{"id":44,"date":"2005-04-19T21:17:01","date_gmt":"2005-04-19T20:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/19\/review-iriver-ifp899\/"},"modified":"2007-09-28T21:06:27","modified_gmt":"2007-09-28T20:06:27","slug":"review-iriver-ifp899","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/19\/review-iriver-ifp899\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: iRiver iFP899"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For something different, I have recorded an audio review of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iriver.at\/flash_player.html?p_id=157&#038;L=0&#038;view=features&#038;color=1\">iRiver iFP\u00a0899<\/a> from a Mac-using podcaster&#8217;s perspective. Not that I am a podcaster, but I am a beginner. The review is interwoven with a sound-seeing tour of me going to the supermarket, since using these iRivers for podcasting is all about mobile recording.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/images\/iRiverAndMicNoGlare.jpg\" alt=\"iRiver iFP899 and Griffin Lapel Mic\" title=\"iRiver iFP899 and Griffin Lapel Mic\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Audio:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/audio\/SH-2005-04-19.mp3\">iRiver Review MP3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/images\/MicBlendsIn.jpg\" alt=\"White Griffin Lapel Mic stands out\" title=\"Griffin Lapel Mic so inconspicuous!\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" \/>It&#8217;s a worrying 50 minutes long, of which the review is mostly the first 15 minutes. The rest is me ranting \/ smoking \/ umming and scuttling furtively down the tinned food aisle. Although I don&#8217;t know why I bothered trying to hide the white Griffin Lapel Mic; it does tend to stand out against my dark navy jacket (see photo, right).<\/p>\n<p>I got some facts wrong during the review, so read them here and don&#8217;t sue me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1GB flash memory<\/li>\n<li>40 hours of recording at 64kbps \/ 22.05Khz \/ Stereo<\/li>\n<li>Real-time Encoding<\/li>\n<li>40 hours of playtime on a single AA battery<\/li>\n<li>Plays MP3, OGG, ASF and something called WMA<\/li>\n<li>FM tuner<\/li>\n<li>Record from Line In \/ External Mic, Internal Mic, FM Tuner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I forgot to mention the FM tuner in the review. Both the tuner and the recording feature work very well and the tuner has excellent reception (for me, anyway).<\/p>\n<p>Also, I could hardly remember that in the box you get:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manuals (you&#8217;ll need &#8217;em)<\/li>\n<li>CD<\/li>\n<li>Earphones<\/li>\n<li>Carrying Case<\/li>\n<li>Neck strap<\/li>\n<li>1 AA Battery<\/li>\n<li>USB Cable (iRiver supports USB 2)<\/li>\n<li>Audio Cable (3.5mm jacks both ends)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a screenshot of the iRiver Music Manager software (that doesn&#8217;t really manage anything):<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/images\/iRiverMusicManager.png\" alt=\"iRiver Music Manager\" title=\"iRiver Music Manager\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Finally, I mention in the review that I tried to pause the recording and hit the wrong button, meaning I had to start another recording to continue. I stitched these together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.felttip.com\/products\/soundstudio\/\">Sound Studio<\/a> then re-ripped the file into MP3 and tagged it using iTunes. I don&#8217;t think the quality suffered.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><b>Update:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/20\/iriver-audio-review-notes\/\">Click here<\/a> see some notes on this review, and please accept my apologies for the singing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For something different, I have recorded an audio review of the iRiver iFP 899 from a Mac-using podcaster&#8217;s perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reinventedsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}