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Originally Posted by KHRoN
actually iMP-550 has bigger buffrer than iMP-900... 64MB vs 32MB
moreover it rather works like that (if only I can remember):
- you start player, it spins up
- it loads as much FULL songs into buffer as it can (it takes a couple of seconds) and it stops
- music plays since buffer is empty
- then it spins up once more and load as much... and so on
SO it IS protected when it is not loading... I think it has nothing like "G-Shock" (to prevent laser miss-reading)
[edit] and BTW SONY's G-Shock is the best, because it REALLY protects against shock
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It can't take 'a couple of seconds', unless the CD was spinning at ~16x. These discs spin at 1x, and with 320 kbps MP3s, the loading speed into the buffer would be around 4.41x. So the '550 has the bigger buffer, eh? Are you sure that it's really _64_ MB and not 32 (making the '900 have a 16-MB buffer)?
The confusing thing is when iRiver quotes buffer memory in seconds of MP3 playback. There's no mention that a specific bitrate is mentioned (180 seconds of 320 kbps is more MB than 128 kbps).
PS: You mean _G-Protection_ with Sony.
PPS: Music won't play if the buffer is empty. It plays from the buffer.