wanted - portable CD MP3 player

BillyWiz

I'm looking for a cheap portable CD player that plays Cds of MP3s/WMA etc (i.e. 700Mb of music)

Any suggestions?

Thanks
BillyWiz

Donnie

I bought one in Thailand for £17 that plays Video CDs in addition to MP3, CDDA etc. Complete with remote control, headphones, two types of power supply; car and mains, rechargeable circuit, a cassette adaptor for car audio use. PAL/NTSC. Bargain.
No use to you of course...

zcaprd7

I think richer sounds had a cheap one on their deal of the day - I assume they would still do a cheap one normally?

https://www.richersounds.com

lellie

yep I'd go with richer sounds..

I want to replace mine.. my ancient phillips one is crappy now.. it was one of the first models and hence they hadn't got it right..

machofairy

Cheapest place for this item is at https://www.aria.co.uk
They have a range of them from around £20. Most will play VCDs as well.

alexj2002

Most MP3 players (including MP3CD players) will not play WMA's. Check carefully this is mentioned in the spec if this is essential to you.

Mine was bought last December from Lidl's for £30 and came with all the extras (It had a CD-Cassette Adaptor, Mains Adaptor, Rechargable Batteries, Cigerette Lighter Adaptor, Phono-3.5mm Jack Lead and Earplugs). The Aria one looks good but the inc. VAT price is £23.44 and it gives a delivery estimate of £6.95+VAT!!! This may (hopefully) change when you enter your location.

Alex

lellie

Most MP3 players (including MP3CD players) will not play WMA's. Check carefully this is mentioned in the spec if this is essential to you.

Mine was bought last December from Lidl's for £30 and came with all the extras (It had a CD-Cassette Adaptor, Mains Adaptor, Rechargable Batteries, Cigerette Lighter Adaptor, Phono-3.5mm Jack Lead and Earplugs). The Aria one looks good but the inc. VAT price is £23.44 and it gives a delivery estimate of £6.95+VAT!!! This may (hopefully) change when you enter your location.

Alex

the phillips ones all do wma as far as I know..
although why anyone in the world would use wma files is beyond me..

scheming_gypsy

Probably because they're half the size of MP3 = twice as many on a CD

lellie

Probably because they're half the size of MP3 = twice as many on a CD

and quarter of the quality of a variable bitrate mp3..

alexj2002

And much more fiddly - to get MP3's onto my Creative MuVo MP3 Player I could just drag them from the folder into the Removable Disk folder.

Not so with most WMA's. I have to go into WMP (yeuch!) and use transfer to portable device else they wouldn't play.

Steer clear from WMA's. If you need a good ripper (CD-MP3 converter) then try Exact Audio Copy combined with the LAME encoder.

lellie

And much more fiddly - to get MP3's onto my Creative MuVo MP3 Player I could just drag them from the folder into the Removable Disk folder.

Not so with most WMA's. I have to go into WMP (yeuch!) and use transfer to portable device else they wouldn't play.

Steer clear from WMA's. If you need a good ripper (CD-MP3 converter) then try Exact Audio Copy combined with the LAME encoder.[/quote

tooo right.. or CD-EX with LAME (remember to set it to vbr - you get high quality and smaller sizes.. )