I realise this is not up to the high level of intellectual debate normally
found in this group, but taking the name of the NG literally....

It's going to take me for ever to set up the main system in my new-ish
abode, but in the meantime I would like to listen to some of my CDs. The
obvious route would seem to be a portable walkman-type CD player. A Google
search is bewildering - I really don't think I want Digital Bass Enhancement
and all the rest of the techno-babble which the marketing chaps or chapesses
think will appeal to the kids. I assume all the transports will be the
same - probably by the same manufacturer?

So - the requirements (for a single, elderly boke living alone) a must
have a mains adaptor; I really don't want to mess around changing
batteries. Not interested in shock resistance - I don't do jogging. The
ability to change earphones - not sure I can cope with in-ear ones normally
supplied; when I've tried them they keep falling out. So - supplementary
question - any suggestions for outside-ear phones?

These devices all seem to be as cheap as chips, about £30 median, but it's
very difficult to find out the basics. Which one does what I want, and I
really don't care what goodies come with?

Thanks, all.

Geoff