I have purchased a 2GB iBeat Organix (without FM) last month, and been really pleased with it. Cool features : - line in ; I used it for quickly recording our band in the rehearsal studio, very handy. - playback at variable speed ; this alters pitch, but being a drummer, I found it useful anyway to decipher a performance (it is funny to listen to, also). Well, it was all good until the device broke this week, and now refuses to start. I am sending it back to customer service ; hope to get one back soon. I am not too sure what happened to the unit (electrical shock surely ?) : it was plugged to the USB port when I turned my machine off. Then the display on the device would be all lit, and it would not switch off. It stayed like this for a few hours, and now, it will no longer switch on, whether on USB or standalone. I do not intend to bash this product, as - again- I am not sure what happened ; although, I suppose it should survive normal machine shutdown. Or should I lay the blame on ivman, which maybe did not unmount it propely ? Or on this machine's admin (aka me) ? Also, it could be one defective unit, these things happen. Well, I was keen on sharing the experience, anyway. Kind regards. On 6/29/07, Christoph Eckert <ce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Which other players would you recommend for their abilities and > > usability? > > I run an TrekStor iBeat Organix FM. The receiver's quality is very good, > as the overall audio quality is. When playing OGG which are longer than > the usual song time, dropouts appear from time to time. > The internal battery gets loaded via the USB bus, while the battery > grants you enough hours of mobile music. It has two headphone outs and > a line in as well. The display material is a bit weak, so it needs some > protection to avoid scratches. > > Unfortunately it has some drawbacks: > * usability (when you need the less used functions) > * trashed filesystem after connecting it to a Mac > * crashing every 5th time when using the voice recording capability > > If you need a good sounding player with a good battery time and you can > get it for a reasonable price at ebay, I can recommend it. The hardware > seems to be well engineered, while the firmware seems to be buggy. Or I > just got a device with a defective flash. > > HTH, > > ce > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
