I have a Zen Micro and the radio recorder works well (though I haven't owned another mp3 player and I have nothing to compare it to). Dedicated volume also isn't that much of and issue as you can access the volume control from any screen on the player.
Hey,
I have been looking around for a long time for a good MP3 player to suit my needs, and am still unsure. Every one I see ends up lacking something necessary, and I therefore need your help. To make things easier, i've included the things that i'd most like to have in my MP3 player.
Storage - between 5 and 10gb. I doubt very much I would need anything more than 10gb, and I would probably need it to be hard drive based, because I will have large audio books on the player as well as music.
I don't want anything to snazzy and full of pointless things. I did like the look of the Iriver, but all those extra things, like line in, etc, I wouldn't need.
Radio I would really like, with good reception, as well as a decent recorder which has a wide range, and the ability to record the radio would be great.
Volume on the player. I don't want to keep going into options and changing it if possible.
Obviously decent quality, and would like it to look quite nice.
Nothing to difficult to navigate and use.
Price - 150-200 pounds.
I would get the Iriver, but it's quite expensive, and there's no radio recorder, and too many useless features.
I would get the Zen Micro, but there's no dedicated volume, and the radio and recorder is apparently poor.
I would get the Zen Touch, but there's no radio or recorder, unless I buy the addon, which i'd rather not to for price reasons, and there will be lots of wires. Also, it's quite big storage, which I wouldn't use.
So, you get the gist. If anyone could match me to a good MP3 player fitting my needs I would be very grateful!

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