Wonderful little player for an insanely low price.
Written: Feb 11 '05
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Pros: Simple interface, great performance, ridiculously low price, good sound quality, mass storage compliant, incredible size.
Cons: Average battery life, no ogg or flac support, no recording capabilities
The Bottom Line: Simple, attractive, and affordable are the best adjectives for the XS200, all with the added benefit of being geek friendly. This is the over-achiever of the DAP world
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| evilentity's Full Review: Archos Gmini XS 200 (20 GB) MP3 Player |
I've been searching for a hard disk DAP for a couple of years now, and have used a few, and owned 2. My first was a Creative Zen Xtra, which was huge, flaky, and had an annoying software interface.
When I decided to try to find something to replace it, I wanted something small, simple, and above all, mass storage compliant. The options were few, Iriver H320, iAudio M3, and the Archos XS200. I settled on the archos since it had a much nicer screen than the M3, was much smaller than the H320, and was significantly less than either.
So far I've been very pleased with it. The interface is simple; even my technophobic brother likes it. The size is incredible for the price and disk size. Battery life is okay, I get 7-10 hours depending on how much I use the screen. Transfer speeds are amazing for a DAP(around 16MB/s for large files, 12 for lots of small files, 8 for drive backup), equal to any dedicated external 1.8" drive, and 2-4 times faster than other players.
I was also in for a great surprise with ArcLibrary. Someone has finally solved the problem of ID tag sorting with a mass storage compliant device, and it works well, if not flawlessly.
I recommend this over any player on the market if you don't mind keeping a tidy file structure, and having average battery life. For the price, it's unbeatable, and for me is better than any other 20GB player regardless of price.
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Amount Paid (US$): 199
Recommended for: Music Lovers - High Capacity Storage for an Entire Album Collection
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