Re: [linux-audio-user] Neuros

hi,

I also have an Iriver (the h140, same as h120 with a 40gb hdd). This
device also has Ogg support (only for playback), and as Spencer says,
works as a standard USB HD. The only gripe is that there is apparently
a problem with this unit dropping samples while recording to .WAV. I
can't notice it myself in listening to recordings, but many have tested
by recording sinetones and found the problem is consistently there.
Iriver have been very slow in releasing firmware updates too, which is
annoying though not impossible to live with. It appears the Rockbox
alternative firmware is being ported to the H1xx series, so that may
take care of that problem, but just thought folks should be aware of
this issue in their purchasing decisions.

I also was considered the Neuros, but couldn't find it locally. It
appears to only be sold in the US, and my being in .au would make any
warranty issues problematic. Would have bought it as it is definitely
the most open jukebox style player/recorder out there.

regards
Michael

Spencer Russell wrote:

>On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 04:53:40PM +0200, Juhana Sadeharju wrote:
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>>Neuron is only device which seems to have free (as in freedom)
>>transfer method between the device and computer.
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>I have an iRiver iHP-120 (now called the H120), and it's awesome.
>It's about the same size as an iPod, but it shows up as a regular
>USB2.0 HD, with no special software. So you just drag your music
>onto it, and you can listen. It also has a built in microphone
>(which sounds pretty terrible), and also a line level I/O,
>optical I/O, and a 1/8 mic input. It's not free as in speech, and
>definently not free as in beer, but it's a great unit. The open
>source firmware on the neuros is really great, but the unit
>itself is pretty large. When I bought this, though, I was
>seriously considering the neuros, because of all the potential
>for a lot of user-driven features, so you'd probably be happy
>with either one.
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>-spencer
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Received on Tue Jan 11 12:15:05 2005