iRiver Spinn Expert Reviews

alaTest has collected and analyzed 71 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the size. The appearance also impresses, but many are less positive about the price.

Size, Appearance, Sound

Price, Battery, Interface

Experts rate this product 70/100 and users 75/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other MP3 Players, the iRiver Spinn is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 93/100 = Excellent quality.

The iRiver Spinn MP3 is an innovative music player with an eye-catching design and a unique navigation system.

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The beautiful, fashion-conscious iRiver Spinn is the upscale lounge down the street from the Slacker G2's likable-but-slightly-sketchy dive bar. What the Slacker offers in happy-hour specials (free drinks music!), the Spinn more than matches in ...

Huge, vibrant, and sharp AMOLED screen Beautiful design and solid construction

Navigation is unintuitive at times Mediocre bundled earbuds

The Spinn is an incredibly attractive device whose saucy looks, amazing display, and high-quality audio and video playback are sure to win many admirers. A few usability and navigation issues knock it down a notch, but some of those may disappear once ...

Iriver's pricey but innovative Spinn portable media player sports a cool new user interface and offers stereo Bluetooth for rocking out wirelessly.

Built-in Bluetooth, Large touchscreen with haptic feedback, Very good sound with SRS WOW HD, Supports drag-and-drop in Windows and Mac OS

Spinn wheel can be imprecise, Bundled software is clunky and Windows-only, Expensive given limited storage, FLAC files won't play over Bluetooth

We also like the broad feature set and inclusion of high-res FLAC support, but we wish the software were a little better organized. Also disappointing is that a video-oriented device like this doesn't come in a 16GB model. The Spinn is pricier than ...

Albeit a little late to the game, we have a new challenger to the iPod touch. Iriver's Spinn ($249.99 list for 4GB, $289.99 for 8GB) is a slick-looking portable media player with a large, touch-sensitive display. Despite its good looks, the Spinn ...

Interesting design and control layout. Robust file support, including lossless audio. Large, crisp screen, which is great for video and photo viewing. FM and voice recording

Overpriced. Touch screen seems superfluous, and it's easy to overshoot your selection with the cylinder controller. User interface isn't all that attractiveand could be more responsive. Storage tops out at 8GB, and there's no expansion slot

The pricey iriver Spinn suffers from a lack of grace and simplicity typically found in the company's standout players like the excellent Clix.

Reigncom introduced his innovative player iriver Spinn to adopt an intuitive Spinn wheel, which combines the warmth of analog with digital content

The pricey iriver Spinn suffers from a lack of grace and simplicity typically found in the company's standout players like the excellent Clix.

Interesting design and control layout. Robust file support, including lossless audio. Large, crisp screen, which is great for video and photo viewing. FM and voice recording.

Overpriced. Touch screen seems superfluous, and it's easy to overshoot your selection with the cylinder controller. User interface isn't all that attractiveand could be more responsive. Storage tops out at 8GB, and there's no expansion slot.

iRiver departed from convention with the Clix's D-Click screen and has innovated again with the Spinn's unusual mechanical twisting navigation system. With a stunningly crisp touchscreen, flash memory and a wealth of audio formats supported, there's ...

Sound quality ; amazing screen ; great audio file format support ; stereo Bluetooth ; intuitive controls

Not easily usable one-handed ; memory not expandable ; average battery life ; mechanical wheel only takes on some navigational control

There's no doubt the Spinn is a decent player, with great audio format support, a superb screen for watching video and excellent sound quality. But it's not without its share of issues

Beaten by the Cowon S9 in all fields bar outright sound quality, and even there the Spinn's superiority is marginal.

As a music player, the Spinn not at all bad - it gives a strong performance across the genres and is particularly impressive when playing Flac files. As a video player, it's less successful, proving mysteriously intolerant of some file types and ...