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Title: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: Weazel on February 28, 2005, 09:53:03 PM: http://www.xdrum.co.kr./english/product/xd501/xd501_info.htm

Direct Encoding
Records music from any audio source, MPEG 1/2/2.5/Layer3,
WMA, WAV(ADPCM, PCM)

or am i wrong again?
Title: Re: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: Brian on February 28, 2005, 10:02:59 PM: direct from the specs:

"File Type MPEG 1/2/2.5/Layer3, WMA, ASF, OGG
Direct Encoding Records music from any audio source, MPEG 1/2/2.5/Layer3,
WMA, WAV(ADPCM, PCM)

Bit Rate [Decoding Bit Rate]
- MP3 (All range of MPEG1/2/2.5 layer3) : 8Kbps ~ 320Kbps
(8Khz~48Khz)
- WMA : 8Kbps ~ 192Kbps
- VBR, All range of WMA : 8Kbps ~ 102Kbps (8Khz~48Khz)
- OGG : 8Kbps ~ 499Kbps (Up to Q10)
- WAV : 8Kbps ~ 48Kbps (Up to 48Khz Stereo)
- WMA9 CBR (5Kbps Mono ~ 320Kbps Stereo) and VBR(48Kbps~
256Kbps)
[Encoding Bit Rate]
- MP3 : 16Kbps ~ 192Kbps
- WMA : 32Kbps ~ 128Kbps
- WAV : 32Kbps"

thumbs down.

looks like a fancy mp3 player/recorder to me.
Title: Re: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: Brian on February 28, 2005, 10:03:47 PM: ~~also..... i couldn't find a storage space spec.~~

found it. 2gb drive

it seems that you can import up to 16bit/48kHz wave files and play them but not record them.
Title: Re: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: Weazel on February 28, 2005, 10:05:57 PM: to bad again. was to good to be true :'(
Title: Re: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: Brian on February 28, 2005, 10:09:10 PM: either way, that's a pretty bad ass looking mp3 player
Title: Re: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: Tim on February 28, 2005, 10:15:59 PM: I'll stick with my maroon 5 ipod, thanks...

(http://www.liebography.com/images/maroon.jpg)
Title: Re: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: Brian on February 28, 2005, 10:18:24 PM: my
Quote from: Tim on February 28, 2005, 10:15:59 PM
I'll stick with my maroon 5 ipod, thanks...

my favorite was the coldplay version from that joke site ;D
Title: Re: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: Tim on February 28, 2005, 10:21:07 PM: I had to search this site to find the link, it has now been bookamrked ;D
Title: Re: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: Sanjay on March 01, 2005, 09:46:01 AM: i suggest we all stop looking for Mp3 players to replace the jb3, hasn't happen yet, I am not holding out hope for the future.
Title: Re: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: greenone on March 01, 2005, 08:45:20 PM: Quote from: sirchek on March 01, 2005, 09:46:01 AM
i suggest we all stop looking for Mp3 players to replace the jb3, hasn't happen yet, I am not holding out hope for the future.

Great idea...so that when jb3s are no longer made, we won't even know if anything is around. :P
Title: Re: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: jcrab66 on March 10, 2005, 08:27:09 AM: Quote from: greenone on March 01, 2005, 08:45:20 PM
Quote from: sirchek on March 01, 2005, 09:46:01 AM
i suggest we all stop looking for Mp3 players to replace the jb3, hasn't happen yet, I am not holding out hope for the future.

Great idea...so that when jb3s are no longer made, we won't even know if anything is around. :P

didnt creative already stop making the JB3?
Title: Re: could this be the new stealth recorder?
Post by: hexyjones on March 10, 2005, 09:04:08 AM: Quote from: jcrab66 on March 10, 2005, 08:27:09 AM

didnt creative already stop making the JB3?

Yep - maybe even 2 years ago...