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Originally Posted by holymadness
I had a Creative Zen, too, back in the day. I'm not a musician so I have no particular audiophile credentials, but I do recall that it played 128kbps mp3s same as any other music player and that its PC software was horribly slow and buggy. It was also button controlled, which was far less efficient than the iPod's scroll wheel, the element that really led to its massive success.
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My first Zen had touch sensitive buttons; clunkier than the scroll wheel definitely but perfectly useable. Why they later went for the buttons that appeared on my Zen X-Fi I've no idea.
Agreed that their own PC software was slow and buggy but you didn't need to use it since the Zen Micro worked perfectly directly with Windows Media Player (and in my case legal Napster when it launched). You could also just drag music across to it.
iTunes was a better overall music ecosystem, and deserved its massive success, but the Creative devices worked extremely well with PCs.
Audio quality was undoubtedly better on the Creative Zen. The sound was fuller, with richer bass than on friends' iPods (same headphones).
Graham