blackdog-sansa: it’s true it can’t be completely accurate. However, out of curiosity I’ve just tested the same thing on an old Samsung YP-U2 (a cheap player from 2 years ago) and it didn’t lose even one second in over 4 minutes, while the same tracks were playing on the computer (in this case, using Rhythmbox on Ubuntu). Whatever it did lose (or gain), it wasn’t noticeable - and that’s exactly how it should be, not noticeable.
Now, even assuming that both my computer and this little player aren’t perfectly accurate (and they surely aren’t) I also tested it with a CD on a stand-alone stereo system, and still no noticeable difference. None of them is accurate, and repeating the tests on longer playing times, I bet there’d be some difference. But 1 second in 3 minutes just seems too much.
Like I said earlier, too bad - because the Fuze deserves all the success it’s having, and I was looking forward to buying one. The alternatives don’t look very good to me.
