> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 11:12:06 -0400
> From: "Scott Pazur" <powerpop@z3d.net>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: Re: Ipod? Upod? Everybody Pod Pod.. (or DJ)
> Message-ID: <20040711151218.CEQY1779.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@scott>
>
> I bought the Dell DJ - a ton cheaper than the ipod, and I absolutely love
> it.  I take music almost everywhere I go - players in almost every room,
> speakers wired to the backyard and garage, mp3 player in the car - but I
had
> to have something better than a little boombox when I get out and work in
> the yard out of range of my backyard speakers.  Quality is great,
interface
> is very well done.  My only complaint, and I'm sure it is the case with
all
> these players, is the way they organize the music and use tags.  I got it
to
> organize the way I wanted by writing my own MP3 tag program and
> experimenting with different tag formats until I got it to where I was
able
> to navigate to what I wanted to find pretty quickly.  I also bought an
addon
> called Dudebox, that I believe is available for many of the popular
players.
> It does seem to make the transfer process a little easier.  It also has an
> line out that I can use to connect to my stereo or even connect to my car
> player for a road trip without discs.
>
> Scott
>

I bought the Dell DJ 15g myself. $200 well spent, it's worked perfect for 3
months now. Dudebox makes organizing lists and transferring a breeze. I
don't even carry around CDs with me anymore. I only have a library of all
"good" songs, with albums already picked through and only the songs I liked
made it on the DJ.

The battery life is far better then any of the hard drive based mp3 players
out there. What is it getting, 20 hours of use? Also, you can't beat the
warrenty, something you need with these hard drive based players. I'm all
set for 2 years, if something goes wrong, they'll advance me a new DJ. By
the time 2 years is up, I'll have outgrown this little unit anyway and ready
for the next generation of players.

Chris Coyle