by Anamon » Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:20 pm
I doubt that any players support multi-tags. In my experience most players already do a shitty enough job even with very basic, legal ID3v2 tagging. It just seems to be not very high up on any manufacturer's priority list. Also, I think 99% of people do not go beyond what ID3v1 already offered anyway.
Apart from that, the main suggestion I'd give is to go for a player that you can use as a simple mass storage device (i.e., like an USB stick). First, you'll have cross-platform compatibility with all important operating systems, and you'll usually be able to connect it to any comupter without having to have administrator rights in order to install a driver or some proprietary software. Second, even though MediaMonkey does a good job at syncing iOS devices etc. by now, these proprietary protocol turds are always subject to change, and after updating your device you could always go back into limbo while MM devs are trying to reverse engineer and figure out how to get the thing working again... you'll never have such problems with a simple mass storage player.
Personally, I always recommend players from
Cowon. I've used their players exclusively for almost 10 years now, and don't even look at other manufacturers anymore. Their players have lots of nice features, FLAC support, and some of the best sound quality you can get on any portable player. They feel like they're made by people who really care about music more than gimmicks and gadgets. Also, some of their players have amazing battery life (their official numbers are pretty spot-on, my 60-hour iAudio 7 is about 5 years old now and still plays for 40+ hours without recharging).
I doubt that any players support multi-tags. In my experience most players already do a shitty enough job even with very basic, legal ID3v2 tagging. It just seems to be not very high up on any manufacturer's priority list. Also, I think 99% of people do not go beyond what ID3v1 already offered anyway.
Apart from that, the main suggestion I'd give is to go for a player that you can use as a simple mass storage device (i.e., like an USB stick). First, you'll have cross-platform compatibility with all important operating systems, and you'll usually be able to connect it to any comupter without having to have administrator rights in order to install a driver or some proprietary software. Second, even though MediaMonkey does a good job at syncing iOS devices etc. by now, these proprietary protocol turds are always subject to change, and after updating your device you could always go back into limbo while MM devs are trying to reverse engineer and figure out how to get the thing working again... you'll never have such problems with a simple mass storage player.
Personally, I always recommend players from [url=http://www.cowonglobal.com/]Cowon[/url]. I've used their players exclusively for almost 10 years now, and don't even look at other manufacturers anymore. Their players have lots of nice features, FLAC support, and some of the best sound quality you can get on any portable player. They feel like they're made by people who really care about music more than gimmicks and gadgets. Also, some of their players have amazing battery life (their official numbers are pretty spot-on, my 60-hour iAudio 7 is about 5 years old now and still plays for 40+ hours without recharging).
