creative zen stone plus OR creative muvo

[gurujee]

Hello all

i want to buy a mp3 player within budget of 3k. Quality is priority. Selected creative zen stone plus and creative Muvo. Which will be best VFM for me ?

creative zen stone plus 2gb is 2.2k
creative zen stone plus 4gb ????
creative muvo 2gb 2k
creative muvo 4gb 3k

 

[desiibond]

zen stone plus. no second thought.

 

[gurujee]

thanks very much for the quick reply bond bhai.

do u have any idea how much the 4gb version of zen stone plus costs ?

 

[desiibond]

not sure but the price diff. between 2gig and 4gig shouldn't be around 500-750 bucks. coz only component that changes is memory.

 

[gurujee]

^^thanks for the info and suggestion bond bhai..

will post a review soon..

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Try to get a video player. at 3K only mp3 is not good enough.

 

[casual_gamer]

You can go for creative zen stone plus with speaker, priced around 2.4k. it gives a 15 hour battery backup against 8hrs of non-speaker version according to reviews.

 

[gurujee]

^ thanks for the valuable info.. do u know how much its 4gb variant costs?

 

[raksrules]

If you also intend to listen to radio then forget the zen stone plus since the radio reception quality is very very bad in it. I am speaking this from my personal experience and also reviews on the net suggest the same.

I cannot comment anything on the creative muvo though.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

and yeah, today 3k is really a performance segment. hell, you can even get a music phone with speaker for 3k. just remember that while making a purchase. don't get something which is worth 1.5k for 3k. Most importantly don't listen to digit mag's statements like Transcend TSonic 610 is 4.5K, because actually its 1.7K.

 

[apoorva84]

sansa clip is better..it supports flac..not that you can carry around too many flac files with a 2gb player...but higher capacities are also available.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

FLAC ?
Wait a sec, is there something available from Cowon ? I heard they support Vorbis and some even support MusePack ???

 

[desiibond]

yep. Cowon support FLAC and OGG. But imaging putting FLAC files in 1gb/2gb player. Useless

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Why not ? Support is always welcome.

 

[desiibond]

^^ Am just saying. yes, The more codecs, the more options we have!!

 

[gurujee]

but does a music phone worth 3k have card slot ? and music quality ??

 

[desiibond]

Sandisk Sansa Clip is one player that costs peanuts and is very strong in audio quality. Sadly, it doesn't play video

 

[gurujee]

nah, i dont need video..just for mp3s...

how much it is cost actually for 2gb or more

 

[Coool]

but does a music phone worth 3k have card slot ? and music quality ??

Yes. Phones worth 3k does have card slot capable of supporting 2Gb..music quality is 1000000km away from PMPs.

 

[moshel]

I vote for the Sansa clip....it has great reviews everywhere...as compared to the dismal reviews received by zen stone.

just look up reviews at cnet.com and anythingbutipod.com