I'm not a tech maven but I loooove music. For Christmas, the love goddess gave me a SanDisk 2.0GB MP3 player. As my ears are shot- from too much music, sitting next to a fire truck engine, aurally unprotected firearms use, etc.- sound quality is not high on my list. I've got 450 songs on it, with about 30-40% more disk space to be used. Big advantage, uses a AAA battery, rechargeble or not- so I'll never be stuck on the road with a dead proprietary battery. Relatively easy to use and not the most expensive player either.