I just left a lengthy post, with my complete hard drive MP3 player wish list -
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6142-0.html?forumID=71&threadID=132945&messageID=1499038
But you put it so well - I do not want any special software and no Ipod, obviously. What have you been looking at? Do you know anything about the Jet JetAudio X5L-20BL MP3 Player (or 30B)? What have you been looking at? What should I be looking at? Everytime I find something that interests me, it turns out to have some terrible quirk - this one won't put songs in folders, or doesn't sound good (!), or won't shuffle, etc.
Any ideas? How about the Creative Nomad or Zen or whatever?
i'm coming to the conclusion that my current mp3 player might be on it's last legs. the problem is trying to figure out what i want/need to replace it with. in an ideal world i'd just get anotehr one of the same thing but taht's not really possible. anyhow i'm currently running an acrhos studio recorder 20 and frankly i like it. nothing fancy but also no crazy software taht i have to use for transfering files here adn there.
what i'm basically looking for is seomthing that's not too spendy($250-300 tops), at least 20 GB, can be used as an external HD when hooked up via USB 2.0, and a very simple interface. i cant seem to find anything on the market that gets good reviews and has all the things i want and none of the things i dont. so any thoughts? oh and no ipod reccomendations because i will not... be buying one of those.

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