The Antipod

This is the third Archos product that I have purchased. I had the Gmini404 which I was very pleased with but I ran out of space on the hard drive. So, I couldn't wait to get the 160gb Archos 504. It is absolutely fabulous. I have spent the last three days ripping my entire collection to the Archos--about 3,000 tracks and I still have room to spare for photos, movies, notes, etc. The controls take a little getting used to, you definitely have to look at the unit to navigate around. A touchscreen would be a nice addition. That's the only criticism that I have and it's really a very small complaint.

I have Shure E3 sound isolating headphones & coupled with the 504, you are transported to another place. I can't praise the player enough. If you love music, do yourself a favor and spring for the Archos 504 with really good headphones like Shure. You won't regret it.

I adore my 504; why would anyone bother with an IPod?????

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ARCHOS 504

I'M VERY HAPPY WITH MY ARCHOS, ITS EVERYTHING AND MORE THAN I EXPECTED.

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Awesome Picture and video quality, But....

I bought this 504 for the simple reason that I wanted a widescreen device and something to play video, music, photos and more. This device does it!! I was so impressed with the quality of the screen I almost overlooked the interface with which you have to learn to get around. Yes I said almost, I sadly am returning this item due to the fact that I have had to shut it down and power on at least five times to get out of a frozen state. Almost always when playing music did this happen. and for some reason the response is very slow when changing songs esspecially when the backlight has gone out. I wish it had a few more options like making playlists for view photos and playing songs while viewing a photo slide show, but I guess they'll never make a player that does everything we want.

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