Archos Jukebox Studio (20 GB) MP3 Player

Pros: Quality of sound, Ease of use, battery life, support.
Cons: Twice it froze on me...no biggie I restarted, okay headphone (drastic improvment from the last)

First of all its Archos. If you go to their website you will see that these people do not fool around. They make quality products and this jukebox is one of them!
Setting up the box was simple. It took a little longer with me since I am running this...

Pros: 6GB in a small, compact package. Easy to use. Holds any files. Sturdy. Well-designed
Cons: Battery removal difficult, risks marring case, Can't use regular 1.5v AA cells.

I just purchased the Archos Jukebox 6000 as a birthday gift for my fiancee, but I may keep it for myself! This is the ideal design for a portable MP3 player. Based on the same, ubiquitous 2.5" hard drive found in most notebook computers, the Archos...

Pros: price, built in memory, it's a hard disc
Cons: very heavy, low volume

this is my first MP3 player and it's been great. capability for 6000 minutes of 128 quality music. I've had this product almost a year and a've had no problems whatsoever with it. I have 600+ songs, complete movies, trailers, games, photos, documents,...

Pros: Carries a huge music collection. Updates available (for firmware and drivers). Looks great!
Cons: Takes a couple days to get the hang of using it. Confusing manual.

Some of the other reviews might say that the Archos Studio is not durable. Right after they drop it off a cliff. Some of the reviewers say that it is impossible to work with. But they only have an IQ of 70. Where is this going? The Archos studio is...

Pros: Sturdy Construction, nice looking, Great price, doubles as USB Hard Drive, padded carry case.
Cons: Poor sounding headphones(included), USB interface a little slow, but tolerable

I bought this thing after buying two non functional Rio One players, at about $100 more. Too bad I didn't see this one earlier. This unit is packed with usability and a friendly one at that. I got it back to the office, charged the batteries, plugged...

Pros: Compare to portable dat for utility - cheaper - USB 2.0 & MP3 files!
Cons: low functionality mic, menues are like beta.

March 12, 2002 -- DAY 1 (first impressions)

I waited through christmas and finally got a decent enough deal on the newer model from GatewayStores.com with a coupon -- but I had to pay tax.

The unit is supposed to be my studio...

Pros: Holds tons of CDs, doubles a a 6 GB hard drive
Cons: included headphones, no lock button

I have been looking for a portable MP3 player for over 6 months and have been very interested in the Archos 6000 for a while. The price has finally dropped. Best Buy had a $50 mail in rebate, so the final price was $189.

Took the unit home,...

Pros: Best capacity to price ratio available, quality sound.
Cons: Hard drives can't be pounded like a solid state player.

I'll get it right out of the way. This player has a hard drive. You can't juggle a hard drive based player, and you probably can't jog with it. (I havn't tried, though.)

However, I've only ever caused the hard drive to have a problem once,...

Pros: Small, great battery life.
Cons: USB 1.1 is slow. Go for the USB 2.0 model

I have a new favorite gadget. The Archos holds a lot of music, sound quality is excellent, and I'm getting plenty of battery life. I use it on trips and easily get 10 hours from the batteries. The unit is easy to hack too, you can add new batteries if...

Pros: easy to use, stores allot of music
Cons: none

I am very impressed with Archos Jukebox 6000. It's main competitors are Nomad Jukebox from Creative Labs and the Remote Solution Personal Jukebox PJB 100. All of these devices use a hard drive to store MP3 music for portable playback. Archos is...

Pros: Size; Battery-Life; Good Headphones; Easy to Download Songs to
Cons: Battery Door is Ridiculous to Open; Buttons questionable on durability; Instruction Manual is a joke

I wrote an article a few weeks ago on the Creative Nomad Jukebox. The Review Title at that time was "The Best 6GB MP3 Player on the market (so far). Well, so far has passed in time thanks to the NEW Archos HD-MP3. It is in my opinion better than the...

Pros: Huge 6GB disk storage; ruggedized case.
Cons: Volume doesn't go low enough; pouch doesn't show controls.

The Jukebox 6000 comes with a whopping 6GB of MP3 storage space, 2 sets of NiCad batteries, charger, belt pouch, headphones (behind the head type), and USB cable. For $350, it is the best price per MB of storage. It's easy to copy MP3 files to it. Once...

Pros: Excellent sound quality/battery life
Cons: Cheap buttons/durability?

I just picked up the Archos Recorder (upgraded with a 20 gig HD) and so far it's been working great. Mind you I had to return the unit after the first day as there appeared to be something wrong with the hard drive itself. But they replaced the HD and...

Pros: Great storage capacity
Cons: Customer service

This is the best MP3 player on the market. We have had it for 6 months and use it at work, home, and in the car. We have even upgraded our car stereo with a new Aiwa deck that has an MP3 plug in the front of the unit.

The only negative that...

Pros: 6GB of file storage
Cons: none to think of yet

The ARCHOS Jukebox HD-MP3 Recorder is the best MP3 recorder/player I’ve come across. First, it’s 6GB Hard Drive gives you real-time recording of nearly 6 000 minutes of top quality music in MP3 format. Not to mention, you can record from analog and...