Sansa 8G MP3 player in Xtravision

degsie

Just bought a Sansa 8GB player for €24.99. Great small player with radio and recorder included. Link

The Fool

Great price, paid 40 or 50 for this couple of months ago, best player i've ever had

kendragon

Might pick this up tomorrow... cheers OP

BaconZombie

+1 Was thinking of getting this or the plus since it takes SD cards.

kendragon wrote: »

Might pick this up tomorrow... cheers OP

dunworth1

that is super value thanks op

TerrorFirmer

They also have the 8GB Sansa Fuze - with 1.9" and video playback - for 39.99, also an unbelievable price.

dunworth1

any idea how what the battery life is on this

tintar

degsie, does the box say that it does FLAC or OGG formats?

lpool2k05

dunworth1 wrote: »

any idea how what the battery life is on this

I use this everyday for about 1hr and charge once every 2 weeks!

ADTR

Looks like a good deal. Might update my mp3 player!

baz15

Could be good for going running
Has anyone else had one and if so what did you make of it?

BaconZombie

Thanks TerrorFirmer;

With the built-in memory card slot, simply pop in a SanDisk® microSD™ /microSDHC™ card**

http://www.sandisk.com/products/sansa-music-and-video-players/sandisk-sansa-fuze

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

They also have the 8GB Sansa Fuze - with 1.9" and video playback - for 39.99, also an unbelievable price.

Fnz

Very good price for the Sansa Clip, degsie. At its original price it was hailed as the best 'bang for buck' player available. I bought the updated 'Plus' version on Amazon the other day after reading many glowing reviews. People claim the the sound quality of these units is excellent.

Just to be clear:

The Sansa Clip has no expandable memory.

The Sansa Clip Plus and the Sansa Fuze both have expandable memory.

Sappy404

Great value. I bought the Clip+ on AdvancedMP3 for £59.99 last month, but if I'd seen this I'd have gone for it. This was the Editor's Choice on Anything But iPod last year:

http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2007/10/sandisk-sansa-clip-review.php

uncleoswald

baz15 wrote: »

Could be good for going running
Has anyone else had one and if so what did you make of it?

Recommended. I have the Vuse and girlfriend has the Sansa Clip. No real problems with either. The Vuse freezes now and again but its easily fixed.

Had them over a year now and the battery life has gotten a bit shorter but its still grand. Girlfriend uses the Clip for jogging and no problems at all.

The Vuse is grand for tv shows etc.... but the longer the video the more the audio becomes out of sync so its not suitable to watch movies on

tintar
degsie, does the box say that it does FLAC or OGG formats?

It can play both.

Brian

Awesome tip, OP. Just picked these two up


Got them in Ranelagh. I can tell you from my travels that
Ranelagh have at least one more 4 GB black in stock, no Clips
Baggot St./Waterloo Rd have at least one pink 4 GB, no Clips
Swan Centre Rathmines have one Silver 8 GB, no Cllips.

My original intention was to get an Fuze 8 GB Black and 8 GB Clip, but there don't seem to be any black 8 GBs around and I figured the 4 GB Fuze for €5 more than a (non-existent) Clip isn't bad since it has a bigger screen and expandable memory.

By the way, the sound quality of the Sansa Fuze / Clip+ / Clip is highly praised, definitely a good player for an "audiophile". The other Sansa players... not so much.

broin

I'd have loved to buy a Clip - it's a great player - but Xtravision don't seem to want to sell me one. I can't buy it online. They didn't have it in stock on Baggot St. Didn't have it in stock on Thomas St. And don't pick up the phone in three other branches I've called.

So off to 7dayshop.com for me.

Brian

Get a 4GB Fuze instead? It can play FLAC, which is nice. The Fuzes I bought are Christmas presents but the packaging of the silver one was damaged so I decided to give it a little test to see if it worked, hehehe. Enjoying Yeah Ghost in FLAC with my NuForce NE-7Ms...

m4rkiz

they don't have any Sansa players in Kilkenny, girls said that they didn't saw any of these recently and don't expect to get them, cheapest player they had is 29.99 for some 2GB archos(?)

yimrsg

I think the carpenterstown xtra-vision is out of all clips/fuze (got the last 8gb silver fuze ) and the blanchardstown drive thru has 4gb fuze left when I rang up around 1 today. I'm not sure what colour it is.

Thanks OP for the heads up, great little machine.

Fnz

None in Artane Castle, Phibsboro, Santry or Fairview.

30 mins ago, there was one 4gb Fuze display model in Finglas branch. That's unit only, the box and accessories destroyed/lost due to flooding. The USB charging cable uses a proprietary connection, so it's not much use unless you already have a Fuze.

gymnipities

Baza210 wrote: »

I can tell you from my travels that
Ranelagh have at least one more 4 GB black in stock, no Clips

I just picked up a 4GB black Fuze in Ranelagh. Not sure what's left as they were reorganising the display at the time.

Brian

They have stock out the back too, it's not just what's in the cabinet.

cosgrove80

Can you just drag and drop mp3's on these or do you have to install software?

uncleoswald

cosgrove80 wrote: »

Can you just drag and drop mp3's on these or do you have to install software?

You can just drag and drop yeah. But its also compatible with most media players except Itunes as far as I know.

Oh and the only way I have got video to work on the Vuze is by using the install software.

HappyHarry

Cheers degsie!

I've been wanting one of these for a while, I picked up one for me and one for a friend today:)... I'm getting addicted to the BA forum!

degsie wrote: »

Just bought a Sansa 8GB player for €24.99. Great small player with radio and recorder included. Link

looder

None left in Waterford (I didn't try the Dunmore store as I didn't know where it was but none in Lisduggan, Ballybricken or down by Istanbul)

I picked up the last one in Carrick on Suir this evening. It was the display moderl but still works okay, although the earphones don't work at all really. Thanks OP.

By the way, I got the 8gb Fuze for €39.99. I couldn't get any extra discount out of the because it was the display model though but still a great bargain!!

The Fool

baz15 wrote: »

Could be good for going running
Has anyone else had one and if so what did you make of it?

Used it a bit for running. Clips on fine, no fear of falling off as it's so light.
Best with playlists when running, recommend getting a cover to keep rain/condensation off. Picked one up from amazon.

Dave!

Can't go wrong for that price

Brian

Word of warning : These don't play AAC/M4A aka iTunes files.

The Sparrow

None in Blackrock or Stillorgan.

looder

Baza210 wrote: »

Word of warning : These don't play AAC/M4A aka iTunes files.

You can convert with Zamzar or the like though to get around that.

Brian

looder wrote: »

You can convert with Zamzar or the like though to get around that.

And lose a fair bit of quality ... lossy to lossy.

BaconZombie

That a WIN in my book.

Baza210 wrote: »

Word of warning : These don't play AAC/M4A aka iTunes files.

Brian

BOFH_139 wrote: »

That a WIN in my book.

Not if you're using it to, for example, replace a broken iPod.

TheDriver

none in my local xtravision either

Varkov

Baza210 wrote: »

Not if you're using it to, for example, replace a broken iPod.

Look, its not Sandisk's fault that you had an iPod. :mad:

HappyHarry

Baza210 wrote: »

Not if you're using it to, for example, replace a broken iPod.

This is a perfect example of why iPod's and Apple in general are crap!
They have beautiful industrial design, but are overpriced and lock you in by making stuff proprietary. Rush out and buy yourself another! :P

ronano

God i shouldn't but really i should! i bought a clip but for 40 euro this would be nice tho i the clip. Anywhere in Dublin still got them?

ronbyrne2005

Got last two sansa clip 8gb in Xtravision finglas.

BaconZombie

Grab a copy of HandBrake and free yourself from the Evil apple property formant....

Varkov wrote: »

Look, its not Sandisk's fault that you had an iPod. :mad:

Baza210 wrote: »

Not if you're using it to, for example, replace a broken iPod.

BOFH_139 wrote: »

That a WIN in my book.

Brian

BOFH_139 wrote: »

Grab a copy of HandBrake and free yourself from the Evil apple property formant....

I'm well aware of Handbrake (been using it for about 4 years...) but that doesn't solve the lossy -> lossy issue. I'm just going to re-rip all my CDs at 320k MP3 like I should have done all those years ago.

turbot

I bought one of those Sansa Clips in Xtravision a few weeks back - and it's great.

MP3 Quality wise - I always ripped all my CDs in 320kpbs (VBR) at full bandwidth & quality. This is especially cool if you output the Mp3's through a decent Digital to Audio converter, that you can pick up on ebay for around €150 euros for a decent one.

shnaek

Can't find these in Cork at all. Been to a few xtra visions. Anyone have any luck finding them down here?

Brian

turbot wrote: »

I bought one of those Sansa Clips in Xtravision a few weeks back - and it's great.

MP3 Quality wise - I always ripped all my CDs in 320kpbs (VBR) at full bandwidth & quality. This is especially cool if you output the Mp3's through a decent Digital to Audio converter, that you can pick up on ebay for around €150 euros for a decent one.

head-fi.org says hello

The Sparrow

I pretty much tried all my nearby Xtravision's in Dublin and there are none in:

Stillorgan
Blackrock
Glenageary
Sandyford
Nutgrove
Monkstown
Shankill
Dalkey

HappyHarry

The Sparrow wrote: »

I pretty much tried all my nearby Xtravision's in Dublin and there are none in:

Stillorgan
Blackrock
Glenageary
Sandyford
Nutgrove
Monkstown
Shankill
Dalkey

Try Knocklyon... they had 3 yesterday, I snagged two of them there was a black one left.

The Sparrow

HappyHarry wrote: »

Try Knocklyon... they had 3 yesterday, I snagged two of them there was a black one left.

Cheers. I'll give them a buzz tomorrow morning.

thanks

The Sparrow wrote: »

I pretty much tried all my nearby Xtravision's in Dublin and there are none in:

Stillorgan
Blackrock
Glenageary
Sandyford
Nutgrove
Monkstown
Shankill
Dalkey

Just got a silver 8Go Fuze in Prussia st. There was a pink 4Go left, don't know about Sansa clips.

Oral Slang

Thanks Op - got one on Thursday night in Tallaght village & my dad got one in Clondalkin yesterday.

Tusky

Which model is preferable. Fuze 4gb or Clip 8gb ? Dont think the person will need anywhere near 8gb, but at the same time they wont be watching videos. The bigger screen on the Fuze is making me lean in its direction.