portable mp3 players

88grandmarquis · 2004-10-31 20:52:35

The last player I bought was an 8 track. :rolleyes:

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Nov 3, 2004 | 05:16 AM

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Mike W

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The last player I bought was an 8 track.

Nov 3, 2004 | 10:40 AM

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Angus, why would you drop $100 on 512mb of memory when you can get 60 times that amount (30gb) of space for another $100?? I guarantee you'll fill that 512mb up in no time, then wish you had more space, go for the big one up front, then you won't have to worry about space. Plus you can use it as an external hard drive. If product size (dimensions, not space) is the issue, then I'd have to say the smaller ones would be better, but if you don't care, go big!! Just my .02.

Nov 3, 2004 | 11:40 AM

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I just use a Philips MP3/CD player. It has excellent buffer and anti skip properites. Cheap at 60 bucks. CDs are dirt cheap to burn and use. I just toss 'em and reburn when they get too mussed up. Works for me, I don't really need something smaller.

Nov 4, 2004 | 09:53 PM

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[QUOTE=2000silverbullet]Angus, why would you drop $100 on 512mb of memory when you can get 60 times that amount (30gb) of space for another $100??

Well, hopefully that solid-state player will use less power than one with a rotating disc, so battery life will be much better. It'll be immune to mechanical shock and vibration. Once I've listened to the 8 hours of music on there, I'll plug it into the computer and copy over some fresh stuff.

I'll see what comes along in the future. Right now I expect my next player will be another MP3 CD player. I just wish I could find one which can be set to resume in the middle of a track, like most Sony CD discmen do. If I hit stop 35 minutes into a 3 hour mix track, I want to be able to resume at the 35 minute mark.

Nov 4, 2004 | 10:28 PM

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I agree on the shock and vibration factor, I definitely wouldn't take mine out when I go snowboarding or anything. As for the battery life, I get about 12 hours of play time out of mine, rechargable lithium ion.

Nov 5, 2004 | 06:53 AM

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Those are the two main reasons my hard drive player doesn't get used much. I also don't need to carry my entire CD collection with me to work out.

The players with hard drives are nice for road trips if you have an aux input to your stereo/amplifier, and long study sessions.

Nov 5, 2004 | 12:21 PM

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I bought a 15GB Dell digital jukebox MP3 player last week. I just got it in the mail and i love it it works great. Really easy to use and it holds all the music that i have. Plus it does recordings. Dell was having a really good sale on them lately. I got mine for $149.

Nov 7, 2004 | 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by andym

The other thing you have to consider when looking at an mp3 player is the software. Some of the players come with horrible software.

I bought my ipod over two years ago, and the software it came with (musicmatch) is really easy to use and handles my *entire* mp3 collection.

FWIW, the battery life is about 6 hours now, as opposed to 10 when I first got it. I use it all day every day, it rides around in my truck, it sat out in the sun in Vegas every day for three months while charging. It got so hot I couldn't touch it most days.Still going strong. It's a first gen with a 10 GB hard drive.

Yes the software is important. IMO Musicmatch is a very good program. It handles my entire MP3 library, about 13.7GB. Easy to use. I have used Real Jukebox before,

, that program sucked. I have an old RCA K@zoo. 32MB worth of memory. Small, both memory and physical size. Holds about a half hour worth of 128 KBPS files. Its a good player, easy to use, just lacks in memory.