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NEUROS AUDIO HD20GB MP3 Digital Audio Computer

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Save your money - don't buy an Ipod. This MP3 player from Neuros is the most awesome buy for your money. The software is extremely easy to use and it holds up to 5,000 songs! The earpieces are very clear and sound great. You also get an adapter so you can charge it in your car. The most awesome thing about this player is that if you can play it through any radio when you use the earbuds!!! And if you have a cassette player in your car you can buy a converter and play it through your car speakers! You can virtually take your music everywhere. I listen to mine on my computer's speakers every day at work. I have nothing but wonderful things to say about this player. Like I said, don't buy an Ipod - this player ROCKS!

If you're reading this are probably interested in getting the Neuros MP3 player and multiformat recorder. I'll give you a few basics that may help you decide.

I bought this because I want a recorder that record FM channel and this unit could. But also that it could broadcast on an FM channel was an added bonus, and didn't require an additional part. Another feature that won me over was the line in recording. So I could record from an audio source using an eighth inch audio cable.

And here's a few things about this unit. It doesn't have a microphone preamp so you can't just run a microphone into it. You'll need to buy a preamp that is kind of a bummer. And the lowest MP3 you can record at is 64 K.

This is the bonus feature section!!!
One of the biggest reasons to get this player is that has open-source firmware (this means that the community of Neuros users can adjust the firmware that are released an ad features). This is already available through the garbage-branch firmware this firmware adds so much to the recorder is a must-have. Go to the Neuros web site and check out the user forum. There's tons of information. Also, this unit has the bonus feature of being able to record in wav (which is uncompressed audio). So you won't get any distortion by compression, and also it's able to record in ogg vorbis which again I believe is an open-source audio compression format that is lossless.

So, this unit has a lot going for it. I was able to record seven plus hours of FM radio. On one charge of the battery that was after I upgraded to the open-source firmware.

One quick note there many versions of the Neuros available. There is a 128 MB/256 MB Mini player, with those you can buy a backpack. That is actually just a laptop hard drive in a case, thus allowing you to add 20 to 100 gigs of hard drive space. No thing to note is that you cannot pop out the mini Neuros from the ones that do not have the flash memory inside. I hope that made sense, if not go to the Neuros web site.

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Have some fun and get it done

When it works, its great. However, its not very durable and software still has a lot of bugs. I have already replaced mine once due to a bad connection at the USB and Power ports. My second one is having similar problems. Save your money.

Great features on paper...But when you try to use it, you get an error message - Check out the review on the 80 GB unit. Looks like someone else had the same issue. Straight out of the box the unit will not power up properly.
Customer service has been very responsive, but I am on my second replacement unit. I am having no luck with getting an actual working player ( even the guy I talked to in customer service said they were having many problems with this issue and my replacement unit would take a while to come out since they were waiting for a good batch from the factory). I live in a large city also so the FM transmit thing will probably not work well since most station frequencies are taken - Again refer to the review on the 80 GB model. Save your money . I am just glad I didn't shell out what the poor guy who bought the 80 gb unit did.