MP3 boombox

[thebruiser]

I'm a fan of oldtime radio, aka OTR, and am looking for an MP3 boombox that will play bitrates as low 24kbps. Most OTR shows are encoded at a 24 or 32 bitrate. Anyone know of any boomboxes that will play this low?

 

[BatmanNate]

What is your budget? If you're handy with electronics and tools you could build one with a small form factor computer, a touch screen LcD, and an amplifier circuit. Probably cost you in the neighborhood of 200 bucks to do it nicely though, depending on speakers and how you outfit the computer.

 

[thebruiser]

I'm looking at $100 or so. Wally world sells a Durabrand for about $35, and Sears has a GPX for about $50. Unfortunately, both of these have analog tuners. I'd like to have remote control.

 

[thebruiser]

Anybody at all noticed anything?