Best mp3 player for running?

Eklektik said:

I've been using a 128MB for the last couple years, but I desperately

need

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something with a LOT more memory. I hear all the flap about the ipod

and

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see the people dancing in their commercials, but realistically, can

you run

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wearing this or any other "hard drive" mp3 player? I'm not plugged

into

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what's on the horizon either, so are there any models coming out this

year

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that should make me wait?

Thanks for any advice.

This has been covered many times here. I used to use a Nike PSA but it
broke. I now have a Sony NW-E99 Network Walkman with 1Gb which is all
I need. To be honest, you don't need more than 256Mb if you only use
the player for running because a) you don't need to rip at >96kbs
because the sound quality will be compromised by external sounds such
as your breathing etc., so therefore b) you should be able to get at
least 4 hours music on. You don't customarily run for more than 4
hours at a stretch, do you?

Don't bother with the iPod - nice machine though it is, it's useless
for running.

Just my 0.02p

Edward
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Were toiling upward in the night
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I'm not running for more than 4 hours at a time (usually) but I do
marathon/ultra train so I run quite a bit. I'd like something that I won't
have to refill every few weeks. I use WMA to conserve space as well.

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Eklektik said:

I've been using a 128MB for the last couple years, but I desperately

need

Quoted message said:

something with a LOT more memory. I hear all the flap about the ipod

and

Quoted message said:

see the people dancing in their commercials, but realistically, can

you run

Quoted message said:

wearing this or any other "hard drive" mp3 player? I'm not plugged

into

Quoted message said:

what's on the horizon either, so are there any models coming out this

year

Quoted message said:

that should make me wait?

Thanks for any advice.

This has been covered many times here. I used to use a Nike PSA but it
broke. I now have a Sony NW-E99 Network Walkman with 1Gb which is all
I need. To be honest, you don't need more than 256Mb if you only use
the player for running because a) you don't need to rip at >96kbs
because the sound quality will be compromised by external sounds such
as your breathing etc., so therefore b) you should be able to get at
least 4 hours music on. You don't customarily run for more than 4
hours at a stretch, do you?

Don't bother with the iPod - nice machine though it is, it's useless
for running.

Just my 0.02p

Edward
--
The reading group's reading group:
http://www.bookgroup.org.uk

--
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a
habit - Aristotle

Those heights by great men reached and kept
Were not obtained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night
- Longfellow

Eklektik said:

I've been using a 128MB for the last couple years, but I desperately need
something with a LOT more memory. I hear all the flap about the ipod and
see the people dancing in their commercials, but realistically, can you run
wearing this or any other "hard drive" mp3 player?

This has been covered a zillion times. I bet a search of "mp3" would
get you most of the discussion threads. However, my impression from
many of the discussions is that some people find the iPod fine for
running, others say that it just doesn't do well when it has to load new
music into its memory cache every 20 minutes from the hard drive. Why
some people do fine and others don't is beyond me.

I like my Rio Cali. Sports design, water resistant, FM radio as well as
mp3 player, stopwatch for people who care how fast they're running. Has
an expansion slot for an SD memory card, so you can pop a 512 mb or 1 gb
card in and load hundreds of songs for 15, 20, 30 hours of music. For
more capacity than that, you need a hard drive player. Read the posts
to get the feel for the conflicting opinions about hard drive players
and running.

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I'm not plugged into
what's on the horizon either, so are there any models coming out this year
that should make me wait?

In my opinion, never wait for the new model. There's always something
bigger, newer, flashier on the horizon. You might never stop waiting.
If you want music to run with, buy now, not in the future. In fact, I
kinda go the opposite direction. I don't try to buy what's imminent in
the future, I try to buy what has recently slipped into the past. Last
year's model of anything (bicycle, laptop, digital camera, etc.) is
always a heck of a lot cheaper and usually just as functional as
whatever you can buy from this year's line. Hmmmm, let's see. Bought
my Toyota Camry a few years used, bought my Apple iBook used one season
old, bought the lower-spec Rio Cali 128, bought a refurb Tungsten T3,
bought a refurb Dell subnotebook for an absurd amount off (my buddy
bought his 2 months earlier at $3300, I bought mine for $1100), bought
my Canon A40 and G2 digital cameras when the G3 and A50 and A60 were
already out, and so forth!

-- Josh

I was worried about the IPod being a HD based player and not being good
for running also. It works great, however you absolutely MUST have the
thing in an armband type pouch! On your waist it bounces around way too
much and will skip. My bud has one too and he was complaining about
skipping, so I told him to get an armband and his has never skipped
since. IMO, I agree you don't need that capacity for running, but it is
really nice to have 300+ albums to choose from without having to reload
the player.

I recommend the Xtrememac sportwrap pouch. Its worked great for me.

Eklektik said:

I've been using a 128MB for the last couple years, but I desperately

need

Quoted message said:

something with a LOT more memory. I hear all the flap about the ipod

and

Quoted message said:

see the people dancing in their commercials, but realistically, can

you run

Quoted message said:

wearing this or any other "hard drive" mp3 player? I'm not plugged

into

Quoted message said:

what's on the horizon either, so are there any models coming out this

year

Quoted message said:

that should make me wait?

Thanks for any advice.

Check out www.sonicblue.com for their Rio Sport models.

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Quoted message said:

I've been using a 128MB for the last couple years, but I desperately need
something with a LOT more memory. I hear all the flap about the ipod and
see the people dancing in their commercials, but realistically, can you

run

Quoted message said:

wearing this or any other "hard drive" mp3 player? I'm not plugged into
what's on the horizon either, so are there any models coming out this year
that should make me wait?

Thanks for any advice.

The new IPod Shuffle weighs 3/4 ounce- the weight of two quarter coins.

The larger model holds 16 hours of music
for $149, PC/Mac software included. It is solid state, so wont skip.
The Shuffle does some kinds of mp3, but the other iPods dont.
My complaint is that it so light it is hard to tell it is still there
(if its off).
They come with a necklace holder. I'd like something I could securely
fasten to a baseball cap and hang the phones from it.

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Don't bother with the iPod - nice machine though it is, it's useless
for running.

FWIW - I run with an iPod nearly every day w/o issue. I use a Marware
armband thing.
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rick++ said:

The new IPod Shuffle weighs 3/4 ounce- the weight of two quarter

coins.

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The larger model holds 16 hours of music
for $149, PC/Mac software included. It is solid state, so wont skip.
The Shuffle does some kinds of mp3, but the other iPods dont.
My complaint is that it so light it is hard to tell it is still there
(if its off).
They come with a necklace holder. I'd like something I could

securely

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fasten to a baseball cap and hang the phones from it.

I've got one of these. They are great for running. I wear in my short's
back pockets.

The price is low because it doesn't have a screen, but you wouldn't use
the screen while you run anyway.

I think it seriously depends on the runner. I've never been able to get my
iPod to keep playing for more than about 20 minutes into a run. It always
shuts down. I know other runners who get along just fine. I figure I must
have something in my motion that jars it more.

I recently switched to a shuffle, and it's awesome. So light that you could
carry it in your hand if you had to. But I find it fits perfectly in the
upper-arm pockets of my New Balance fleece tops.

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Don't bother with the iPod - nice machine though it is, it's useless
for running.

FWIW - I run with an iPod nearly every day w/o issue. I use a Marware
armband thing.

I wouldn't use an i-Pod if you gave me a case of them.

I use a i-River...much more stable and aligned horizontally...so it fits
perfectly around you arm (using the arm strap that came with it).

The i-Pod controls are way too difficult to use during running. I gave mine
away and bought an i-River.

"Steve" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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: I wouldn't use an i-Pod if you gave me a case of them.
:
: I use a i-River...much more stable and aligned horizontally...so it fits
: perfectly around you arm (using the arm strap that came with it).
:
: The i-Pod controls are way too difficult to use during running. I gave
mine
: away and bought an i-River.
:

I second that motion- I LOVE my i-river. The news ones have like 42 hours
on a single battery.

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I wouldn't use an i-Pod if you gave me a case of them.

I use a i-River...much more stable and aligned horizontally...so it fits
perfectly around you arm (using the arm strap that came with it).

The i-Pod controls are way too difficult to use during running. I gave
mine
away and bought an i-River.

What Ipod and what iRiver are you comparing?
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