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iAudio M5 20 GB Metal MP3 Player Silver
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iAudio M5 20 GB Metal MP3 Player Silver Customer Reviews
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Great player with flexibility
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I bought this player because it plays .flac files and has a 20G hard drive. I also bought a pair of Sennsheiser HD202 headphones ($25) to go with it because I don't like earbuds. My listening has only been on the HD202's.
One thing that sort of baffled me at first was there was no manual... just a quick setup guide. The user manual exists on the device itself. It comes with a cd, but it's just player software and I didn't load it since I have what I need to play files. It may add to the usefulness of this device, I don't know.
When you plug this player into your PC via a USB cable, you get a new drive like a hard drive under 'My Computer'. From there, there are some folders for your use and the user manual can be found.
I simply copied folders of music to this device and started playing. I was amazed at just how many folders/albums I could put on this device. .flac is 60% the size of a .wav; not a huge amount compared to mp3. I've put about 50 albums (700 songs) on my player and it's almost full. This is great for me. I can put it on random and have a week's worth of music for me....(listening 4-8 hours a day) BTW, a 4 Gig ipod Nano costs $20 more than the 20G M5.
My entire audio library is .flac so, having the ability to use that was key for me. If you use something else like mp3, aac, or whatever, you could save a lot more.
The sound quality is very good, but I have no frame of reference for these types of players or headphones. Is it as good as my reference system? No. But it is as good as it needs to be to hear clearly and accurately the music that I enjoy while working.
I had to make a lot of adjustments from the default settings. There was bass-boost and BBE and EQ settings that made things sound unnaturally boomy and peaky at first. In order to get to these settings, you must press and hold the play button.
There is a small learning curve with this device but not much for me, a computer-type person but not a player-type person. Also, I like the little joystick better than the iPod's controller.
I'm very satisfied with the iAudio M5 and would recommend it to anyone.... especially if you need sytem or file flexibility since it works with Apple, Linux, and Windows OS's and does .ogg and .flac. Very cool! |
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