03-23-2006, 12:22 AM
Thanks for the Archos driver link!
I happen to have purchased one of those INOi players.
:-)
The player is very sweet. The sound quality is better than that on an RCA Lyra and not quite as good as on an iPod, but still quite good.
The thing has a bit of heft. About as big and heavy as a 1st gen iPod.
While the EQ presets are not very good, the flatline/Normal setting has remarkable fidelity, so I don't feel much desire to tweak it.
It is not impressive if you compare its features with an iPod, but if, like me, you've been using a 512MB flash player for the last few years, it's a huge improvement. And the fact that it works in OS 9 as well as OS X is a nice benefit -- I was concerned that when I moved to a higher capacity player I'd lose my ability to use it on the older Macs at work.
So far, the only things that annoy me are the lack of a decent case (although I hear that it will fit some iPod cases) and the cheap earphones.
I happen to have purchased one of those INOi players.
:-)
The player is very sweet. The sound quality is better than that on an RCA Lyra and not quite as good as on an iPod, but still quite good.
The thing has a bit of heft. About as big and heavy as a 1st gen iPod.
While the EQ presets are not very good, the flatline/Normal setting has remarkable fidelity, so I don't feel much desire to tweak it.
It is not impressive if you compare its features with an iPod, but if, like me, you've been using a 512MB flash player for the last few years, it's a huge improvement. And the fact that it works in OS 9 as well as OS X is a nice benefit -- I was concerned that when I moved to a higher capacity player I'd lose my ability to use it on the older Macs at work.
So far, the only things that annoy me are the lack of a decent case (although I hear that it will fit some iPod cases) and the cheap earphones.