good CD MP3 player?

[wolf550e]

please recommend any such device (or any other good way to listen to music while traveling too fatr from my computer to hear without disturbing the neighbors )
either by experience or tech doc. price is an issue, but i want smth good.
mini-discs are not that great and mp3 players have way too expensive memory cards, and i use mp3s on cds for my musicc collection anyway...

 

[bcterps]

I bought a Memorex CD/MP3 player from Target a few weeks ago for $90. It also came with a car adapter and some crappy headphones. I have it hooked up to my home theater system and it is pretty ok. I only have one complaint, it cant play VBR MP3 files, which is ok, since I think only 1 of my MP3s is a VBR one.

I thought it was pretty reasonable for the price.

--Ben

 

[wolf550e]

the price is very reasonable but almoust all my collection is VBR... i need some thing which can support it!

 

[StageLeft]

Whats VBR? I feel dumb that I don't know since I own 3000 mp3s!

 

[loogie]

variable bit rate.

 

[StageLeft]

Oh those bloody ones where the rate keeps changing

 

[wolf550e]

yes, and exuse me, but not knowing that VBR is THE WAY to make highest possible quality/size mp3 is quite dumb...(j/k) anyway, if you think of it, VBR is the smartest way to incode smth.
i dont remember it, but one of the nice members here has a very informative link in his sig with a site which clearly shows the supremacy of both VBR encoding and the LAME codec.
but all this bulls$it is not the issue. i woul;d like to know if anyone can help me find a good portable device whih can play mp3s off cds, supports VBR and costs not too much? plz. TIA

 

[Adul]

The rio volt is getting some good reviews.

169 bucks and I hear it sounds great.

Rio volt Review

A couple of user reviews of review Rio Volt in hot deals.

Rio Volt User reviews

 

[Aves]

Philips eXpanium Portable MP3 CD Player

About $150 and it supports VBR MP3s

Click here for the MP3.com review

Click here to buy an eXpanium from Amazon.com

 

[wolf550e]

thanks guys. reading those reviews now. i think i will try to find the rio volt somewhere here, but it will be very costly

 

[Gorgonzola]

the only other ones i have seen are by shonky brands that i have never heard of. one of my mates got a portable cd/vcd/mp3cd player in china somewhere and it doesn't even have antishock (very crappy!).

 

[DDCSpeed]

frys has d-link for 79.99 if u interested. i have no idea about the quality but its cheap. check it out if there is one around u.

 

[wolf550e]

thbaks guys but i dont think theres a branch of frys here in Israel