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Question

What are my options for a FLAC-supporting flash based player

May 28, 2011 9:48AM PDT

I am trying to find a player with great sound quality; one that supports FLAC, has at least decent battery life (one area my clip plus failed in), has a radio, and lots of space ( 16gb or more would be good. Less with an expansion slot is fine too). Ow, and a user interface that doesn't lag when you press the buttons. That is all. I don't give a **** about apps, wifi, touchscreens, videos, etc. I want to hear all my music, in all its' glory. I know "best" is a subjective term , so please just list the ones you know of, and I will be more than happy.

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Limited options.
May 28, 2011 10:14AM PDT
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May 30, 2011 11:12AM PDT

I really like those aAchos players, but the battery life is not very inspiring

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A few years ago
May 30, 2011 11:21AM PDT

A friend caught some flac fever. Everything had to be in that format. Later it was OGG and today he's recovered and just gets the tunes and plays the titles with his droid phone.

You'll still find folk with that thought.
Bob

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I would load a Sandisk player with Rockbox 3.8
Jun 13, 2011 6:43AM PDT

The free Rockbox OS works like a charm for me on my older Sandisk. I can fill a SDHC card with FLAC files and enjoy the higher quality sound on the road. FLAC files are great too since you can quickly create a full fledged mix CD for a friend ("old school") and not lose any sound quality. [The software called Burrrn is a great for this, btw.]