Rating: 
Summary: Very good, but too cheaply made
Review: I found every review on this product to be accurate, but no one mentioned the physical quality of this device. It is one of the poorest constructed pieces of electronic equipment that I have ever seen. The case is of extremely thin plastic. It looks very pretty, but I doubt it would stand much of an impact if you ever dropped it. The cover does not close tightly. The headset jack looks like you could push it into the body if you aren't careful.I admit it, I drop things. Probably you also drop things. I'm not looking forward to the first time I drop this player. That said, the other reviews are right-on about the sound quality and features of this device. Maybe I'm wrong about the durability. I hope so.
Rating:
Summary: a player that proves its worth
Review: I had been itching to get a cd mp3 player, since I am a person that loves to walk and hear music all the time, and due to this I have wrecked 3 cd players, so I was looking to buy a not too expensive but good player. I was not to sure for which one to go for since there are so many now. I must say that the first thing that caught my eye was the design, its a lot slicker than Rio Volt's and Sony's players ..., and I had seen the other 2 in stores and they looked good but this one looks COOL. The sound I have to say is awesome, its so clean and clear. The player is very easy to understand, you can figure out the controls in like a minute without the help of the manual, but you should read it anyhow cause it has lots of features regarding the LCD. The LCD lights up to a blue color that then turns off, it saves lots of energy. It has a battery monitor, which to me is a must since I dont have rechargeables batts, I suggest you get them, it has a good battery life but not that great if you use the mp3 player all the time. It doesnt have an AC adapter, which I also suggest you get cause if you plug it to the stereo it sounds sweet and well youll be eating up batteries frequently. Well over all its an excelent player. Pros:
- LCD screen is big and easy to navigate
- Controls are simple
- Lots of features for the LCD display and for song navigation
- Remote control :)
- Great Sound
- The lid swings open all the way
- Uses winamp plays lists
- It has an equalizer
- Cool design
- Great anti skip, but dont go jogging with it. Oh the drawbacks I have seen so far are, if you are walking and turn on the player with an mp3 cd, it will skip alot during loading and after loading but if you stand still while that happens youll be ok, if the cd has like bad sectors the player will turn itself off when it cant load the song. No AC adaptor. No batteries included, and I bought it .... Oh and get new headphones cause the ones included feel like you are using a rock in your ear. Great buy though.
Rating: 
Summary: Quite Nice, for a cheap price
Review: I ordered the iriver-150 after much comparison shopping and it turned out to be a great buy. From the handy little features such as backlighting and the remote, and the big deal aka mp3 playback and a decent shock rating, i found this player excellent. -Pro's-
* Backlight
* Price
* sound quality
* packet writen cd compatability (via InCD or whatnot)
* WMA playback
* Good sized lcd screen
* Upgradable Firmware
* Many, many options (like being able to add your name to the player) Nifty stuff. -Con's-
* a little weighty, but not enough to complain about
* No Ac Adaptor
* Decent on Batteries, i'd suggest re-chargeable ones though
* Earbuds... I hate earbuds, better to use your own headphones
* a little laggy on start up, but again not super complainable Overall this player will get better with age, simply because of its upgradeable firmware, if you're thinking about purchasing the slimx 350, and are willing to shell out ... more, go for it but this player is just as good i would imagine sound quality wise.
Rating:
Summary: To buy or not to buy...
Review: When I received it, it came in a very nice, slick, small box. I can't even tell you how nice it looks. It is very shiny and very slick. I know in the pictures you see, it looks kinda bulky, but it really isn't. You can really tell why it's called Chrome-X by the shiny flawless surface.
I see people complaining about the fact that it doesn't come with an AC adapter. Well, since this is iRiver's "budget" player, they had to drop the adapter, carrying case, and batteries in order to compensate for the low consumer price. It doesn't really matter, the adapter is [inexpensive] from their website. PROS:
-Very good price... for such a good player.
-Upgradeable firmware (means iriver will upgrade it to support new future forms of audio technology).
-Excellent navigation method. Easy to scroll through your 150+ songs.
-They don't mention it much, but it has a very bright blue backlight which stays on for a couple of seconds when you press a button.
-All the functions, and menus are virtually the same as the more expensive Slim-X. The only difference in these players is how it looks, and the price.
-Very useful remote: There are 5 buttons on it (2 jog-dials). With just the remote, you can control the whole unit including EQ, Navigation, Menu, and playback functions.
-Very good battery life for an Mp3 player (around 14-16 hours, depending on batteries).
-Instruction manual does a very good job explaining how to work it.
-Nice equalizer presets (Jazz, Classical, Rock, Normal, U-Bass, User Defined)
-If you like a lot of features & options, you'll have a field day. You can adjust just about anything. (Scan speed, player name, scrolling method, backlight, esp, visualization...) I can't even list all of them.
-You have the option to view the songs as their original file name, or from their mp3 tags. Also, it supports winamp playlists.
-iRiver are very loyal to their customers. Not only do they provide firmware upgrades, but their customer service is tops. CONS
-It may be kinda hard to understand some how to functions since there are so many.
- Although I know this is a budget player, it would have been good if they provided at least [an inexpensive] carrying case (even just a fabric bag), as I am scared of flawing the shiny surface of it.
That's all the cons I can think of. As far as it's performance is concerned, I would be a fool to say anything is wrong with it. It's just too perfect. If they released this player [for more money], I would still have bought it. TIPS
-You might want to get some rechargeable batteries if you're like me and will use this a lot.
-For optimum sound quality, you might want to switch from the ear buds they provide you with to something better.
-...I suggest when burning a lot of songs, use folders and directories. It makes it that much easier to search for your songs.
-Trust these reviews. It really is a very good player. We wouldn't be giving it such high ratings if it didn't deserve it. If you are unsure on what to buy, and this is your first mp3 player, I suggest you buy the Chrome-X. It's a great price for a great player. It's advanced features challenge and surpass some of the more expensive players. ...Hope you're more confident in buying this fine unit.
Rating:
Summary: You can't handle this...
Review: First of all, I'm just a regular customer just like you right now looking at this review. I was very skeptical and it took me about a week or so before deciding to buy it. I looked over the internet for review or whatever I can find out about this Mp3 player. So I finally decided to buy it and got it today. The product was well packed and the player looks real good. I have both positive and negative comments about it. Take a look.
(Positive) - The LCD screen is impressive
- Sound clarity is crisp and clear
- A lot of options to enhance sound such as bass control and treble control.
- The remote is good because you can control the player without taking off the player from the case.
- Battery life is longer compared to others.
- The player looks gorgeous and very sharp.
- Anti-skip capabilities and it works (I shook it a lot of times and didn't skip at all) (Negative) - No AC adapter included
- They could have made the remote LCD.
- The words are big and its sometimes hard to see the song title instantaneous but it scrolls across the screen so you'll see it (I don't know if thats negative)...
Rating:
Summary: WOoow
Review: Yuuuup this thing is great ....I bought it the first day i saw it in the store...it's flawless ...NO skipping(i even put it trough my "Climb and run" test and still no skip)It has lots of functions too like shuffle,shuffle repeat, repeat,repeat all etc...
The sound quality is really great and the remote is a +...
Well not to mention how cheap it is --when we compare it to his bigger brother the SlimX...
Sure it's a great deal...Just buy it ..Don't hesitate...
Rating:
Summary: Fifteen hours of WMA Music
Review: I rip my CD's to WMA at 96kbps. When you have a computer connected to the Internet, the Media Player gets the titles, so all you do is put the CD in the computer and click "Copy". It takes about 7 minutes. Sometimes the titles aren't in the system, but generally they are. While I keep the songs on a hard drive, I also back them up to CD-R's. I was wondering if I could play these CD-R's, which are basically packed with 15 hours of music on many CD's, on a player. In the past, I've heard of problems. So far, I have had none with the 150. Played with good headphones, the sound is fine. I've played the iRiver through my stereo system, which is also OK. The 96kbps files are not perfect, but they are much better than the 64 kbps files, though this has nothing to do with the ChromeX. I feel the WMA files at 96 are better than the mp3 at 128. This is an amazing compression, which equals 1.5 minutes of music per megabyte. The CD-R can hold about 650 megs, or 16 hours of music for about 20 cents. Splurge, and buy the good CD-R's. Most of what I own will fit on a dollars worth of media. But this player really helps stretch that dollar. Overall, this player is the low end version. The construction is not terrific, but it seems like it would hold up with good care. Basically, I wanted a player to use in my car with a cassette adapter. This unit works well, at least at max volume. The remote lets me go forward and backward within directories, and I generally have each album in a directory. The remote makes it easy to do this while driving, and I don't really want to look at the display anyway. I use the player under a seat, basically. Overall, the technology matches nicely with the Win Media Player and my WMA files. It isn't clear if wma and mp3 can go on forever, but you can play either type on this player.
Rating: 
Summary: not good for a long lasting cd player
Review: ive had this cd player for a little less than a year and it has failed me. After about 6 months or so, the cd player wouldnt work. i would press play, and it would come up to the screen that says Iriver and then under it says "loading..."..and it would never go on...everytime it would never go on..so it was still under the warranty so i sent it back to the company and got a new one..about 2 months later...the play button did not work anymore...put brand new batteries in everytime...never worked...the player just wouldnt go on..battery life was HORRIBLE...heavy, and bulky..does not go loud at all..alright sound quality..otherwise..look for something else
Rating:
Summary: POS
Review: I got this cd player a while back and i thought it was going to be great. But when i got it the remote would not work and the sound was way down when it was in. Another bad thing is the battery life. I got less than 4 hours with the backlight on and without it on i got about 8. The mp3 player is also confusing to use and the player is very fragile. The top part is almost completely off on mine. Some positives are all the options you get in the menu but it doesn't balance out in the end.
Rating: 
Summary: needs a little work
Review: My first complaint about this is probably a single case situation. No AC adaptor that I buy works. I called customer service and they told me they'ld send me one for free. They were very friendly and helpfull about it...trouble is I never got it. I use rechargable batteries now instead. My second complaint is the navigation. Unless you have a playlist set up, you may want to navigate a lot and it's not easy. once you do scroll through the list of what's usually 150 songs, when you find the one you want, often it takes 15-20 seconds to load the song. This doesn't happen if it just plays through them...only if you navigate to them. It appears to be trying to determine how that particular song is coded (mp2, mp3, bitrate, etc), but I don't know why it takes so long unless it's prebuffering the entire song. However, the abilty to play cd's and cdr's with over 160 songs on one disc is so useful. No memory sticks - just record all your cds onto a few cds and take those with you wherever you go. It never skips, has decent battery useage, and a very simple and useful on-wire remote control so you can keep the player out of harms way.
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