I have recently begun to seriously think about replacing my Sansa e250R v2 with another portable player that actually has support for Ogg Vorbis.
I really like the Sansa overall because it has great battery life and does what it was designed to do rather well.
However, my music collection gradually moved completely to Ogg Vorbis over the past year and Rockbox does not support the v2 model so I am now forced to re-rip my music to MP3 format whenever I want to add something new to the player (which can be a bit of an annoyance at times).
I browsed through the Xiph.Org Foundation's Portable Players wiki page earlier and noticed that the Cowon iAUDIO 7 looks like it just might be an excellent replacement.
Does anyone have any hands on experience with the iAUDIO 7 or have something else they would personally recommend?
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Re: In search of a decent portable Ogg Vorbis player
What is this v2 model you speak of?
Re: In search of a decent portable Ogg Vorbis player
About a year ago Sandisk quietly replaced the original models of the e200, c200, & m200 series with the version 2 models. They have completely different hardware inside, but look the same as the original aside from a small 'v2' on the bottom of the back plate.
Re: In search of a decent portable Ogg Vorbis player
My Sansa Clip Silver 4Gb plays oggs pretty well =) Very nice DAP, cheap, light, with clip!
Re: In search of a decent portable Ogg Vorbis player
Is Ogg Vorbis support a recently added feature? It wasn't listed in the specs when I recently looked at the 4GB Clip.
Re: In search of a decent portable Ogg Vorbis player
I just recently picked up the iAudio 7 and I absolutely love it. The only issue with it for me is the ease of inadvertedly triggering those touch-sensitive controls on the front. Luckily, the hold switch is easy to use (it's the power switch, too!) and there's an option in the settings to still allow the use of the vol+/vol- wihle in hold mode. (It intelligently refuses to change the volume if the front controls are being touched, so it's still pretty hard to change the volume unless you meant to.)
At any rate, it has all the super cool features of the other Cowon players, some really sweet sound quality and battery life, and I'm overall pleased as punch with my purchase.
Re: In search of a decent portable Ogg Vorbis player
I may just have to get it then. Thanks. :)
Re: In search of a decent portable Ogg Vorbis player
You may want to check out the insignia line, this one comes with bluetooth and a water bottle and 2gb space and it (as do most insignia's) plays Oggs very well! All for $49.99..
Insignia Sport 2gb at bestbuy
Just thought I would throw that in..
GL on your quest..