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Originally Posted by dvard
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I have just tried 40thiPlay and it has blown me away.
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It did me too, the first time I tried it.
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Phendric – You said that you tried a few different players and settled on the 40thiPlay Which I can see why. I am just curious, would you mind listing the other players that You tried? I truly feel that I need to look no further, but feel a bit negligent in not at least testing some of the others. The reason I tried Mortplayer first was because of all the great reviews, and I did like the slick interface very much, but I think that the people recommending it really don’t care too much about the actual audio quality.
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I tried only free players: GSPlayer and TCPMP (which at the time was BetaPlayer), although I did a bit of reading around to see what people had to say about other players. When I came upon iPlay, I loved it so much that I very quickly just purchased it (sometimes I'm more of an impulse buyer than I should be - I have tons of games, and none of them are currently installed on my PDA :) .
To respond to what some others have said in this thread:
- I know that people have had problems with the author's website not letting them enter the site. That would be really annoying if it happened to me. I'm not exactly sure why it is, but I know that he has had major issues with people spamming him (which I'm not sure what it has to do with the site as opposed to email...?)
- d0pefish mentioned that the author's attitude is somewhat arrogant and that he doesn't listen to users' requests for features. All I have to say is that he has been pretty receptive to my emails - if I find a bug, he's very quick to fix it and supply an update. I even sent him a request several months ago for the implementation of super-playlists, and about a month ago, he came out with that functionality.
- About the cluttered interface, I agree that it may be complicated. I don't think it looks bad, though, and, being an engineering student, I guess I'm used to complicated. I like the extreme customizability :) .
- Someone mentioned that iPlay costs $40. It used to, but the base version now only costs $30. It includes an AAC decoder, so Conduits Pocket Player costs just as much if you purchase its optional AAC decoder. I realize, though, that for the iPlay server and/or FLAC plugin, it costs more.
- About having to purchase a good pair of headphones to really appreciate iPlay, I might agree with that. I suppose that your portable system is only as good as the worst component is. For those who are not audiophiles, wanting the best quality music, iPlay probably isn't for them. That's why other players are out there :). I, however, like to have high-quality music (many in my family are musicians).
Long post.
Phillip