MP3 players forum: iRiver Clix or Sandisk Sansa e260?

I've had both players myslef, Tried the Sansa for about a month and then swiched to the Iriver and have had it for about a month also.

I did like them both but as an audiophile, here's why I chose the Iriver instead: Better sound quality, beter sound options, like EQs & SRS settings, and codex support like my fave OGG! These are the audio advantages of the Iriver.

If you're an audiophile, then you'll appreciate the sound quality on the Irver over the Sansa, it's clearer, crisper, has WAY better sound options including custom EQ (Sansa only has preset EQs) and bass options plus it's the loudest player I've ever used, with my Sony MDR sl81s volume 4 is about the loudest I can handle, unless working out then it's about 7.(max volume 40)

The Sansa, does have a bit more of a hiss at quiet parts and system noise where it's undecernable on the Iriver. Id compare the sound quality to my Iaudio X5 wich is considered one of the best sounding players out there. Different sound enhancements thogh.
Features wise The Sansa and Clix are similar, the Clix has a few more like text viewer and games, but this stuff you already know. The advantage of the Sansa is it's a bit smaller and more memory for your money. If memory is the most important, the Sansa is better, that's one thing I miss is not having that extra 2 gigs of storage, of course if you're just working out and stuff, I have over 300 songs at pretty high quality and 3 Futuramas on my Clix and this is sufficient for sure.

Navigation on the Sansa is very simple and easy to use with one hand, the Clix is has a very intuitive and unique navigation system that I like a bit beter but two hands best for ease of use, unless using the armband accesory kit(definitly recomended).

The Mechanical scroll wheel on the Sansa gets your thumbs a bit sore after a while but it's easy to use like the Nano. Video on both are pretty good quality for 15fps and the screen on the Sansa is quite nice but noticably smaller, the clix screen is very good also. Believe it or not, the Clix does not scratch easily even though bu looking at it you may worry that it may. I've never used a screen protector and workout with the player and have no scratches whatsoever. The Sans has a soft plastic front simular to the Nano and although not as prone, does scratch a lot easier than the Clix. The Sans looks cooler and is very solidly constructed. The durability fo the Iriver I have no problems with either.

Sometimes I do miss my Sansa but the benifits of the Cilx, Sound quality, sound enhansements, OGG support, bigger screen, text support, alarm, flash games, not a Nano copy, interface...make me forget soon enough.
The Sansa advantages: Nano like Size(though thicker) more memory for your money... I'm honestly trying to think of more but I can't. I'm not against the Sansa in NO way, it's a great player and I think it's the second best flash player out there, and I'd still have mine if it weren't for the Clix.

I aslo have an Iaudio U2 1G player and if you want a small player with lots of features and GREAT sound quality, OGG support, Fm radio, voice recording ect. One drawback maybe be lack of Artist/Album browsing, folder style suits me just fine and with 1Gig, it's not to hard to find anything. The U2 is less than half the price and it's very small but doesn't have Vid, pic, album art feature. Worth checking out!

Hope that helps a bit, let me know what you decide I'd be interested to find out. Cheers >:)

Like I said, capacity is a factor, but not too important.

Actually, reading the two posts, one a pro-clix, another a pro-sansa, I'm leaning more towards the Clix. The capacity and the nano-like form factor are the only two pros the sansa has over the clix, while the clix has a bunch of unique features over the sansa, such as a larger screen, slightly longer battery life, and as the first poster pointed out, better audio quality.

If anyone has a tipping point for me to get the Clix, that would be great. If anyone has a case for me to get a sansa, show me that too.

If you can, go to Best Buy and pick up both. Play with them, then return which ever one you don't like.

I have both, but in my opinion I like the IRiver Clix, but it's close. Here's why, I multi-use my player, mp3 for working out, portable player for my car, portable player for work. At work is where I discovered that the Sansa skips. It's not a hard drive, and it doesn't do it at the same point in the songs, but it skips when hooked up to speakers. The IRiver clix does not. I also like the IRiver for the car a little bit better, the face is bigger and easier to change songs when driving.

I just spoke to Iriver Customer Service and was informed that when the player is shutdown the battery still drains therefore shortening the life. I guess the only thing to do is plug it into the computer when I get home everyday. Although it does say that battery life is rated on continuous play. So it will last for 25 hours if its kept on.

Doesn't make sense to me but I'll keep it as Amazon refunds only %80 of the cost if the item is returned after 30 days.

I too prefer waiting a few seconds and have longer battery life. The support staff I spoke to said that there were complains coming about this and if they have enought of them they might put out a firmware to correct.

I have a SanDisk Sansa e250. I toyed around with both the Clix and the H10 both Iriver mp3 players. I generally did not get a good vibe from either. They seemed a little like having a PSP. Two hands are needed for the Clix. If you want to watch movies get the Clix. If you want music get the Sansa. It has superior sound quality and will release an 8gb version. If you have got money, that is the mp3 player to get. If you are an audiophile get the Sansa. Intuitive navigation, colorful, and has a WOW factor, dare I say it more than that of the iPod nowadyas since the iPod is older. Clix is a great flash player, but Sansa in my worthless opinion is the better choice. Let me know what you choose in the end.

The ppl that say that the sansa has system noise are being anal. it isnt something to worry about. it is just extra critical. like saying that when playing solitare on the iPod it isnt very responsive it is totally irrelevant. if you want small get sandisk. you want video get iriver. personally i like sandisk more but the audio quality is dead even.

Easy to use. Don't really like the wheel on the Sansa. Also like the design of the Clix.

iRiver products are known for having great sound quality. From what many people have said, the Clix is no exception. If you want, go to a best buy with a pair of your own headphones, and listen to the player yourself.

As for sounds, if you have powerful enough headphones, you're most likely to hear some sort of buzz, no matter what the player is.

Any official word about the whereabouts of the 4 gig Clix, like a web site that's mentioned it or anything?
Thanks

Makes sense, I mean, they have to come out with it eventually!

I own a clix and I'm very happy with it.
-The clix has an armband so using it to work out wouldn't be a problem.
-The audio quality is great, I own a YP-T8 and compared to my clix it sounds awful, even tho its the same bit rate
-I had only had it for about a week so can't help u but they all come with a 1 year warranty.
-I also have an PSP messed it up because of I messed with the flash, anyways the videos are beautiful, I thought since it was 15 FPS it would lah but its just ass good, maybe better because of the screen.
-2GB is ok for me I right now have a movie "V for Vandetta" and have 77 songs, and 32 flash games and still have more than a gig left.
-U will need WMP to put music on, don't have to use it just have to have it installed, it comes with WMP11 which I like using, the only problem is that it doesnt come w/ video converter but u can use Iriveter witch is free and Iriver is helping with, theres a tutorial at iriveramerica.com, the GUI is beautiful u can change so that it displays horizontally or vertically can also change the background.
go to http://www.anythingbutipod.com/
and http://www.misticriver.net/ for more stuff.

I have the sansa e250 with 2gb after looking at this forum, but its a little hard to use. I'm trying to create a new playlist on the device, but when I look through my playlists on my device all I see is go list. Maybe the sansa e250 can't create playlists, but to me it's kind of a big deal since I love to organize things. I'm not sure if I'm doing this incorrectly.

The sansa e250 looks really sleek and its small so you can bring it around everywhere. The sansa e250 has everything a clix has except games. It shows videos and pictures. To me all I needed was space and 2gb was enough for me, but the clix was more money even though they had the same amount of memory.

if you have switched the player from MTP to UMS mode or vice versa, the song u loaded may not show immediately for your method of uploading was different. all you have to do is refresh the player's database. you can find a few tricks and tips for your player in the Forums section at the top of anythingbutipod.com's home page