http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/ Engadget Comments for iriver clix gen 2 unboxing and hands-on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/]]>Apr 30th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://tinyurl.com/2qwzeg]]>Apr 30th 2007 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/
I'm a big fan of subscription music to go and it's a deal breaker if a mp3 player doesn't have it. Oh yes, I can still BUY if I want to.

David, could you please cite the URL which shows the Clix gen 2 doesn't have gapless playback? And of course, we're defining gapless as something more than a 1 second pause (demarcation) between tracks. I've never run across any documentation of this assertion. Thanks!

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The user interface is pretty easy... I was hesitant at first because the "click screen" thing is so different, but its pretty easy to get used to.

The screen looks good too... videos look nice. And transferring music was easy.

One thing that annoys me tho... the volume buttons seem "backwards" to me. they are two buttons on the top of the device and the Vol+ buttons is on the left and the Vol- is on the right...

Other than that... I recommend it for those who don't want a nano. I bought it right off their website... it's not prominently displayed on their website for some reason... but it's definitely in their online store. ]]>Apr 30th 2007 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/
I suppose Apple's choice of aac for itunes downloads had nothing to do with DRM.]]>Apr 30th 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/
also iriver has never included FLAC support on any of their players. The closest they ever came to that was WMA-Lossless on some of their old chunky PMP's.

and crescentdavid, iriver has never offered gapless playback before on their players, and if they finally changed that I'm sure I would of seen them announce that or it mention on misticriver.net, which I frequently visit.

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Here are the facts, decide for yourself: http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=AAC

Personally, since I dont bother with small bitrates (the only place where AAC is arguably better), I'll stick to an open format that isn't patented to all hell like AAC. MusePack or OGG for me.]]>Apr 30th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/
they only have specs about it.in their online store https://secure3.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=iriver&BusType=BtoC&Count1=488094508&Count2=405234932&ProductID=295&Target=products.asp]]>Apr 30th 2007 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multiformat128/results.html

Check those results and you will see that AAC (referenced as iTunes in the test) and Mp3 (LAME in the test). The 'overall ratings' at the bottom are the most telling. LAME Mp3 and AAC basically tied. Saying "AAC is far superior to MP3 at all bitrates" is rubbish. Granted, this is a subjective public listening test, but the analysis of the data is solid.

In my opinion, AAC and LAME both suck. Vorbis for the win.]]>Apr 30th 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.iriveramerica.com/prod/ultra/clix/clix-4GB-black.aspx

I clicked on products then on iriver Clix. I'm then brought to the screen that displays 1 old clix and the two new versions. When I click on the new black clix it takes me to a product page. I have to click another link to get to the store.

]]>Apr 30th 2007 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/I gotcha now. So there is no 2nd gen clix on the products page only old clix (as you stated several times). Didn't even know the old clix came in black.

As Kevin said earlier pretty weak Iriver. ]]>Apr 30th 2007 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Like someone else said, the difference between MP3 and AAC is only noticeable in the smaller bitrates. If you are ripping your music in crappy quality, fine, go for AAC. If you're concerned with sound quality, you should be ripping at least at 320kbps MP3 (very minimum), if not high-bitrate OGG or the most preferred, FLAC. AAC can't hold a candle to lossless.]]>Apr 30th 2007 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Apr 30th 2007 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/May 1st 2007 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/May 1st 2007 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/May 1st 2007 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Oh, btw, the Clix 2 is sweet. My brother purchased it just last week from theiriverstore.com and its freaking awesome. He has the 4GB and as excited as I am to use it when my brother lets me, I might just hold off for the 8GB version. Man, can June come any sooner?]]>May 2nd 2007 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/May 2nd 2007 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Jun 18th 2007 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/Jun 24th 2007 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/iriver-clix-gen-2-unboxing-and-hands-on/The AMOLED screen looks really good. I've uploaded some pictures on it and its out of this world for a player its size.
I'm a little frustrated that its taking for ever for the 8gb to come out. I might just have to return in if it comes out within 30 days and get the 8gb for $50 more. ]]>Jul 24th 2007 12:53PM