The word on replacing the microdrive with a CF is that the player is a lot faster (I can already vouch for that; startup is much faster than it was, and song-to-song skipping is instantaneous instead of 2-3 seconds). As for battery life, it depends on the CF card. People who took out the 5GB microdrive and put in 16GB flash cards say battery life is about the same, but those who put in 4GB cards say it's a little better.
I mainly like the fact that in the 15 minutes I've used it since I dropped in the 1GB card, I'm already not handling it like it has a hard drive in it. Before, even when putting it down on a table when turned off, I'd set it down rather than just tossing it a few inches.
I think I'll keep using the little 512M player on the bike, and use the Micro at work. On the bike I don't listen to music, since I only use one earbud, so it's NPR on FM or audiobooks/NPR podcasts
I think I'm just going to go with a 4G card. I've got a 30G player for long trips and vacations. 1G is a little skinny; L doesn't mind smaller players because she's a teen and like I was back then, doesn't mind listening to the same few dozen songs 50 times in a week. I kind of like hitting random play all and not having dups for several days.
This is the 3rd time I've had the Micro apart. I previously had to repair the infamous bad SMT headphone jack solder connection, twice. It's a tough repair; the bad connection is between two connectors and there's only about 2mm of space to squeak a soldering tip down into. The first time I tried to do it with a bit of 12 gauge wire wrapped around the iron and filed flat to reach down inside, but the connection was flaky and a few months later failed again. The next time I just filed down an actual iron tip to fit in there.
So far this morning, Rush "La Villa Strangiato", Bob Marley "Go Tell It On The Mountain", Blind Willie McTell "Bell Street Blues" and White Stripes "You Don't Know What Love Is".
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Date: 2007-08-22 10:46 am (UTC)I mainly like the fact that in the 15 minutes I've used it since I dropped in the 1GB card, I'm already not handling it like it has a hard drive in it. Before, even when putting it down on a table when turned off, I'd set it down rather than just tossing it a few inches.
I think I'll keep using the little 512M player on the bike, and use the Micro at work. On the bike I don't listen to music, since I only use one earbud, so it's NPR on FM or audiobooks/NPR podcasts
I think I'm just going to go with a 4G card. I've got a 30G player for long trips and vacations. 1G is a little skinny; L doesn't mind smaller players because she's a teen and like I was back then, doesn't mind listening to the same few dozen songs 50 times in a week. I kind of like hitting random play all and not having dups for several days.
This is the 3rd time I've had the Micro apart. I previously had to repair the infamous bad SMT headphone jack solder connection, twice. It's a tough repair; the bad connection is between two connectors and there's only about 2mm of space to squeak a soldering tip down into. The first time I tried to do it with a bit of 12 gauge wire wrapped around the iron and filed flat to reach down inside, but the connection was flaky and a few months later failed again. The next time I just filed down an actual iron tip to fit in there.
So far this morning, Rush "La Villa Strangiato", Bob Marley "Go Tell It On The Mountain", Blind Willie McTell "Bell Street Blues" and White Stripes "You Don't Know What Love Is".