Hi all,

I am looking into using an MP3 player for casual background music
playback and sometimes backing track/Fx tracks in live audio events.
I have read that a difficulty with the iPod is the delay of audio
playback after one has hit the play button, e.g. there is a processing
delay before you get to hear the audio, which is unhelpful if you are
working to performance cue.

I really like many of the features of the current Neuros range: Good
file compatibility, FM Radio & transmit, built in recording, software
updatable, USB2 etc. See http://www.neurosaudio.com but I have no idea
how quick this machine is to respond to pressing the Play button.
The other main contender seems to be one of the Creative MP3 Players
but Creative just doesn't get my vote in terms of professional product
quality.

So if someone out there would like to comment on their experience with
a current Neuros players, I'd appreciate your views and knowledge
about the above issue.

Also if anyone has any other viable product suggestions? I'd like to
hear from you. The main other features I wanted were WAV File
compatibility (For audio quality), 20-30Gb of storage and
external/internal recording options.

I have even been wondering if there is a PDA device out there with
lage enough file capacity to handle this function? But I think that
would be a very bulky PDA.

Many thanks,

Jim.