Aiwa HS-GM1000MK3

Advantages: Lots of great features, very durable, good price
Disadvantages: Disadvantages? Yeah right!

...in headphones; it is on the side of the unit. Belt Clip: That’s right, this plastic clip lets you attach the Aiwa HS-TX486 to your waist, which I useful if you are out and about. I clip it to my waist, hidden under a longish coat or T-Shirt, and have the headphones going up through my coat so that I don’t look like a fool with wires all over the place. POWER SOURCES ************************ You have two options – electrical mains connection or, the usual choice, batteries. This Walkman takes two size AA batteries, which can be inserted, in a crucially easy-to-open, sliding door compartment on the bottom of the unit. There is a display on the screen to show remaining cell life, like on many mobile phones, which is very useful. The batteries seem to last a long time. In about 3 years that I’ve had the Walkman I haven’t... Read review

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Advantages: cheap but good
Disadvantages: none

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Advantages: Good Functions
Disadvantages: Size

...Aiwa are dedicated to maiing high quality audio equipment. I have been very happy with the equipment prodeuced by Aiwa, as the company have a good reputation. The aiwa minidisc, does seem to be fairly chunky. This makes it not as portable as it could be, when comparing it to sony's. They do have all the usual functions, such as track editing etc. This fact that this minidisc player is chunky, is probably becuase it was one of their first models. So if you wait a little while i'm sure that newer models wiill become slimmer and more practical. But overall this is a basic, and high quality player.... Read review

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