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Repost of my pcbg.co.za thread:
I really like music... but I hate the sound quality & limited disk space of many of our locally available portable music players.
I've had an 160 iPod video for a long time now, flashed to to Rockbox [better control, able to play .flac files, etc.], but it's big and clumsy. So I was looking for something small & light, but with good storage space & Rockbox-able.
The solution was the 4GB SanDisk Sansa Clip+
Not only is it small, and has a microSD slot [works with my 64GB SandDisk microSDXC card perfectly], it also offered great sound quality even with it's normal/native firmware. With Rockbox on it now, it's even better.
The cost of a 16Gb iPod Nano is ~R.1,799.oo, which is pretty expensive considering the limited storage & lack of supported playback formats. Sure, one could use Rockbox on it [currently unstable tho], but price & storage limitation are still issues.
For less than the price of the Nano, one can get a 4GB Sansa Clip+, WITH 64GB of additional storeage, AND a good set of earphones:
Tho I'm using a pair of Audio Technica ATH-CKS55 earphones with mine, I have a pair of Soundmagic E10's [got a pair for myself when I replaced my kid bro's Sennheiser CX 300-II Precision earphones], they are pretty awesome for their price and sound great with the Rockboxed Sansa Clip+
I really like music... but I hate the sound quality & limited disk space of many of our locally available portable music players.
I've had an 160 iPod video for a long time now, flashed to to Rockbox [better control, able to play .flac files, etc.], but it's big and clumsy. So I was looking for something small & light, but with good storage space & Rockbox-able.
The solution was the 4GB SanDisk Sansa Clip+
Not only is it small, and has a microSD slot [works with my 64GB SandDisk microSDXC card perfectly], it also offered great sound quality even with it's normal/native firmware. With Rockbox on it now, it's even better.
The cost of a 16Gb iPod Nano is ~R.1,799.oo, which is pretty expensive considering the limited storage & lack of supported playback formats. Sure, one could use Rockbox on it [currently unstable tho], but price & storage limitation are still issues.
For less than the price of the Nano, one can get a 4GB Sansa Clip+, WITH 64GB of additional storeage, AND a good set of earphones:
- 4GB Sansa Clip+ for either R.526.oo @ TakeALot.com or R.492.00 @ loot.co.za [ Rockbox installation instructions here: http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaAMS ]
- 64Gb additional Storage: 64GB, Class 10, Kingstone microSDXC from either Sybaritic @ R.681.oo or comx-computers.co.za @ R.675.oo [ may need to wait for stock or back-order them ]
- Earphones: Pick up a pair of Soundmagic E10 in-ear earphones from Switch Electronics [0861 114 628 | [email protected] ] @ R.399.oo [+ ~R.39.oo shipping] or mp4nation.net @ $34.50 [ free, but long shipping tho ]
Tho I'm using a pair of Audio Technica ATH-CKS55 earphones with mine, I have a pair of Soundmagic E10's [got a pair for myself when I replaced my kid bro's Sennheiser CX 300-II Precision earphones], they are pretty awesome for their price and sound great with the Rockboxed Sansa Clip+
