SAVAA_LAKH Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 fateh ppl i just bought an iriver h340 mp3 player (thats 40 gigs to any1 who doesnt know) cos i wanted something that would hold loads of kirtan and record on the fly as mp3...so i could record live kirtan and paath wothout having to convert wav to mp3. any1 else got one? any hints or tips? its a bad ass bit og kit, cant stop playing with it all day thanx fateh! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lung Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 You should have got an OGG player. MP3 will wean you off music. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAA_LAKH Posted June 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 this plays ogg vorbis too wat u mean it will wean me off music? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lung Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I'm glad it handles OGG files. Let your ears show you the difference! I used to use LAME-encoded MP3 a lot, but it's really rubbish. OK you're going to listen with headphones, but play an MP3 with your Iriver signal through a 100W amp and you will hear just how disgustingly muddy the lows are, and how the metallic the highs are. There's no amount of error-correction that can fix it. Now I've got a small collection of LPs, I just can't go back to lossy compression formats any more, no matter how compact. Yes, believe it or not LPs have more accurate sound reproduction, and compression was used in the recording process. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikher Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 IRiver 340 is fantastic, watched the A-tem on mine this morning 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAA_LAKH Posted June 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 YEAH...im using mine to record live kirtan hanna.....loooooooooong kirtan man....so i needed it for recording. theres isnt anyway i can make the sound qaulity better is there (its ok so far....im a newee so i cant tell difference yet!) im hoping they'll be some more ppl on forum with the iriver 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 iriver won't let you transfer the recorded files over to your PC. They consider that copyright infringment. I was also looking at buying it, but after it realized they won't let u transfer the recorded files to ur pc, i thought it was pretty pointless. Im pretty sure all fo their products do this, or perhaps the ones that i looked at did not allow it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikher Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 beg to differ it the 340 model works like a hard drive 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artistformalyknownasodhi Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 yeh most hdd players work like hard drives thus hdd but if u record summit it wont be available wen u plug it into the pc n try explore the player, my philips HDD120 is very similar, but i looking for a very good mpeg4 player that also plays music ne ides. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lung Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Copyright theft is still theft! Don't do it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 beg to differ it the 340 model works like a hard drive are u able to explore the hard-drive in windows explorer without an upgrade to the firmware? In other words when u pluginto the usb does the h340 come up as an external drive or you have to use their software to upload/download songs? What option bitrates will it let u encode .mp3s in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lung Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 are u able to explore the hard-drive in windows explorer without an upgrade to the firmware? In other words when u pluginto the usb does the h340 come up as an external drive or you have to use their software to upload/download songs? What option bitrates will it let u encode .mp3s in? Duh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 duh what? Not all player of Iriver act like a USB drives. You have to use their software to donwload/upload music. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lung Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Duh is a new type of encoder just for iriver. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 lol ...riiiiiight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAA_LAKH Posted June 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 yea iriver h340 acts just like external hardrive, no software needed no need for firmware, its pretty cool, the sound quality is really good too. the bit rates for recording mp3 off the top of my head are 44-320, so u get top knotch recordings too!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lung Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 I wouldn't call a maximum 320Kbps top notch. In my book it's crappy. Also, a 320Kbps MP3 is a 320Kbps MP3 on ANY cheapo MP3 player, and the sound quality of the player itself wouldn't be any different depending on which player you're using. There is hardly any difference between the preamps in headphone units such as Walkman, CD players or MP3 players. The main thing affecting the sound quality of any MP3 player is the headphones. If you had invested £300 on Sennheisers and £30 on the MP3 player the sound quality would have left the Iriver for dust. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAA_LAKH Posted June 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 wat are Sennheisers? the main thing i wanna use the iriver for is to record and distribute live kirtan, i'm not an expert but the recordings around at the moment form live kirtans are ok (to me) and thats all u need init. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 so did u buy one yet? Cuz im in the same boat as you are, trying to look for one. Let me know how the quality is. If it is good enough i might buy one too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 btw here is a good site to get user reviews: http://www.misticriver.net/boards/index.php? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orchids Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 hmm.. no but i own a ipod mini... does the job just fine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malwe Da Sher Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 http://www.goaudio.co.uk/viewprod.php?prod...mp;search=cowon this is wikid, brand new on the market so still pricey, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artistformalyknownasodhi Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 i got a ipod photo kicks ass 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinghGTR Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I was thinking of getting an iRiver, but I think I will go for an Archos 402c with camcorder. This way I can also record video. Does anybody have one? Fateh! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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