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Today, I worked out that in total, I paid £77 for my 30Gb iAudio X5, brand new and boxed with the leather case.
Which is an absolute farking bargain tee bee aitch. :D:D
Almost as good as this insanity is the deal open to you, the great unwashed all singing all dancing scum of the earth. £99.99 for the unit, £7.99 for the case.
Get yourself along to your local Staples and see if they have any left. If they dont, buy the display and claim a further 10% off!
Its one of the best mp3 players on the market for sound quality - it absolutely knocks the socks off of my CD player!!
Flibster
08-10-2006, 20:17
Hmm. Could do with a new one for the car.
Will have a peek in Stevenage. :D
Ta. :D
Simon/~Flibster
Bargain!
I've got a 60Gb X5, and it's great. iAudio > iPod.
iAudio > iPod.
Absolute no-brainer, that one.
No Staples near here :(
Where is "here"? They are often in out-the-way places but we seem to span a lot of the country...
Flibster
09-10-2006, 09:48
I got one!
Sadly though - it's broken. :( The rewind button has no effect. :(
Only one left now is the display model.
Simon/~Flibster
Went back - got it swapped for the display model and got some money back. :D
Now charging. :D
Where is "here"? They are often in out-the-way places but we seem to span a lot of the country...
The nearest one is in Cardiff to me, I live in Hereford.
I got one!
Sadly though - it's broken. :( The rewind button has no effect. :(
Only one left now is the display model.
Simon/~Flibster
Went back - got it swapped for the display model and got some money back. :D
Now charging. :D
Sweet! From reading around I have heard they are pretty indestructable so it must be a manufacturing fault I suppose.
Did you pick up a case? They are £7.99 and fit like a glove. I got one and its well worth it :)
Flibster
09-10-2006, 22:15
Didn't get a case. May have to have a look at them tomorrow.
It will spend most of the time in my coat poket tbh so won't get scratched. My iRiver H10 will live in the car instead, loaded to the gills with Audiobooks. :D
It's a very nice little player tbh.
Anyway - anyone know if it charges via USB? Doesn't seem to but I only had it plugged in for a few minutes.
Currently looking for a 3.5mm 90° adaptor so the cable can go straight up from the player rather than out the side.
Aye, they'll charge over USB - my X5 is doing that as I type.
Not that I wanted to spend £108 right now, but I discovered the battery in my little Archos has died. The big Archos isn't exactly pocketable, so this offer came at just the right time.
Found. Bought. Charged. In use. :cool:
Thanks for the tip. :)
I have the 30GB iAudio A2, excellent piece of kit. Bit more expensive than £99 though. :embarassed:
Flibster
18-01-2007, 01:41
Aaaand my iAudio X5 had just died on me. :(
Won't even recognise it when I plug it into the pc - strangely though, plug it into the mains adaptor and it tries to charge it. Hmmm
If anyone knows where I can get one cheapish I'd be most appreciative. I'm now transcoding alll my flac's to MP3 for my old iriver.... :(
Will try to find out about repairs...but it's what keeps me sane. :(
Simon/~Flibster
Well, mine might be going up for sale on ebay soon enough, unless I get an offer beforehand ;)
Probably the charging 'dongle' thing. They seem a bit flimsy to me.
I'd take a spare myself as I like them so much, save for the fact that they have non-removable batteries so probably not much point.
Necropost time...
Anyone still got their X5? I'm lucky if I get three hours out of mine now (I got 3h02m by putting it on play and leaving it alone so the display didn't turn on - not exactly practical).
If this is just typical knackered li-ion syndrome then I guess I'll have to think about an upgrade, which I could do without. However, if I have to then I'm considering getting the iAudio 7. Found a misprice (8GB for the price of 4GB) so I'm tempted to get it before they realise. :)
Flibster
04-12-2007, 23:58
Kind of got my X5....
Was very broken, got another of the bay as spares/repair and made a single working one. Battery life sits around 7 hours with mp3's - much less with flac's - on the plus side - got a second 30gb hdd and that was loaded with good stuff. ;)
However, in the meantime I bought a 40gb M3 - which is pretty good to be fair. Remote is a bit strange, but works well. This is my everyday player for the most part.
At the same time I picked up a 30gb A2 which I LOVE! It's a fantastic device. This spends a lot of time at the gym with me. Superb for watching Simpsons for Futurama on while on the bike or the treadmill or the cross trainer.
Also have a D2. Purely for the battery life. Mine's the 8gb with DAB with another 8gb card in it. Very useful on weekends out. Only had it a couple of months but it rocks.
I'm seriously tempted to cash a couple of those in and get one of the new A3's or Q5W's - they look the mutts love spuds.
Simon/~Flibster
Well, they spotted the error before I made my mind up. Dug out my '2nd best' 2GB player and the battery in that has done the equivalent of a long-haul flight today and hasn't dropped any bars yet. That'll do for now then, the credit card can stay out of sight. :)
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