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Portable CD-R/RW/MP3 Player?
Eldie asks: "My ancient (1995) portable CD player has finally rolled over and died. I'd like to replace it, and I'm not looking for something as grand (read: expensive) as an iPod. I'd like to have something a bit more useful than the baseline -- it should at least play CDs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs and MP3s. It would be great if there was some sort of useful hierarchical MP3 interface so that I didn't simply end up having to skip back and forth through 100 tracks, 1 track at a time. Is there anything out there that fits the bill?" This was touched on almost 3 years ago, where quite a few of you had useful recommendations. Three years is a long time, however, and it would be interesting to note if there are any better (or cheaper!) options out there. If you were to look for such a player, today, what would you buy?
That's where people discuss concumer hardware!
The problem is just that there are way too many companies producing this kind of CD-RW/MP3 players.
As long as you stick with trusted brands like Sony, Panasonic, iRiver, etc., you'll be fine... =)
However, I'd go for a HDD-based MP3 player (a 40GB iPod or an iRiver iHP-120) if most of my music archive consisted of MP3s.
Looks like you picked 3 models from audiocubes based on look and advertised specs alone.
Do you own all three of these? Have you tried all three of these? What were your experiences with all three of these?
Sorry, but unless you can back up your suggestions in some way, I'm having trouble finding how this post is informative.
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The iRiver SlimX line of MP3 players is probably the best one of the MP3/CD. They are small, come with a remote, come with high-capacity flatpack rechargeable batteries (which are replaceable). New ones have Ogg support, I believe. They also have a built-in FM tuner and a VERY nice GUI that supports directories and hierarchy.