Bump for an answer to marv's question. Does an MP3 Player Bit Rate of only 32Kbps pretty much rule out that player for seriously listening to music?
Tried to look up the answer, but everything I found related to the recording rate of a file, not a players playback rate. Common sense would seem to indicate that a low playback rate would present the same limitations as a low recording rate, but I'm totally ig'nant w.r.t. MP3 stuff so thought it best to ask again rather than make an assumption.
Btw, pretty sure that one site mentioned that a recording rate of 32Kbps would give sound quality similar to a mono am radio.
BUT it seems that 32Kbps would be ideal for stuff like audiobooks, so this still might be a hot deal for anyone wanting an MP3 player for that purpose...