Need help choosing a new portable music player

[seizer]

just bought this

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT...o&CategoryName=pa_DigitalMusicPlayers_Network

lovin it!

its tiny too.

Dont you find the buttons kinda ugly? BTW, that was they sony player I was referring to.

 

[Sub-Zero]

I owned a Sony Hi-MD player until it broke two weeks ago...and now I need a new player. I was thinkin ipod, but nah, too weak, too frail. I want space (gb), but not something that will break if I drop it once...so, as far as I can say, Hard-drive based players are out. Although, this sony hardrive player I saw look pretty good as well as this iriver h10.

Flash-based doesnt hold enough music. Period.

Minidisc seems like the best medium, but for the cost of a decent player, its seems a little ridiculous. I'm not cheapin out on this upcoming purchase because I listen to music about 10 hours a day, but I dont really care to spend 400+ dollars.

Microdrives seem Okay. Same deal as larger hard drive players, but smaller. I really like this one I saw called, "rio carbon"...anyone ever heard of this?

Anyways, obviously I'm being very critical with every medium, but I just cant choose what will be the best.

Btw, I drop my players quite abit, and cd players are like pyramids to me.

ipod for sure

http://www.applelinks.com/news/gifs/Showcase&iPod_Open.gif
thats the case i have for mine, except in black. it can hold the 20, 40, or color ipod. i drop my shit all the time, use it in the gym bang it with weights...when i take my ipod out of the case theres not a scratch on it

 

[Dunk]

Dont you find the buttons kinda ugly? BTW, that was they sony player I was referring to.

nah man. love the thing.

 

[seizer]

I would definitely buy the sony hd5 player over an ipod any day if I were to buy a hard drive player.

 

[Dunk]

I would definitely buy the sony hd5 player over an ipod any day if I were to buy a hard drive player.

whats your beef with HD's?

 

[seizer]

nah man. love the thing.

Be honest though, if you had to name a couple things that make it bad, what would those things be. I just ask because I wanna make sure I buy a product that I've researched well.

 

[seizer]

whats your beef with HD's?

I love everything about them except their physical strength (the actual drive).

 

[Dunk]

I love everything about them except their physical strength (the actual drive).

i hear ya. im just telling you as somoene who plays the thing all day on PC speakers at my desk at work. and then the gym after work.

the battery never dies on me. ever!

i can go days while playing it all day.

 

[seizer]

i hear ya. im just telling you as somoene who plays the thing all day on PC speakers at my desk at work. and then the gym after work.

the battery never dies on me. ever!

i can go days while playing it all day.

Alright, thanks for the help bro. Sent ya K.