My iRiver does have plenty of life left in it but it doesn’t hurt to look down the road a bit. Just added my lust list is the iAudio X5 60GB version, though likely to be 80-100GB when I buy.
Highlights include:
- MP3, OGG, WMA, ASF, FLAC, WAV, MPEG4 playback
- USB Host
- Supports Linux v 2.2 or higher
- Supports BBE (I had one of there units for my recording studio and all I can say is, “DAMN!”)
- Remote Control
Never heard of this company…do they have a reputation of any kind? Eg: are their units well made, etc.
We have a U2 which we got last summer (wrote about it here). We love it for its tiny size, big sound, and bomb proof construction. Looking past C|Net’s obvious infatuation for all things Apple the X5L garnered solid reviews and based on our experience with the U2 I won’t hesitate to snap one up.