iriver T6 reviewed: Pretty, and pretty basic

The audiophiles at Pocketables have gotten their hands on the iriver T6 and crown the DAP a good secondary device for the car or office, especially with its $50 for 2GB asking price. They give high marks for the quality e50-esque form factor, although it seems to have a vested interest in keeping your fingerprints on file. The presentation is otherwise very simple, from the low-res display and minimalist interface to the just-passable touch-based controls. As for the audio, they say it sounds good with everything except the most premium of headphones -- but hey, if you're doling out $500 for ear buds, chances are you couldn't even be bothered to look in the T6's direction anyway.

[poematik14 @ Dec 27th 2008 5:38PM]

FIRST

[Christian Walters @ Dec 27th 2008 5:52PM]

Your reward is here. Where is here? There it is! Where is there? Why, over here! Where? THERE! Your prize? Your e-peen is now .098 of a 37th of an inch longer. Enjoy!

[OneLove @ Dec 28th 2008 3:56PM]

Will somebody please buy a Mercedes GLK already.

[Auari @ Dec 27th 2008 5:52PM]

I'm looking to buy a MP3 player. I like the ipod shuffle, but i hate apple with a passion. Any ideas on what I should look for?
BTW 2gb ipod shuffle costs 69 bucks. I'd like something in that range.

[Arkenklo @ Dec 27th 2008 6:20PM]

You just had to be an ass, did'nt you?

[gkrules @ Dec 27th 2008 6:40PM]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/27/irivers-8gb-e100-pmp-cleared-out-for-59/

8gigs for 59 bucks.
The player is pretty good too.

[Shugg @ Dec 27th 2008 8:07PM]

Sounds like u a cheap ass Mofo ,.just get dome cheap iriver,.Sansa clip.,$40 for mp3 within your price,. I know u don't live in California.

[Relyt @ Dec 27th 2008 7:58PM]

Check out the Sansa clip. It's great!!

irivers are great too, but pretty expenisve. On engadget's homepage there is a link to an 8gb E100 for 40% off. However, the e100 is nothing like the shuffle or clip. It's in a different class of players.

[lpppppl @ Dec 27th 2008 5:53PM]

I own a pair of shures. Will the combination of the player and the earphones sound good?

[Shinigami @ Dec 27th 2008 6:08PM]

You're kidding, right? Anything below iPod/Samsung will sound horrible, IMO.
iPod/Sammy/Sony/Cowon only. Okay, Sandisk Sansa Clip is said to sound great too, didn't try it.

[telepheedian @ Dec 28th 2008 9:54AM]

Zunes are also known for their output quality.

[noyp @ Dec 28th 2008 10:14AM]

And a couple of the older iRivers (h3XX, ihp1XX), Trekstor Vibez, Creative Zen(on a stretch), Creative Zen Vision:M, Meizu M6, and a couple more.

[Shinigami @ Dec 27th 2008 6:07PM]

$300 for earbuds, not even looking at E6.

[Mobius_1 @ Dec 27th 2008 7:19PM]

I suppose I'd take this over a Shuffle, but come on, couldn't the offer something with more storage? My phone (with MicroSDHC) has more memory than that.

[tekdroid @ Dec 28th 2008 5:39PM]

http://www.iriver.com
Agreed. Fixed storage is truly disappointing in this age of cheap Flash memory. We aren't living in $50-a-gigabyte times any more. Non-removable batteries are worse, IMO. iRiver, on their website, likes to brag that the T6 is great for long trips with its claimed 22 hour battery life. Ahem. No it isn't, iRiver; removable batteries are great for long trips. Removable batteries allow you to keep the device for years longer assuming nothing else fails.

Embedded batteries hold far less charge after several hundred charge/ discharges, making the device essentially disposable and limited to the life of its battery, which is always sad, no matter what the cost. The cheapest of the cheap mobile phones have a removable battery, as a bare minimum.

[SummerBoy @ Dec 27th 2008 7:55PM]

Iriver's product is no unique or attractive anymore..

poor

[iKurt @ Dec 27th 2008 7:59PM]

I agree, not as good or better than the iPods.

[Magallanes @ Dec 29th 2008 6:46AM]

but is cheaper and sound great.

[Relyt @ Dec 27th 2008 7:59PM]

You mean the T6?

[Relyt @ Dec 27th 2008 8:01PM]

That was @ Shinigami

[Joe @ Dec 27th 2008 11:45PM]

This makes me sad. I used to love iriver and had one of their old triangular players back in simpler times when iPod wheels still turned. I've watched them make blunder after blunder and release confounding players that have increasingly little significance beyond the iriver name stamped onto them, which they are now apparently working tirelessly to drain of all value as well.