I would like an MP3 player, not too expensive, but with good quality sound. Any ideas ?

Personally I would not look beyond the ipod.

Yes they are over hyped but they are also darn good.

Depending on the size you want you can get an ipod shuffle that holds 250 songs for about £50 or a 60GB Fifth Generation Video ipod that can hold up to 15,000 songs or pictures and video clips. They retail at a touch under £300

Yeh stu, but that really is above my price range for a frivolous item like this.

No fifty quid is ok, but what is the sound quality like and what kind of headphone do you have ?

You get the standard ipod earbud phones, I use a set of headphones though for improved quality.

They are easy to use and the software is user friendly. Sound is superb, although it depends on the quality of the music you put on of course.

I would guess something like an ipod Nano would suit you, not overly expensive but with most of the features of the bigger models.

Thanks Stu. I shall wait and see what other members say about theirs and make comparisons.

If you just want simplicity and a decent sound then you could do worse than an Itronics one. The 1GB one is tiny, easy to use and has 8 hours battery life (with good batteries!). Earphones are shit though but its only £39.99 in the Argos!

My Sanyo one is really good 6gb and under £100 although unfortunately it it is no longer available on Amazon.

I have just bought my daughter an Archos Gimini which is 3gb and £95, the sound is pretty good (although better ear phones would help) and one thing I do like is the fact that you do not need to load any additional software as you use windows media player to load songs.

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Pick up a cheap iPod mini You can have mine for a tenner lol.

iPod Shuffles are good, they can a bit fiddly though cos of the whole 'no screen' thing and you can't pick what song you wanna listen to.. have to keep skipping back and forth til you find it. Hence the name iPod Shuffle

Which of these options offer the possibility of chosing the song that I want to listen to ?

I havent used my iPod mini for ages however it is a very good option. I use my sony erricson phone now, just enough space for what I need and one less thing to carry.

I have a mini ipod which I think is great, the battery life is a bit disappointing though