recommend a portable music player

[Berzerker]

Ipod? What else is there? I need something for walking and dont know a damn thing about the portable players they have these days. And how do you download music? Is that free when you buy the Ipod or whatever?

[Thorn]

date a singer.

[Berzerker]

not sure I could golf to a live performance

[onodera]

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.

[Kuciwalker]

I love my Zune HD, especially because of the subscription.

[Elok]

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."

[Nostromo]

No iPods, nothing by Sony. Both have annoying DRM BS to deal with.

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[Nostromo]

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.

[Tattila the Hun]

I use a Nokia phone with a decent audio player. Xpress Music, or some such.

[-Jrabbit]

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.

[Hauldren Collider]

Zune here too.

[SlowwHand]

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.

[Thorn]

I like my sansa too.

[Berzerker]

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.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I currently have an iPod Nano, but my next one will definitely be a Zune HD.