Do you happen to be in the market for a new MP3 player, but want to stray very, very far away from the iPod pack? You'll be surprised by the number of options out there - and while we're pretty sure it's impossible to find two people on the planet who can completely agree on the "perfect" MP3 player, you can at least walk away with a few smart buying tips from the wonderful little roundup done by the team at AnythingButiPod.com. We've went ahead and summed what we thought were the most important takeaway points from the article, so click on through to get your fix.
How To: Pick An Mp3 Player That's Not An iPod
Sound quality: If you're looking for better sound quality from any of the MP3 players pictured above, you won't be finding it from reviews. For better quality, simply grab a nice pair of headphones. We've done a number of roundups on Unplggd, so take your pick.
Other important things to pay attention to when picking your non-iPod portable music player are: video capabilities (if you care for that sort of thing), radio support (always nice to have), the speed of your music browser (some MP3 players have unbearably slow navigation that detracts from the positive user experience), file type support (some players don't support Ogg, WMA, AAC), but most of all - the price. Always have a set budget, just as if you were planning on buying an expensive piece of furniture.
For the full details and buying tips, check out the article over here. Or better yet, do you have some tips or a favorite non-iPod iTunes touting MP3 player to share? Let us know below!
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With all due respect to the ABiP people, I have to provide a bit of a counter opinion.
The most important part of any musical system is the quality of the source material. It's a Garbage in, Garbage out problem. The best headphones in the world cannot make a 128Bit MP3 sound any better than it does.
If the most important decision is audio quality, make sure you buy an MP3 player that can support a lossless codec like FLAC
and always rip your CD's in that format.
After you've done that, then invest in a great set of can's (headphones you perverts).
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While you definitely won't notice a difference if both your headphones and bitrate are crap, there IS a disparity in audio output quality between MP3 players since the audio processor and physical configuration of the hardware inside (current from components like the LCD can cause minor audio distortion) can vary.
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the most important thing to consider before buying (IMO) is the rockbox support. If you can't opensource the firmware you are restricted in so many ways. just check over to www.rockbox.org and get the best out of your mp3-player! e.g. support of most audioformats on the planet :D, also get rid of ridiculous managing software, just drag and drop and get happy.
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