trust me...use a decent brand like sony enough already...the more your mp3 and earphone cost,then you will need high end amp to push it to play well...IMHO,get a bijou and sony player enough d...enjoy the music...juz make sure your mp3 files are 190 bit rate above then the sound will be nice already
whyi wont support ipod?juz like the older sony prob sonicstage...they still need to convert the files only then it could be played by the player...if you are not going for Gmod or Imod,dont go for ipods

that means you still need to spend a fortune on amps...
if you get a slimmer sony with another earphone then that is what i call portability...
if i get a ipod,amp and earphone is the whole rig count as a portable rig anymore?
even with the smallest amp sich as pico,the weight itself is a burden if you need to run lolz...
oh yeah,the main thing is...once you imoded or gmoded you ipod,the volume wheel wont work and you cant plug the earphone directly into the ipod...coz it will fry it...