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60gb Ipod or Iaudio X5L, please help me

Aug 9, 2005 7:10PM PDT

I was planning to buy an iaudio x5l, but then I noticed that the 60 gb price went down to $400( $20 more than the x5l). So my question is, which one should I buy?
I understand that the x5l has better sound quality, but for 20 dollars I can get the double disk capacity. So what do you think, should I sacrifice sound quality for 30 gb more? is ipod's sound quality is as bad as people said?
I am used to hearing music on my computer and on my car, which do not have the greatest sound quality.
I have 30 gb of music in my computer, and I understand that maybe is kind of useless to have 60 gb, because it takes like 1 month or more to hear it, but I got say it does sound tempting.
I dont really care about other extra feauters like video or radio, I am just in for the music.
which one should I buy

so help me out, thanks-

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The iPod has great sound
Aug 10, 2005 6:02AM PDT

I have yet to hear someone complain about crappy sound quality in their iPod. Maybe it was just that the music they listened to was low-bitrate.

iPods are generally more reliable, and if you don't need the extra features on the iAudio, I'd say go with the iPod.

-Jason

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X5L
Aug 10, 2005 4:21PM PDT

If you need the 60GB the iPod is definitely the best choice. However, if the 60GB isn't needed the Cowon had better battery, slightly better sound, video, FM, and a voice recorder. Although the interface is better on the iPod, a firmware to make the menu navigation better for the x5/X5L is coming out very soon.