I’d be interested in what brand you purchased.
Unfortunately I am a pretty picky person, and control scheme is low on the list of my requirements, thus I am unforunately able to live with it until it is enhanced. The former fuze was as close to the perfect player as is out there.
1. Cost: I am not interested in spending several hundred dollars on a player that has no user replaceable battery.
2. Sound Quality: The Fuze/Clip offer superior sound reproduction and that is evident when using a nice set of buds or phones. I purchased the Fuze+ based on the fact that sound quality had not suffered with the new hardware.
3. Expandibility: I won’t purchase a player that won’t grow as my music collection grows. Unfortunately this rules out most DAPS currently available. I find it almost inconceivable that the I-pod touch, which is so much more than a music player still has no memory expansion even as they tout how many non-music apps you can download and install on it.
4. Subscription Music: I love Rhapsody and Napster, it is a cost effective way for me to have access and explore new music. It’s weird that Netfilx continues to thrive with it’s “subscription” model, but the doesn’t hold true for music. I guess MP3’s are too easy to pirate. Since I don’t believe in piracy, Rhapsody gives me the best of both worlds. With Rhapsody I can try nearly any artist/album I want with no risk. I have found whold genres that I like that I would have never discovered.
With that all being said, I only know of ONE player that fits all four requirements, and that is the Fuze/Clip family.
If anyone knows of another product that fits all those 4 requirements let me know.
