Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Not perfect, but probably the best out there.:

Having owned 3 other jukeboxes including the 2003 iPod 40GB, I can highly recommend the iRiver. I don't think there is a better hard disk player on the market at the moment.

PROs:
1. - Sound Quality. This is the reason why I immediately sold my brand new iPod to a friend, it sounds terrible! Although the iRiver doesn't match true CD quality, it really comes close and definitely beats the iPod. MP3s will probably never sound exactly like the original CD, although I encode them in VBR at best quality... more info

Alert, this is not only mp3/ogg player:

besides it's a mp3/ogg player, it has several cool functions:
1. external hard drive, bring your data here and there, or simply do backup
2. portable audio recorder, it has analog/digital in/out, connect to your stereo, and record your good old vinyl and tapes, or use digital out to connect digital amp for the best possible quality connection, it can record in mp3 or raw pcm (.wav) format for different needs (think about this: a decent recordable md player costs around 250, and dat recorder costs up... more info

schedule for firmware update and new features:

From the official iriver forum on July 19,2004, I see someone has translated the Korean iriver's announcement of H Series firmware update schedule. (If it turns out that there are mistranslations/misrepresentations, I'll update/delete this review here as soon as I hear). In late July/early August, they expect to have these features/fixes: 1. OTF File Deletion, 2. Propriety Format Support, 3. Playback Speed Control (not as flexible as IFP series, but will be supported)4. Gapless 5. Unicode Support in DB, 6.... more info

Accessories:

Sennheiser HD433 Hi-Fi Stereo Headphones from Sennheiser

Linksys USBHUB4C ProConnect Compact USB 4-Port Hub from Linksys

Aiwa HP-V061 Headphones from Aiwa

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