I have the 250gb hard drive version of the archos 80 G9 & I'm sorry to say I just can't recommend it. It has the standard archos quirks (intermittent dying of apps) but it seemed really nice until it decided to 'lose' all of my playlists. Then I started getting random "SAFE MODE' warnings. Oh...

I am trying to find a good  DAP with the emphasis on audio quality and storage size and a secondary consideration of an easy to use UI preferably with playlists. I always listen with good headphones/earbuds or some high quality speakers & I have my files in either 320k mp3 or FLAC. I've...