ok im leaning toward the cd type, now:
the pine d'music player or the philips expanium?
which is better in your opinion?
the pine d'music player or the philips expanium?
which is better in your opinion?
the pine one, aka MPTrip, aka many other names, are decent working units, but I wouldn't buy one: reads mp3 files sequentially out of directories, skips really easy, short battery life, ugly.
pros: cheap, works, cdr's are cheap.
still waiting for one like the Nomad Jukebox only with USB2.0 or firewire, and ~$350. You might take a look at the Nomad Jukebox, it is $420 at most places, and you know buy always has a $30 coupon...
pros: cheap, works, cdr's are cheap.
still waiting for one like the Nomad Jukebox only with USB2.0 or firewire, and ~$350. You might take a look at the Nomad Jukebox, it is $420 at most places, and you know buy always has a $30 coupon...
Homerboy
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Try this link on this player:
Lenoxx MP-786
It's a decent First Generation Player. I've got mine in blue.
If you want reviews on other MP3/CD Players, try here:
Full Reviews
Good Luck.
Lenoxx MP-786
It's a decent First Generation Player. I've got mine in blue.
If you want reviews on other MP3/CD Players, try here:
Full Reviews
Good Luck.
how come anyone hasn't talked about the Memorex MP3 CD Player......Amazon's customers have given it more than 4.5 out of 5.......
Raj
Raj
Well, I bought it, evaluated it, and returned it.
Didn't like the construction quality as compared to my Sony and the button layout was wierd.
It does support ID3 Tags, I'll give you that.
My unit heated up while ESP was enabled and had shabby battery life of around 3-1/2 hours on ESP and it would skip on normal audio cds.
Here's a review of the unit:
MP-8505
Maybe I had a dud unit.
Didn't like the construction quality as compared to my Sony and the button layout was wierd.
It does support ID3 Tags, I'll give you that.
My unit heated up while ESP was enabled and had shabby battery life of around 3-1/2 hours on ESP and it would skip on normal audio cds.
Here's a review of the unit:
MP-8505
Maybe I had a dud unit.
I will give a thumbs up on the Memorex. Granted it is the only MP3 player I have ever owned...
I can't vouch for the battery life, I used the supplied car adaptor.
The Memorex sounds great, supports ID3 tags and was only 130 bucks at Comp-USA
I can't vouch for the battery life, I used the supplied car adaptor.
The Memorex sounds great, supports ID3 tags and was only 130 bucks at Comp-USA
I just read the review for the Memorex. (Thanks for the link, was looking for a review of these) At the end of the review is this little note:
Note: Some people have brought to my attention that units with
a manufacture date of October 2000 or later may be a "Suffix-a"
unit and these units are reported by some to be more reliable
and do not have as many of the flaws and quirks that I reported
here.
My player is the Suffix A and I do not see the skipping problems the review states. I do have a couple songs on one CD that don't play well but I think it is because they have a high bit rate.
Note: Some people have brought to my attention that units with
a manufacture date of October 2000 or later may be a "Suffix-a"
unit and these units are reported by some to be more reliable
and do not have as many of the flaws and quirks that I reported
here.
My player is the Suffix A and I do not see the skipping problems the review states. I do have a couple songs on one CD that don't play well but I think it is because they have a high bit rate.
I still think minidiscs are the way to go. I still find they are the only players worth my money when looked at from every angle, which includes size, build quality, battery life, archivability, and cost for media. You don't have to convert anything. You simply jack a miniplug to miniplug cable between your MD recorder and soundcard, set Winamp to play, set the MD recorder to record, and then go play frisbees with the dog or take a walk. The high advantage of this is you can simply just record multiple discs and keep an archive. You can't do that efficiently with MP3 players, not without paying out the rear end for memory cards. Pound for pound MD players are so much better for the money, especially since MP3 media and MD media store about the same amount, but with the price of one MP3 media you could get 20+ MD media.
They're more versatile...plug in a mic, and take that MD recorder off for some live concert recording. Or record a college professor's lecture. You're limited only by your imagination of what sounds in this world you can record. MP3 players on the other hand are restricted to data, and that's about it.
The major reason for me to use MDs however is sound quality. Being an audiophile, it's important to me that my music has top sound quality, whether on the road or at home. MDs simply trounce MP3 players in this area. So you have a 64 meg player. Now, how many 320kbps MP3s (10 megs each or more) do you think you can stick on there? Now look at a MD player. I can record those 320kbps MP3s soundwise and not datawise, so I can fully "fit" 17-18 of these high quality MP3s onto a MD. Combine that with how MD players have triple bass boosts or how they let you adjust bass and treble nowdays, and if sound quality is important to you, MDs are a no brainer.
Then you got MP3-CD players. Hehe...well I tried those, and I am rather disappointed. I gave the Phillips Expanium a try thinking at last I can stick a reasonable amount of 320kbps MP3s onto a cheap media. I was able to fit about 87 of such MP3s on, so I'm happy with that. However, the sound quality was another story. It was downright horrible. My normal Sony discman sounds an enormous deal better, and my MD players simply whop on the Expanium. I also had one hell of a time looking around for songs...I had nothing to guide me, no names, nothing. Like flying blind. It took forever to load up a MP3 CD, and fast forwarding times were long. Needless to say, the Expanium went right back to its maker.
Bottom line...MD technology is a LOT more mature than MP3 or MP3-CD technology. If you look at MP3 players, their media still costs a buttload, they don't even have a common media to share yet, and their battery life is still around the 10 hour region. MP3-CD players are obviously not mature yet as they just hit the market...short battery life, THICK, plastic design, slow access times, no good way to navigate around so many songs, and so many no name generic brands makes me stay away from them for now. MDs on the other hand...up to 100 hours of battery life, players that are 14-11.7 millimeters thick, high quality aluminum or magnesium components and parts on each and every single player made by highly reputable companies, backlit remotes included with each and every single MD player, and all while looking good. Even the media looks cool. So why not MD?
MINIDISCS RULE BABY!!!!!!!!
They're more versatile...plug in a mic, and take that MD recorder off for some live concert recording. Or record a college professor's lecture. You're limited only by your imagination of what sounds in this world you can record. MP3 players on the other hand are restricted to data, and that's about it.
The major reason for me to use MDs however is sound quality. Being an audiophile, it's important to me that my music has top sound quality, whether on the road or at home. MDs simply trounce MP3 players in this area. So you have a 64 meg player. Now, how many 320kbps MP3s (10 megs each or more) do you think you can stick on there? Now look at a MD player. I can record those 320kbps MP3s soundwise and not datawise, so I can fully "fit" 17-18 of these high quality MP3s onto a MD. Combine that with how MD players have triple bass boosts or how they let you adjust bass and treble nowdays, and if sound quality is important to you, MDs are a no brainer.
Then you got MP3-CD players. Hehe...well I tried those, and I am rather disappointed. I gave the Phillips Expanium a try thinking at last I can stick a reasonable amount of 320kbps MP3s onto a cheap media. I was able to fit about 87 of such MP3s on, so I'm happy with that. However, the sound quality was another story. It was downright horrible. My normal Sony discman sounds an enormous deal better, and my MD players simply whop on the Expanium. I also had one hell of a time looking around for songs...I had nothing to guide me, no names, nothing. Like flying blind. It took forever to load up a MP3 CD, and fast forwarding times were long. Needless to say, the Expanium went right back to its maker.
Bottom line...MD technology is a LOT more mature than MP3 or MP3-CD technology. If you look at MP3 players, their media still costs a buttload, they don't even have a common media to share yet, and their battery life is still around the 10 hour region. MP3-CD players are obviously not mature yet as they just hit the market...short battery life, THICK, plastic design, slow access times, no good way to navigate around so many songs, and so many no name generic brands makes me stay away from them for now. MDs on the other hand...up to 100 hours of battery life, players that are 14-11.7 millimeters thick, high quality aluminum or magnesium components and parts on each and every single player made by highly reputable companies, backlit remotes included with each and every single MD player, and all while looking good. Even the media looks cool. So why not MD?
MINIDISCS RULE BABY!!!!!!!!
very informative...it gives me soemthing to think about, looks like it'll be after xmas now before i decide on just what ill get
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