Iriver Rocks

phil Yesterday I received all my mp3 stuff…. The Iriver IHP 100 10GB Mp3Player is absolutely wicked. It has wav/mp3 encoder built in so you can encode directly from cd if needs be. The main benefit I see for this is that you can record voice using an external microphone or the built in microphone… very usefull for meetings or lectures. It has an FM tuner too which you can record directly to mp3 :). It is also firmware upgradable which means that any upgrades made for newer releases on the ihp series can also be made on the current models. philThe second Item I got yesterday was the Iriver IMP 550. This is the slimmest cd player in the world at 13.7mm. It plays normal cds/MP3/WMA/ASF/OGG (update in December) and has an FM tuner. It comes with an optical out which means you can use it to record to mp3 like the ihp100 or to any minidisc recorder. Both devices come with the sweetest wired remotes. philThe third item I received was the Irock! 400 which is an FM transmitter. This is great for in a car or if you don't have any external speakers, you just plug it into the headphone jack and set the frequency and tune your radio to that frequency…really cool.It carries for about 10 metres or so. The were deliverd in about 6 days from Neutron Express in the states. I did however get stung for inport duty (AU$160 ouch!!!). It all came to AU$1000 whcih is about 600 Euro..well worth it. I now travel to work (an hour each way) in my own little world. All I have to do now is acquire a taste in music as right now it is all over the place… a bit of Opera here and hardcore Rap there with some Dance in between…etc.