Portable HD music players.

[LoathedVermin72]

Sounds like a pain

[Norah]

what are you talking about it couldn't be simpler

[LoathedVermin72]

Sure it could. You could not have to change SD cards.

[Norah]

The sd card never comes out. And there's room for an additional card when it fills up. Nothing ever gets changed. You stupid goddamn idiot.

[LoathedVermin72]

[Teeeeeekay]

Do you have more than one memory card that you swap in and out, chud? And if so, is it easy? I feel like I should start thinking about life after the iPod, but I always have 150GB+ on it, so I can't imagine going below 128GB at any one time, especially if I'm adding hi-res files.

It looks as though you can insert 2 256GB cards on top of the 32 GB built into the unit.

[Simple Torture]

Ah! I was under the impression that most of those Fiio players only had 1 card slot. That makes it sound better.

[AndySlash]

I had been interested in one but I'm not sure they're still selling Pono units anymore, it seems like the whole thing ground to a halt.

they are selling them, but yeah it looks like they're going to focus on their hi-res streaming service going forward. after attempting for a few months to get to get my unit serviced through their support forms on their website and receiving no reply, i had to post on their community board and the support guy on there replied almost immediately and i had my unit back in two weeks. things are messed up there right now, for sure, so probably best to stay away despite the product being very good.

[Jorge]

I want one of those Fiio players now. Really ugly designs, though.

[Simple Torture]

How do they handle podcasts, if at all?

[Simple Torture]

I want one of those Fiio players now. Really ugly designs, though.

And yeah--even though I have an iPod Classic still, I'm considering upgrading.

[bune]

How do they handle podcasts, if at all?

Do you mean RSS-wise, or just the playback?

I tried using mine for podcasts because I thought it would be useful to have everything I listen to in one place but there's no variable speed setting (on my player, at least) so I gave up.

[Teeeeeekay]

I just ordered it.

And got work to comp me for 2 256 GB SD cards.

[Norah]

I feel like fiio owes me a commission.

[Norah]

How do they handle podcasts, if at all?

It looks like the third generation x5 has a lot of upgrades that make it more smartphoney, so that might have a feature to connect to wifi and handle an rss feed, but the second generation is just a basic player. You can put whatever audio you want on it and listen. So for podcasts I still use my phone because it's easier and I don't care about sound quality.

[doone]

[bune]

Since we're past the player point, where do you get your Hi-Res music?

I've ripped some DVD's at their full bit-rate (PJ @ Madison Square Garden, for example) and I've ripped some Blu-Rays (Neil Young Archives Vol 1) but I also have gotten some stuff from HDTracks. I'm kind of pissed at the site lately because they're considering 44.1/24 bit releases "high res" and charging $16 for it. As if.

[Norah]

Honestly, I'm fine with 16 bit 44.1khz.

[Berasa_clotas]

I have a Gen1 Fiio X1 and I couldn't be happier with it.

I thought of upgrading it to a Fiio x3 but i don't know, does it have two sd slots? can anyone confirm?

[Birds in Hell]

Honestly, I'm fine with 16 bit 44.1khz.

Yeah, the dynamics and EQ of the source material matter way more than the resolution of the audio files (to a point, of course - and I'm happy to draw the line at 16/44.1 as being "good enough" in most cases).