Mp3 players

[Darth007]

It's that time again; I'm looking for help in the electronic world. I've checked multiple review sites, checked Newegg, looked at company websites - everything. And everything i've looked at has some kind of flaw that really makes me wonder if the hassle is worth getting the player. So what I wanna know is, who has an Mp3 player that they are satisfied, or who has recommendations. Btw, my budget is $140 and im looking for at least 256 MB memory. Thanks a bunch.

[Crystal]

Mp3 cd player and re-writable CDs, if you're too cheap to buy regular ones every time you want to put more mp3s on it.

That's way under $140

[Q]

Not only that, but you'll have much more than 256mb of storage. Really, portable MP3 players are still terribly impractical.

[Rasha Vill]

You can get a diskman that plays MP3's ranging from $45 - $190 it all depends on how many features you want.

[Morgan Evanar]

I have a panisonic MP3/CD player. Its not very fancy, and was only $45. It does however, have over 48 hours of playback.

[Darth007]

Yeah i guess that's what ill be getting, a mp3/cd player. I really wanted a MP3 player though just because of its size, and not having to worry about CD's, so I could go running with it and things like that.

Now my questions is, after looking at some Sony MP3/CD players; what is ATRAC all about and how is it possible to fit over 400 songs on a single cd? Would i be sacrificing a lot of quality in the music?

[Rasha Vill]

I have my MP3's set to 56 bitrate. on avarage that makes each file 0.5meg per min of music. and Unless you are playing it at REALLY loud volume, I doubt you would notice the diffrence. At least I don't.

[Darth007]

Sounds nice, now which one would you recommend for my budget?

[Morgan Evanar]

Originally posted by Rasha Vill
I have my MP3's set to 56 bitrate. on avarage that makes each file 0.5meg per min of music. and Unless you are playing it at REALLY loud volume, I doubt you would notice the diffrence. At least I don't. Oh my god. I'd want to stab my ears out. 128 AT LEAST, and it had better be LAME encoded.

I'm a Panasonic fan, so I suggest a Panasonic MP3/CD player. I've always had great luck with Panasonic portable stuff.

[Darth007]

Yeah everything on my PC right now is 128 kbps, so I'm not really sure how anything lower would sound.

[Q]

... You don't use 56 for anything at all. Not even for an answering machine quality message.

Darth: You can probably go running with most of the MP3/CD players out there. They come standard with like 10 minutes of shock protection. And I doubt you'll need more than 1-2 CDs to fit all of the songs you want to take with you.

[Ryla Relvinian]

Well, I'm rather partial to my MZ-R700 MiniDisc player/Recorder, mainly because A) I can record music from practically any source, B) It has never, ever given me any problems, not even skipping whilst jogging, and C) I just love to play with the little discs. ;)

[Q]

I'm usually not one to link to Penny Arcade strips, but this is just too appropriate: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-05-28&res=l

(swearing in link, yadda yadda)

[Darth007]

:lol

That fits me so perfectly. Haha, so yeah, I'm lookin at Sony's mp3/cd players now, probably just gonna spend 100 bucks on one. Thanks for bringin me to my "______" senses guys.

[Rasha Vill]

I have a number of 56 bit and a number of 360 bit, on my computer at home with the quality of speekers I have I can not hear the diffrence between the two. if I go much lower that 56 then it just sucks.