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Show By Michelle Silver portable audio player means music wherever you go. With many different models available, find out exactly what features you want before making the purchase. Your STEAMTUNNELS DIGS: CD Players Panasonic SLCT570 anti-shoc- Super-thi- n, Anti-ski- p When it comes to finding a player that won't the buffer, or anti-ski- p protection, is your friend. The bigger the buffer you have (typically 10 to 50 seconds), the better protection your player has against bumps. Battery Compartment First, location: Inside the player is more secure, outside makes it easier to change batteries. For the batteries themselves, decide whether you want standard or rechargeable. It can be less expensive to get rechargeable. memory of k Headphones Extras Definitely get the hold or lock function. It's too easv to waste batteries otherwise. Price Range In the $50 or less field, you can find players with basic features. For a truly decent player, be prepared to pay somewhere between $100 and $200, which will offer more options, better sound quality and extended battery life. sec- onds, playback up to 50 hours, three preset equalizer (Normal, Super Extra Bass System, Live), rechargeable battery and external battery case ($149.99; Buy.com). Sony CD Walkman DEJ825 "The world's smallest and lightest CD Walkman" offers e Protection, excellent sound quality, up to 57 hours of continuous playback, an external battery case, a carrying case with hand strap, and headphones with remote control ($149.95; 800.com). Skip-Fre- CPX C3948BI Blue Ice Ultra-SliThis great buy has a shock, a car adapter kit and all CD Player antisystem, the elementary basics, coloring ($44.99; m bass-boo- The headphones that come with most models are lousy the same goes for MP3 players. Spring for a nice pair it's worth it. 40 plus funky blue-and-silv- er st 40-seco- nd Amazon.com). . MP3 Players Sonicblue Rio 800 Sonicblue (formerly Diamond) introduced the first MP3 players. The 800 is the latest. It's Mac and PC compatible and has headphone-cor- d remote control and voice recording. 64Mb memory ($273.02; firstsource.com). Samsung YP-E3- 2 This player has 32MB embedded memory for half an g hour of time, but it's expandable to 64MB. It has capability and comes in V I 0 1 ' music-listenin- voice-recordi- ng gold or silver. Great price ($134.55; Soft4U.com). Creative Labs NOMAD II The Nomad 64 is an MP3 player, but it offers repro grammable firmware to support future audio formats Memory More memory, more music. Try for least 64MB of storage. at Windows Media Audio). Includes an FM radio tuner. There's 32MB and 32MB removable memory, for a total playing time of one hour (like WMA on-boa- rd '4MB i ; ($242.13; eCost.com). Sound ratio above Choose a 85dB, and options to adjust bass and treble. signal-to-noi- se Transfer Rate Avoid players that use the serial port for transfers. Price Range There are a couple of models under $100; there are dozens under $200. Split the difference and you still have at least 10 to choose from. D-Li- DMP-CD10- 0 The wrinkle for the DMP is that is supports MP3s as well as CDs, so if you have a CD burner, this is the baby for you. Does not show ID3 tags (so you can't see the title of the track). Powered by batter ies or wall adapter ($139.95; outpost.com). Want More? steamtunnels.net 9 |
