From: zlinw@mcmedia.com.au
Thats exactly why I asked for specfic recomendations, the person concerned has very large collection of "old country/bush" music from all over the world. His existing player an (I think) an Apple Ipod classic has been giving him no end of trouble by refusing to let him copy anything off the player. He wish's to get another player and does not want to fall into the same trap.
This sounds like a device for a person who loves music: QA350 MOD V2--SD Card WAV High Fidelity Music Player http://www.qlshifi.com/en/wzcapi/qa350_mod_v2.htm I found this review here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39q09iU01sg I am not an expert in audio electronics so I cannot compare this "audio dedicated" equipment against a modern phone/tablet (e.g. the mentioned Samsung Galaxy) Even a simple smartphone (e.g. the ZTE Open with Firefox OS as I am using) has a better way of browsing through a music collection as the Sony PCM M10 or the device mentioned above. I love to have it on SD cards. You can easily copy it (e.g. to a USB stick which can be used in audio equipment with an USB port), put it in a laptop, or burn a CD etc. It is also easy to copy it to "the next media" coming up in five years time. In fact my whole audio collection grown over the decades could fit on a few SD cards.. Of course there is Neil Young's Pono: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono_%28digital_music_service%29 Regards Peter