Music player recommendations?

If you want really good sound, get an iPod Touch or an iPod Classic, and get a pair of good in-ear headphone like the Shure SE310 or SE510; and you will be in heaven.

BTW, don't forget to rip your CDs in Apple Lossless, or at least 320bps MP3 or 320bps AAC.

Below is posted the first review I found (CNET) on the Samsung P2

Pros: Design, touch screen, GUI, performance, and bluetooth.
Cons: A lot of fingerprints and smudges, scratches but not a lot, slow, no Wi-Fi may also be a let down for some.
Summary: Well, this player is available in Canada, but I'm not sure about US. Here is my review (I actually have it).

It really looks nice and was smaller than expected. The GUI looks really nice but won't look good with your own pictures unless they are dark. Sound is pretty good as well as video. The side button are OK but it makes it impossible for one-hand operation, but I'm okay with that. Easy to use especially if you've used touch screens before. Using bluetooth is quite simple, too. It's great that I can answer calls without touching my phone. Most disappointing thing though it that sometimes it lags and is slow, and the GUI can get old a tiresome after a while, no matter how nice it looks. Overall excellent player, highly recommended of you're looking for something that isn't from Apple.

Buyer does not sound disappointed but he's a long way from a rave review. Certainly not anything that would lure me from a Classic iPod, a product that can be bought used (cheap) at Ebay with all the bugs worked out now.

If your looking for pure quality...Beosound 6 is pretty tough to beat.

http://www.bang-olufsen.com/beosound6

Apple iPod Classic w/ Shure e530 earphones...got me through a longer-than-$%#@ flight to New Zealand! If you want a little more fidelity, add a Headroom AirHead or BitHead portable amp and you're good-to-go!!!

One can argue all day long about other players sounding better than the [non-Nano, non-Shuffle] iPod, but no other player offers the same combination of sound quality, ease of use, and ease of music storage/syncronization (iTunes).

If you've never even had a player you just gotta get a iPod first. Get a 32GB touch if you want to sacrifice space but be able to surf the internet via wi-fi...plus you can run apps(tons of stuff even if you're not a "gamer"...chess, mancala, sudoku, etc.). Get a classic if you just want tons of space for music.