your mp3 player of choice

Zardon · Aug 11, 2002, 11:37 AM

any of you guys use a portable MP3 player?

I recently treated myself to a Compaq IPAQ player with 128 meg of storage on 2 64 meg smartcard media and im very impressed with it... well apart from the headphones they supplied, but ive got a great pair of £35 Sony inear phones with great bass response so now it sounds really good.

I was looking at the larger hard drive models but they kind of defeat the purpose of portabillity for me .... Its the portability of this Compaq player that appeals to me, its fits comfortably in the palm of my hand or a shirt pocket with little to no weight at all and runs on 2 x AAA batteries - lasting around 15 hours per pair.

a really good little MP3 player with some pretty good software for downloading via USB with built in variable bit rate changer to optimise the file sizes, and it can handle the variable bit rate that I like as well. you can comfortably fit 2 full CDs on it for listening during the day. it also handles windows media audio as well (does anyone use them?)

Anyone else own one or a different model of Mp3 player and would like to share their experiences?

brc64 · Aug 11, 2002, 01:34 PM

I don't have one, but there are only two different kinds I'd even consider looking at. One would be the portable CD players that also play MP3 files burned on CD-Rs (they never caught on like I thought they would), or the other would be an Apple iPod. I probably won't get either for a very long time, though.. portable music isn't much of a priority right now.

- Me

MikeDaMan · Aug 11, 2002, 02:17 PM

Well I use a CD-MP3 Player. I currently have this one http://tdk.com/cdmp3/mojo620.html works pretty nice and easy to use!

Necrosis · Aug 11, 2002, 03:54 PM

Here is what I've owned.

1. Iomega Hipzip. <-- Pure crapola. Glitchy, battery dies after a few months.

2. Sony NetMD <--- Gave it away as a birthday present. Great little player. All around best deal in my book.

Here is what I have now.

1. Emerson MP3/CD Cheapo for work, and it does work decently.

2. Creative Nomad.

I don't like to move this one around too much. Reason I may never own an Ipod. Too expensive!!

BTW, I like the players that use Compact Flash too.

[DH]Hawk · Aug 11, 2002, 09:30 PM

Any Sony with good bass response and battery life gets my vote.

BraveHeart · Aug 14, 2002, 09:30 PM

NOMAD II 64M,which costs me RMB2000.

Nomad559 · Aug 14, 2002, 11:41 PM

I just ordered my first MP3 player.

The NOMAD Jukebox, 6GB of storage.
$139.00

http://www.americas.creative.com/pro...45&product=102

Aug 11, 2002, 11:37 AM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	your mp3 player of choice any of you guys use a portable MP3 player? I recently treated myself to a Compaq IPAQ player with 128 meg of storage on 2 64 meg smartcard media and im very impressed with it... well apart from the headphones they supplied, but ive got a great pair of £35 Sony inear phones with great bass response so now it sounds really good. I was looking at the larger hard drive models but they kind of defeat the purpose of portabillity for me .... Its the portability of this Compaq player that appeals to me, its fits comfortably in the palm of my hand or a shirt pocket with little to no weight at all and runs on 2 x AAA batteries - lasting around 15 hours per pair. a really good little MP3 player with some pretty good software for downloading via USB with built in variable bit rate changer to optimise the file sizes, and it can handle the variable bit rate that I like as well. you can comfortably fit 2 full CDs on it for listening during the day. it also handles windows media audio as well (does anyone use them?) Anyone else own one or a different model of Mp3 player and would like to share their experiences?

Aug 11, 2002, 02:17 PM	#3
MikeDaMan DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 874 Rep Power: 0	Well I use a CD-MP3 Player. I currently have this one http://tdk.com/cdmp3/mojo620.html works pretty nice and easy to use! __________________ DFI Lanpart UT 250GB motherboard. 1GB 2X512 Crucial Ballistix PC 3200. AMD Athlon 64 3400+. Retail ATI Radeon X850XT PE AGP

Aug 14, 2002, 11:41 PM	#7
Nomad559 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: California Posts: 26 Rep Power: 0	I just ordered my first MP3 player. The NOMAD Jukebox, 6GB of storage. $139.00 http://www.americas.creative.com/pro...45&product=102 __________________ XP Pro SP2 - P4 2.8 GHZ with HT Technology - 800MHz system bus - 1.25 MB Crucial PC2700 Non-ECC DDR - (Master Harddrive) Western Digital Caviar 80GB 7200 8MB Buffer - (Slave Harddrive) Western Digital Caviar 200GB 7200 8MB Buffer - Logitech Cordless Mx Duo - Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 - Plextor 8X DVD-RW +RW DVD Recorder - LiteOn 16x/48x DVD-ROM/CD-ROM - 128MB NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 - Winfast Deluxe TV2000XP TV/FM Multimedia Card - SoundMax 6 Speaker sound card - Logitech Z-640 6 Speaker Surround Sound System - 20' Hitachi Monitor 800X600 @ 120hz - Surfboard 4200 Cable Modem - NetGear 4 port Router

Aug 11, 2002, 01:34 PM	#2
brc64 Zeeky H. Bomb Join Date: May 2002 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 826 Rep Power: 0	I don't have one, but there are only two different kinds I'd even consider looking at. One would be the portable CD players that also play MP3 files burned on CD-Rs (they never caught on like I thought they would), or the other would be an Apple iPod. I probably won't get either for a very long time, though.. portable music isn't much of a priority right now. - Me

Aug 11, 2002, 03:54 PM	#4
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Here is what I've owned. 1. Iomega Hipzip. <-- Pure crapola. Glitchy, battery dies after a few months. 2. Sony NetMD <--- Gave it away as a birthday present. Great little player. All around best deal in my book. Here is what I have now. 1. Emerson MP3/CD Cheapo for work, and it does work decently. 2. Creative Nomad. I don't like to move this one around too much. Reason I may never own an Ipod. Too expensive!! BTW, I like the players that use Compact Flash too.

Aug 11, 2002, 09:30 PM	#5
[DH]Hawk Hardware Hawk Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	Any Sony with good bass response and battery life gets my vote.

Aug 14, 2002, 09:30 PM	#6
BraveHeart DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: China Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	NOMAD II 64M,which costs me RMB2000.