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My line of work means I have to travel quite a bit.
I'm looking for a portable player to listen to music in B&B/hotel room
etc.
I'm fine for in the car
Most of my music is vinyl though I've quite a lot of classical and
trance CDs, also listen to radio quite a bit.
Thinking maybe something that plays MP3s as well as CD and radio, clock
would be handy as well.
Transportability is the major issue.

Any recommendations?
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Good sound quality portable.
 

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My line of work means I have to travel quite a bit.
I'm looking for a portable player to listen to music in B&B/hotel room
etc.
I'm fine for in the car
Most of my music is vinyl though I've quite a lot of classical and trance
CDs, also listen to radio quite a bit.
Thinking maybe something that plays MP3s as well as CD and radio, clock
would be handy as well.
Transportability is the major issue.

Any recommendations?
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Z
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Apple I-Pod with the biggest harddisk, then rip your cd's and copy
everything in .wav-format to the I-Pod, then you have the best soundquality.
Use a good headphone, not the standard crappy things.

Good sound quality portable.
 

Z wrote:
My line of work means I have to travel quite a bit.
I'm looking for a portable player to listen to music in B&B/hotel room
etc.
I'm fine for in the car
Most of my music is vinyl though I've quite a lot of classical and
trance CDs, also listen to radio quite a bit.
Thinking maybe something that plays MP3s as well as CD and radio,
clock would be handy as well.
Transportability is the major issue.

40gb iPod. Use iTunes to rip your CDs to mp3 at 320kbps.

For hotel use, get the Altec Lansing iMotion speaker set - folds up into
it's own case; it includes an iPod dock so no cables needed to connect the
iPod

iPod info at http://www.apple.com/uk/ipod/

Speakers at
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObje...earnMore=TA231

Good sound quality portable.
 

Stimpy wrote:
Z wrote:
My line of work means I have to travel quite a bit.
I'm looking for a portable player to listen to music in B&B/hotel
room etc.
I'm fine for in the car
Most of my music is vinyl though I've quite a lot of classical and
trance CDs, also listen to radio quite a bit.
Thinking maybe something that plays MP3s as well as CD and radio,
clock would be handy as well.
Transportability is the major issue.

40gb iPod. Use iTunes to rip your CDs to mp3 at 320kbps.


If you're going to use an iPod / iTunes then it's better to use AAC than
MP3.


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DAB sounds worse than FM, Freeview, digital satellite, cable and
broadband internet radio

Good sound quality portable.
 

DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:

My line of work means I have to travel quite a bit.
I'm looking for a portable player to listen to music in B&B/hotel
room etc.
I'm fine for in the car
Most of my music is vinyl though I've quite a lot of classical and
trance CDs, also listen to radio quite a bit.
Thinking maybe something that plays MP3s as well as CD and radio,
clock would be handy as well.
Transportability is the major issue.

40gb iPod. Use iTunes to rip your CDs to mp3 at 320kbps.

If you're going to use an iPod / iTunes then it's better to use AAC
than MP3.

If you're starting from scratch and planning to only use the iPod/iTunes you
might be right but, having done a comparison of MP3 and AAC I decided there
wasn't sufficient difference to warrant me re-ripping all my CDs.

In addition, sticking with MP3 allows the use of players other than iTunes.

Good sound quality portable.
 

"Stimpy" wrote in message
...
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:

My line of work means I have to travel quite a bit.
I'm looking for a portable player to listen to music in B&B/hotel
room etc.
I'm fine for in the car
Most of my music is vinyl though I've quite a lot of classical and
trance CDs, also listen to radio quite a bit.
Thinking maybe something that plays MP3s as well as CD and radio,
clock would be handy as well.
Transportability is the major issue.

40gb iPod. Use iTunes to rip your CDs to mp3 at 320kbps.

If you're going to use an iPod / iTunes then it's better to use AAC
than MP3.

If you're starting from scratch and planning to only use the
iPod/iTunes you
might be right but, having done a comparison of MP3 and AAC I decided
there
wasn't sufficient difference to warrant me re-ripping all my CDs.


Yeah, at such high bit rates as 320kbps then I doubt you'd be able to
tell the difference, but if someone can use AAC then it's better to use
it.


In addition, sticking with MP3 allows the use of players other than
iTunes.


True, plus MP3 car stereos. But hopefully, over time, AAC will become
more widely supported. A lot of people even seem to think it's Apple's
own format, which it aint.


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DAB sounds worse than FM, Freeview, digital satellite, cable and
broadband internet radio

Good sound quality portable.
 

DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:

In addition, sticking with MP3 allows the use of players other than
iTunes.

True, plus MP3 car stereos. But hopefully, over time, AAC will become
more widely supported. A lot of people even seem to think it's Apple's
own format, which it aint.

Really?? Blimey, I always assumed it was Apple's own format as well - I
live and learn! :-)


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Stimpy wrote:
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:

In addition, sticking with MP3 allows the use of players other than
iTunes.

True, plus MP3 car stereos. But hopefully, over time, AAC will become
more widely supported. A lot of people even seem to think it's
Apple's own format, which it aint.

Really?? Blimey, I always assumed it was Apple's own format as well
- I live and learn! :-)


Nope, it started out as MPEG-2 "NBC" (non-backward compatible) and now
it's MPEG-4:

http://www.vialicensing.com/products.../standard.html

There's a good article about it he

http://www.telos-systems.com/techtal...er_2/AAC_3.PDF (3.6 MB)

or a briefer, less technical version of the article he

http://www.telos-systems.com/news/re...092601_aac.pdf


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DAB sounds worse than FM, Freeview, digital satellite, cable and
broadband internet radio

Good sound quality portable.
 

Don't people buy Portable CD players any more? I have one that can play MP3s
that have been burned onto a CD. I think you can even get them with built in
Memory, unless I dreamt that..... Would be a good idea if it hasn't already
been done.

"DAB sounds worse than FM" wrote in message
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Stimpy wrote:
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:

In addition, sticking with MP3 allows the use of players other than
iTunes.

True, plus MP3 car stereos. But hopefully, over time, AAC will become
more widely supported. A lot of people even seem to think it's
Apple's own format, which it aint.

Really?? Blimey, I always assumed it was Apple's own format as well
- I live and learn! :-)


Nope, it started out as MPEG-2 "NBC" (non-backward compatible) and now
it's MPEG-4:

http://www.vialicensing.com/products.../standard.html

There's a good article about it he

http://www.telos-systems.com/techtal...er_2/AAC_3.PDF (3.6 MB)

or a briefer, less technical version of the article he

http://www.telos-systems.com/news/re...092601_aac.pdf


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DAB sounds worse than FM, Freeview, digital satellite, cable and
broadband internet radio

Good sound quality portable.
 

The EggKing wrote:
Don't people buy Portable CD players any more?

I can't see the benefit of them anymore to be honest. If you listen to a
lot of music in the car or on the move, a digital player wins hands down
everytime