mp3 player with good line-out?

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Heyas. As the title suggests, I'm looking for a portable mp3 player with a good line out that I can use in my car. The headunit is stock and has an aux-in jack so that's the way I'd like to go. I tried an ipod mini but when I used the dock line-out adapter thingy the line-out was still being affected by the ipod's internal amplifier and equalizer. Result was lots of crackling at higher volumes and way too much bass/treble at times. So, looking for an mp3 player with an unamplified line-out it seems, but I can't seem to find one. Hopefully the hardforum can offer some suggestions or ideas :).
 
In this order:

iRiver H120/140 (20/40GB) Good luck finding one
iAudio X5
iRiver H320/340 (20/40GB)
 
Post #7 here will answer your question and provide an explaination.

http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=10831

It's easy to do and works well.

The big problem is iPods in general have a horribly boosted midrange. This will lower the voltage levels to your RCA jacks which is what you need.

If all else fails go to your local car stereo shop and purchase a line level adaptor that has two holes for adjustments. Keep the iPod volume very low and dial the rest in to taste.

Luck
 
PigCorpse said:
In this order:

iRiver H120/140 (20/40GB) Good luck finding one
iAudio X5
iRiver H320/340 (20/40GB)
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Jeebus those be 'spensive. I was hoping for a 2-4gb flash based player with a line-out, but that seems to be impossible from what I've found so far :(. Grr. I'm paranoid about dropping the player and fubaring the hdd. They are very shiny however.

BillR said:
Post #7 here will answer your question and provide an explaination.

http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=10831

It's easy to do and works well.

The big problem is iPods in general have a horribly boosted midrange. This will lower the voltage levels to your RCA jacks which is what you need.

If all else fails go to your local car stereo shop and purchase a line level adaptor that has two holes for adjustments. Keep the iPod volume very low and dial the rest in to taste.

Luck
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I believe I understand that post, but I don't have an ipod anymore. I'm assuming that would work with any mp3 player that doesn't have a dedicated line out correct? I don't have any experience with resistors and whatnot so more than likely would have to go to a car audio shop. Hmm.

I'm kinda leaning towards the sansa then, if I can find some kind of line out adapter, I like that it's small, flash based, and has a user replaceable battery. It's going to end up being left in my car a good bit so methinks flash is they way to go, unless I'm mistaken (need that driving music for service calls :p). Anyone out there have any experience using the sansa via line-out? Or any other flash based player? My car is an '06 nissan sentra if that helps any.
 
an imod and a quables output....can you say 300$ish out of your back pocket?
im not sure how good the zen vision M LOD is

you looking for flash based or hdd based?
 
Trying to stick to flash based. I don't really need gobs of storage for music on the go.
 
I have a sansa e250; picked it up from OfficeMax a few weeks ago for $90. I use a monster FM Transmitter to get the audio out to the radio in my car. I'm pretty happy with it for audio books. I'm not a fan of it for music because... well... if I wanted something that quality, I'd just listen to the radio. It's the FM transmitter that I'm not happy with. :(

The sansa e250 has an eq. It's got a dozen or so presets, and as well as a custom setting so you can fine tune it.

I'm very happy with my Sansa...it's a 2gb flash model, which is plenty for a book and some music for me. Plus it has an expansion slot so you can add in more RAM if you want. Well worth the $90 I paid for it.
 
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