----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Miguel Motta" <a2j@bellsouth.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: iPods and other MP3 players


> Can anyone comment on the Creative Labs Zen Touch player or the Nomad
> Jukebox Zen series?
>
> First of all, skip the Nomad Jukebox Zen.. altho' it's a few $ cheaper
than
> the new Zen Touch, it is already old technology and a bit bulkier too...
for
> just a bit more move up to the new Zen Touch...
>
> I purchased the Zen Touch player this past Christmas and it R-O-C-K-S!...
> The audio quality gets excellent reviews wherever you go to read on it
(and
> I agree... solid sounding)... The battery life is a hefty 24 hours and
only
> 4 hours of charge time max... The menu is incredibly user friendly... The
> "slider" takes a little getting used to and I recommend going into the
> settings and making the sensitivity to the thumb slider "Low" to avoid
your
> menu bar to scroll past your selections too quick...
>
>  Two cons tho'... Lose the supplied earbuds that come with the Zen Touch,
it
> just doesn't do the player justice... go to a CompUSA store and invest in
a
> good pair of Sony earbuds (I saw one pair going for $50 that actually
> isolates you from outside noise)... and the other con is that the
> instructions are not clear at all as to how to perform downloads from your
> PC to the unit... If you're computer savvy you won't have a problem but
> otherwise what you do is use the supplied software and use the Creative
> MediaSource Organizer to convert your CD's to MP3 format... find out where
> that conversion goes to (usually to "Documents and Settings" folder) then
> once the MP3 transformation is finished go to "My Computer" click on the
> Nomad / Zen icon and drag the created music folder into that window and
via
> the 2.0 USB cable in seconds your album will transfer... Oh yes, another
> small con... sometimes the albums don't (for some reason... tag reasons I
> guess) don't transfer in the order of the original album.. I've had to go
to
> the MediaSource Organizer and re-name the songs placing a 1a, 2b, 3c, etc.
> in front of the songs title so they'll reorder properly... doesn't happen
> all the time but occassionaly... Other than those small "cons" (and which
> manufacturer doesn't have them?) the Creative Zen is, IMHO, the superior
> choice!  I don't leave home without it!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Miguel
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hersh Forman" <hiforman@yahoo.com>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:38 AM
> Subject: iPods and other MP3 players
>
>
> Can anyone comment on the Creative Labs Zen Touch player or the Nomad
> Jukebox Zen series?
>
> I realize that the iPod is probably the best player, but I'm considering
> this for a number of reasons such as price and avoiding the hassle of the
> proprietary iTunes format.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
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