On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:37:58 Toby Corkindale said,

But in all seriousness -- Be careful, as plenty of MP3 players only support MTP or proprietary protocols.

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. Lindsay