphones. It will sound fine, but don't expect an audiophile experience.

Portability and quality, limited of course by the headphones. I got nice ones (Sennheiser) but they'd only be good for walking. The golf course would probably require those tiny low quality ear phones.

[Ikhqgvas]

they're $170-240 (capacity diff)

I wonder if I can buy a subscription from Best Buy for a month to DL songs I like and add from my own extensive CD collection. I havent done MP transfers so I'd have to figure that out. ugh, but I have burned CDs so it shouldnt be tough

[dodadaxia]

you lost me at file

You're talking about the Zune HD? Oh, you mean the file from my burner software? Or does Zune come with software for the computer to facilitate transfers? I'm painfully ignorant about this stuff