What kind of portable music player do you own?

Pistolero · Post by **Pistolero** » 2003-02-03 07:11pm

Personally, I am partial to MP3 CD players. It really kicks ass to be able to save 10 hours of music or 30 hours of audio books on a 10 cent CD. I love the iRiver IMP-350 SlimX. I also have an awesome and very small Panasonic cassette player... but I can't find any of my old tapes anymore

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-03 07:15pm

Sony MZ-R70 MD Walkman.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-02-03 07:17pm

I have a RioVolt, and it works quite well. I'd kill for an iPod, though.

Pistolero · Post by **Pistolero** » 2003-02-03 07:34pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Sony MZ-R70 MD Walkman.

Touche. So, you're the one who bought the MD player

Seriously, though... MD players are extremely cool. They are small, hip, look very geeky and they fit anywhere, not to mention you can actually record on some of them. They are even cheaper than ever, but I could not justify buying one when I can have a CD chock full of MP3s to carry with me.

Nice device you got there, anyways. How long can you record on a MD? the same as an audio CD, isn't it?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-03 07:38pm

CyberMacGyver wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:Sony MZ-R70 MD Walkman.
Touche. So, you're the one who bought the MD player

Seriously, though... MD players are extremely cool. They are small, hip, look very geeky and they fit anywhere, not to mention you can actually record on some of them. They are even cheaper than ever, but I could not justify buying one when I can have a CD chock full of MP3s to carry with me.

Nice device you got there, anyways. How long can you record on a MD? the same as an audio CD, isn't it?

Longer if I want to, my mate, she has the next model up from mine that can record four times longer on an 80 minute MD. I only know one or two people with MP3 players (I used to use my Casiopeia E-105 palmtop for that) but most all have CD players or MD Walkmans, cassettes are still popular.

The one thing I do like about MP3 players is the ability to not jump at all, my MD Walkman takes some shit to jump, but it will eventually, plus moving parts means more power used.

I dislike Sony headphones that come with players though, they lasted a year then defunct, I have some Panasonics now, but Sennheiser are the best I hear.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-02-03 07:43pm

iRiver iFP-180T. 128MB solid-state player w/ FM tuner.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-03 07:57pm

What are you talking about? I knew several people in high school that had MD players.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-02-03 08:02pm

Why, I own both a CD player (who doesn't?) and a Minijam for my Handspring Visor Prism:

Pistolero · Post by **Pistolero** » 2003-02-03 09:04pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:What are you talking about? I knew several people in high school that had MD players.

When they first came out, they were waay too expensive for me, and I never met anyone who had one. I even remember that they started releasing albums on MD. Now they are cheaper and I can afford one, but I am happy with my MP3 CD player. Besides, Blank MDs are still way more expensive than blank CDs.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-03 09:06pm

CyberMacGyver wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:What are you talking about? I knew several people in high school that had MD players.
When they first came out, they were waay too expensive for me, and I never met anyone who had one. I even remember that they started releasing albums on MD. Now they are cheaper and I can afford one, but I am happy with my MP3 CD player. Besides, Blank MDs are still way more expensive than blank CDs.

Well them and personal CDs are the most common with tapes and MP3s as least common, my MD Walkman is a good 2 1/2 years old and still good as new.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-02-03 09:24pm

I've got a fairly new Discman and an old walkman. They work well enough for me so why replace 'em?

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-03 09:45pm

I've got a mp3 player from Christmas.

Does a laptop quallify as a portable music player?

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-02-03 09:48pm

Riovolt Cd/MP3 player that I LOVE because I burn something like 70-80 tracks on 1 CD and listen to them. I have soundtracks for each of my books and stories on CD to help me write while I commute to and from work.

I also recently got a RCA Lyra MP3 player, love it for the fact that its so tiny and can hold something like 20 tracks so its a lot more portable and good for those days when I just want an eclectic bunch of music without wasting a CD burning it.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-02-03 10:24pm

I myself have a regular CD player. It's good for painting class. Which looking at that last option is funny. A girl in my class has one of those mini cd things. Says she's had it for 5 years now.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2003-02-04 12:18am

CyberMacGyver wrote:Personally, I am partial to MP3 CD players. It really kicks ass to be able to save 10 hours of music or 30 hours of audio books on a 10 cent CD. I love the iRiver IMP-350 SlimX. I also have an awesome and very small Panasonic cassette player... but I can't find any of my old tapes anymore :lol:

Plain old CD players. I don't have enough MP3s to make it worth springing for anything that has the MP3 option to it.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-02-04 12:22am

a good old walkman that plays good old tapes

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2003-02-04 12:24am

None. I pour all my stereo budget into home theater and car audio.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-02-04 12:25am

Wow, you people are stuck in the past. Get MP3 CD players. Casette player what is that, oh, it's that thing that is like a CD player except it uses much bigger disks right

?

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-02-04 12:29am

ArmorPierce wrote:Wow, you people are stuck in the past. Get MP3 CD players. Casette player what is that, oh, it's that thing that is like a CD player except it uses much bigger disks right ?

Bah, Humbug! If there was somthing like a portable record player i´d have it.

mantakai · Post by **mantakai** » 2003-02-04 01:53am

i got a fairly good discman, i quite prefer the discman as you can just brun the cd's with whatever you want on them. my school has probably hundreds of thousands of dollars in mp3's and md's etc on the kids each day, everyone seems to have one its crazy

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2003-02-04 01:58am

An iRiver IMP-100 is what I use. It's essentially identical to the RioVolt (the Volt-100 is actually a rebranded one of these, and can take the same firmware). Picked one of these up before the Volt became well-known. Apart from the low-resolution display with the dancing guys on it and the size (much bulkier than my "normal" CD player), I have no issues with it.
I also have a Rio-600. The lack of onboard memory (32 MB) coupled with the uneconomical price of the expansion backpacks (200 USD for 128 MB as of three months ago, or $80 for 64 MB) keeps me from using it, though the concept is sound. Couldn't they just have made it accept CF cards or Memory Sticks?

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-02-04 10:34am

I own a Goodmans MP3/CD player. 160 songs on one disk AND it has a built in re-charger. But i'd give my left nipple for one of those creative labs 6gb moving harddrives.

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2003-02-04 10:36am

Portable? I have a car with a CD/MP3/Cassette player. That's as portable as I get, I'm afraid.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-02-04 11:04am

Nothing save a cassette player in the car. My sister has a Discman. I so want a JukeBox.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-02-04 11:09am

A walkman which is probably older than the dinosaurs....no that's my dad's 8 track system.

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