No-one else do an MP3 player with a capacity to rival the behemoth that is the 160GB iPod classic?

I've looked on that 'Anything But iPod' site, but there seem to be few alternatives.
An expandable Creative product, maybe, but until SD cards get a storage beef-up, it ain't that expandable.

Anything that can hook up to Spotify?

Some Archos with a hard drive?

It's worth pointing out too that the 5G iPod, which came in 30/60/80Gb flavours can be upgraded to take a 250Gb harddrive, so if you can find a secondhand one cheap you can buy a kit that allows the h/drive and battery to be upgraded for around $179, IIRC. Later models can't be opened up by the owner.