Archos?

[uncfanforlife07 10+ year member]

My ipod was recently stolen and I'm looking for a replacement player. I was considiring an ipod touch because if the ability to browse the internet over a wireless network, my entiere school is wifi so that would be cool. However the high price and small hard drive made them less appealing to me. Someone mentioned that I should get an Archos player instead. Ive been looking at them for a little bit now and I would like to get other people's opinions. I want a player that will play my music (obviously), have internet wifi abilities, be able to hook up to a headunit (not sure which one yet since I haven't replaced my stolen one), and still remain portable for everyday use. Im considiring the 605's but I have not ruled out anything else yet. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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[Ruthless Pastor 10+ year member]

I have an AV500. This thing I like best about it is it's drag and drop; it sets up like a separate hard drive in Explorer. I rip all my cd's using EAC/LAME so the sound quality is impressive coming out of the player. Another cool thing about it is that you can display what is on the screen onto your tv. The AV500 screen itself has a good quality picture. You can play movies, store photos and use it as a DVR.

Now for the bad; Archos customer service sucks donkey balls. My headphone jack is messed up and I can NOT get ahold of anyone at Archos.

That being said, it's a nice piece of equipment. I would also look at Cowon's players as they are similar and have more audio options, such as EQ, BBE, etc.

This seems to be the only active Archos forum on the web: http://forum.archosfans.com/

Good luck.

 

[uncfanforlife07 10+ year member]

thanks for your input, i looked at the cowan's and read the reviews between the A2 and the archos 604. I like that the A2 can get FM radio but I dont think it can get on the internet which I really want. If the A2 has wireless internet I would def get it because it looked alot easier to use an had better battery life an audio options.