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HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

PROS:

60GB storage. I have almost 900 CDs. No other product currently available will hold this capacity without seriously compromising sound quality.

Size/weight. This unit is only very slightly larger and heavier than the iPod, and you get 50% more storage capacity (for $100 less!) When I look at my huge shelf of CDs, which is about 7 feet high and 3 feet wide, I literally can't believe all this music fits on this little unit, about the size of a deck of cards! But it does! (With plenty of room to spare for future additions to my CD collection.)

Great sound quality. I am saving my tracks in WMA format, as side-by-side comparison between MP3 and WMA at various bitrates consistently rendered better results (although slightly larger file sizes) with WMA format. Even with the cheap little earbuds Creative includes with this player, all genres of music sound crisp and rich.

Bright LCD, menu easy to navigate. Everything is right where you'd put it if you were designing this product yourself.

Easy to also plug this into my home stereo system or car stereo, so I can have my entire CD collection literally anywhere I go.

Price. I got this direct from Creative Labs for $399. (And Amazon currently has it for $350!) A 40GB iPod costs $499. By extrapolation, if they ever come out with a 60GB iPod, it will cost $650-750. What a deal from Creative!

Summary: I have literally been waiting for years for a product like this, and now I am SO glad I waited instead of settling for a lesser 20- or 40-GB product. If you have a ridiculously huge CD collection like I do, I cannot recommend this product highly enough. This is the best electronics purchase I have made since I got a Sony CyberShot digital camera.

CONS:

The earbuds don't fit well in my ears. Either the buds are too big, or my ear holes are too small.

The carrying case should have a clear plastic window so you can see the LCD even when the unit is in the case. Instead, it has a solid black flap that covers the LCD, so if you actually want to look at the screen you have to un-snap the case. Stupid design.

Software takes a little while to learn, but once you figure out all the options & preferences it is pretty solid. No resets or crashes yet!

Summary: a couple of nitpicky problems, but overall this unit far surpasses anything else in this product category.

If your tyring to compare this or an ipod, defintally go for this, It can hold up to more songs than you know, great features, great quality and long lasting battery.

As of the year 2004 and your looking for a jukebox you can play with I highly recommend this product.Its more attractive than your girlfriend or boyfriend. BIG storage, fast transfer, palm size,amazing suround sound with many different soundmodes,14 hr battery life, and many many many more features.The software it comes with easy and organized.The earbuds it comes with is awesome,fits me perfectly and again it sounds great, best sound quality earbuds produced. At times I transfer about 500 or more mp3's and it takes like 7-12 minutes and I have a SLOW computer.Only thing you should be AWARE of that all recharchable batteries-if charging while being used or over charging or charging when there is plenty left can damage it and it will slim the battery life down in half.One last thing-since the faceplate is deattachable, CREATIVE LABS should design alteranative faceplates.RED,BLUE,GREEN...ANd DOnt Drop it,its like any other baby or jukebox, it can die.