The remote control on my venerable Creative Jukebox 3 has died and is not readily available, so I'm thinking of replacing the whole thing with a new mp3 player.

My requirements:

1. 30-40 gigabytes. My music collection is, currently, around 23 gig and growing, so 30gig is the bare minimum, and 40gig would be better.

2. Loooooooong battery life. I fly to Asia a lot, and those flights are 12-16 hours, frequently with a connection beyond that. My JB3 was good for 24 hours on a single charge.

3. Excellent sound quality. Adjustable EQ would be nice.

4. Remote control. I like to drop the player into the seat pocket in front of me, and then control it with a remote.

My "it would be nice if"s:

5. Small and light -- shirt pocket sized would be ideal.

6. Sufficient power to drive my Bose QC2s without using my headphone amplifier (a Total Airhead which works very nicely).

My "I really don't care"s:

7. I only listen to mp3s that I rip from CDs. I don't need wma or ogg capability, or anything else.

8. I don't download from music sites, so I don't care about compatability with the various DRM schemes.

9. I don't care about graphics, photo display, color menus or whether it can play games, cook breakfast or wash my socks -- as long as I have access to lists of my music by album I'm set (I always play an album at a time, never individual songs).

10. I don't care about video. If there was a player that met all my other requirements, I might consider video (I watch movies on my laptop, which has a much nicer, bigger screen).

Is there such a beast?