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Not Just for Luddites!

Advantages: Good sound quality, volume limiter, FM radio and mp3 disc capability
Disadvantages: Very difficult to open up, need to remove discs to change batteries, looks a bit cheap

While I do download the occasional track I still buy CDs – and more importantly, so does my daughter, who has been scarred by the loss of music in past computer disasters. We both have an iPod Touch each, however when travelling my daughter loves to sh ...

rosebud2001 29.04.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Sony D-NF340 MP3 Personal CD Player

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iMP 550

Advantages: Sleek, svelte design.
Disadvantages: Battery life falls far short of the advertised 55 hours

I have owned my iMP 550 since shortly after it was released. I can't remember exactly when that was but it has been at least a year! I love my CD player. It looks great and it does what I need it to do. It has several awards including a CNET edi ...

8david5 30.11.2004 · Read full review
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Review of iRiver CD / MP3 player with radio

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Sense-ational

Advantages: Slim and sexy, upgradeable, built-in FM radio, long battery life
Disadvantages: High up-front cost

There is nothing that doesn't appeal about this CD-Digital audio player. I say digital audio player, because it doesn't just play MP3's like most other CD players - due to the fact that you can upgrade the software which runs the device, it can play al ...

afro_geoffro 21.09.2005 · Read full review
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Review of iRiver CD / MP3 player with radio

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fooled customer by iriver

Advantages: much, in theory
Disadvantages: shuts down by itself in 5 secs

Maybe I was the only unluck one with the following problem, but it exists just the same: 5-10 seconds after I start a CD, it stops and shuts itself down. Sometimes it plays, even for a long time, but then suddenly stops. I have send them to their distr ...

omermaras 24.11.2005 · Read full review
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You Spin Me Right Round Baby, Right Round

Advantages: Compact with an excellent battery life and great sound quality, audio cd, mp3 and atrac compatible, the atrac cd creation software is very user friendly
Disadvantages: Atrac software only works on windows pcs, not macs, included headphones feel cheap, doesn’t feel particularly robust

In the beginning there was the audio tape. Actually that’s a lie but for the purpose of this op I’m going to ignore vinyl and the older tape formats because, to the best of my knowledge, nobody designed any personal battery-powered gadgets to play them on ...

Nomad1970 21.12.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Sony CD / MP3 player

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