Which MP3 player?

[RogerC]

Well the Autocom is on order and all I need now...until I think of something else to fit/spend my pennies on!!!!... is an MP3 player. So all you 'tourists' out there can you recommend anything in the £100 region?
Cheers
RogerC

 

[notadrop]

Try here Roger

www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/shopping/pages/index.html

 

[TaffyScouser]

Sony NET MD, with these players you just load the CD into a PC or Laptop and save the audio tracks to Hard drive. Then you edit, name, sort and transfer them to the Mini Disc at a very fast rate. All htis happens at an amazing rate, saves hours of messing aound. Has remote control, bass boost etc.
£119 at Currys, Argos and Dixons at moment. I will send you the model number if you like. I went through two Sharp units....both Faulty. Sony perfect so far and so much beter then the Sharp ones I had.

 

[Phil Reynolds]

Try a Sony MP3, I've got one you can have for £75.00 and comes with a 128meg memory stick. Great piece of kit and is as small as a fag lighter.

I'll try and attach an image.

 

[Greg Masters]

I bought one of these off eBay because:

• the price was right (about 60 quid)
• it uses Compact Flash (as do most of my other toys)
• 2 AAA batteries last 8 hours
• It has big controls that I can use with a gloved hand

Greg

 

[TaffyScouser]

Sony net MD players go for 50+ hours on one AA and come with a rechargeable as well.

 

[Greg Masters]

Sony net MD players go for 50+ hours on one AA and come with a rechargeable as well.

I have a house full of Sony product, but even the entry level MD player is more than twice as much as I paid for my MP3 player and it's got moving parts (albeit with a Jog buffer) - which is another reason why I bought the item I did.

If I wanted something to walk around with, I might go for one of these. But on the bike audio quality is not critical due to all the other noise sources and, given that it might get nicked/dropped/wet etc, low price was also quite important to me.

Greg

 

[RogerC]

Msg for Phil...

Thanks for info and offer but I think I'll stick with the Smart media based player as I already have Fuji digital camera and it uses the same media......
Had a look around the recommendations and sites and boy is it confusing...
Thanks for advice/info guys.....

 

[Jam]

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/electronics/portable_mp3_player/sony_nw_ms_11/_review/384843/

This link is a review on the Sony MP3 player above

looks like a potential bargain for someone


Regards

Jam

 

[gavinbell]

New Sony Minidisc

I actually have an unused Sony net MD 710 for sale ...cracking bit of kit, bought one after my cd walkman couldn't cope with the rough stuff. ended up with a duplicate.

Works really well with Autocom unit - and using the middle compression gives 2+ hours of music to a disc at good quality. I use the simpleburner software to copy CDs and the sony sonic stage for MP3s.

The best price new on the net I have found is £118 ..AJ Electronics

So I am asking £85 (inc p&p) - new unused boxed unit with all the extras. I will burn you a copy of simpleburner s/w as this does not come with the unit.

If someone coming along to the Peak District gathering on saturday at Hartington wants it, then I can deliver...or you can pick up - save a £5!!!

07939 135064

G.

 

[exeter_lad]

I got myself a MSI Megastick 1 for Christmas from The Computer Shop.

Features:

128MB USB Flash - plug in direct to USB port (plus usb lead if your usb port is round the back).
MP3 Player with on screen display
FM Radio with on screen display.
Voice recording - built in or external microphone
Strap to take the weight off the headphones.

Magic piece of kit.

About the size of a lighter.

On sale now at £75.

 

[Podger]

iPod

Without a doubt iPod , which won't run out of memory, need to CD's changed every hour .............worth the extra expence

 

[kalahari]

ipod do u know how much the rechargeable battery cost only 100-150 pounds md all the way dance pize

 

[Fanum]

The Sony net md 710 is up for 99 quid in costco at the moment....i'm going to get one tommorrow........

 

[Banjaxed]

Net MD

Brilliant!

 

[Repoman]

Advanced MP3 players as linked above are excellent - good prices and service.

My advice for anything MP3 related is dont buy anything with a hard drive in it. Whatever the manufactures claim THEY ALL SKIP COS THEY HAVE MOVING PARTS.

I have bought (and returned) supposedly anti-skip CD players and MP3 players with the highest level of claimed shock resistance and they simply dont work.

I use mine primarily for running and the gym and I bought a 256mb I River which is great quality and will hold about 4 hours of tunes which is enough for most workouts...

 

[Rev Chuck]

I bought one of these off eBay because:

Greg, pardon my ignorance, but what is it? A manufacturers name, or brand id or something. It looks good and chunky, which in comparison to a lot of mp3's I have seen is quite different.

 

[John Armstrong]

Output

What sort of output should I be looking at to get decent volume through an Autocom?

 

[Repoman]

John

not sure about via autocom, but my experience of the standard output through 'phones is that you need 10mw or more - anything less and I found it got drowned out in the gym or noisy environments (running by a road etc)

Have a looka the specs on www.advancedmp3players.co.uk

And then buy an I River....

 

[John Armstrong]

Repoman

Ta, the only point of reference I've got is a Sony CD Walkman that needs to have the volume at 9/10 to hear it at around 70 mph without being deafened at a standstill. The don't deafen yourself through the headphones setting is about 3/10.

I'm guessing that the MP3 players will be drowned out by the wind noise without some external amplification.