iriver iFP-380T 128 MB MP3 Player

by iRiver

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001ZRN0O
• Item model number: iFP 380T
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,419 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

The iFP-380T unique styling will impress you as well with a list of advanced features: 128MB of internal memory, an integrated FM tuner, voice and FM recorder, Sennheiser earphones and up to 24 hours of battery life on a single AA.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For what it does, it's great!, June 6, 2004

By 

Max Futterman (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iriver iFP-380T 128 MB MP3 Player (Electronics)

In the days of the iPod and other double digit gig MP3 jukeboxes, you'd think that these puny 128MB flash players would be falling out of fashion. Wrong! These things are still popular, and the IFP-300 line is the best out there.

I bought this for several reasons: I wanted a music box a little more discrete than my aging CD player, and I wanted to be able to change my playlist easily and accomidate all the music I would want for a week. At this price, I got all I wanted and more. I can wedge this in my pocket, the batteries last very long, the sound quality is top-notch, and it comes with an FM radio and an excellent voice recorder.

When I encode the songs as 128kbps 44khz MP3s, I can fit about two hours of music on this jewel, which is enough for me. At that quality, my ears cannot discern the difference between that and a CD unless I'm deliberatly looking for the difference, which I never am and you probably won't be. I once fit 4 hours of music at 64kbps (long car ride), but I was able to discern an annoying degragation in quality.

A word of advice: in today's world, this particular MP3 player is taylored for me, but might not be for you. I have a modest CD collection which I can count on my fingures, and I can listen to the same song a hundred times and still enjoy it. If you have fourty CDs and can't bear to listen to the same song twice in one week or demand that your music be uncompressed, spring for an iPod. If you're someone like me but with a larger CD collection, consider this only a model with more memory. Also consider the new 700 line of MP3 players from iRiver. They seem to be basically the same as this one only different aesthetics and twice the battery life, at least according to the ads.

NOTE: When you buy this, download all the firmware updates from the iRiver website. One of the updates will let you mount the MP3 player as a removable drive in Windows as opposed to the third-rate propriatary software they expect you to use. I now just drag and drop my MP3s from iTunes.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Premium Do it All MP3 Player, May 4, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: iriver iFP-380T 128 MB MP3 Player (Electronics)

The BEST sound quality by far compared to all MP3 players I tested out recently on my visit to BBY. The FM radio reception is crisp and clear - great for tuning into those TV-Radio transmissions in a Gym. The most suprising feature was the voice recording - you can truly get a very clear professional quality sound recording at the touch of a button. My friends who are musicians use my player to critique their practices! I have recorded and downloaded songs from the inbuilt FM radio and they are truly of outstanding quality.
And then there is the line in recording feature. It sounds complex but it is really simple. Just use the supplied cord and convert all CD, LP, tape collection you have into MP3.

The price of course is much better than any other premuim player on the market. Do not confuse this with cheap imports that are marketed under big company names.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite things!, May 10, 2004

By 

thetarotphile "minrice" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iriver iFP-380T 128 MB MP3 Player (Electronics)

I love this player! Mostly because it is so easy to use. It has a USB port for downloading and whatnot, but you don't need a computer to put songs into the player. You will need one if you want to reformat the songs (put them in order or files), but with this player you can record with the line in feature straight from a CD player or the built in tuner. The only way you get four hours of music on this player is if you really decrease the quality of recording, that's the best I can say it. So it really holds around two hours if you want great, ungrainy sound and all. But it's light and pretty tiny so it fits easily into a pocket or crowded purse.
It's great!