Portable MP3 CD Players > Rio Portable MP3 CD Players

RioVolt SP-90 is a bargain

Advantages: Cheap, good quality output
Disadvantages: None for the price

This beast can play both MP3s and standard CDs, but most people will buy it for MP3 playback. Skipping is no problem - the track is read into memory, so this player is ideal for use in-car with a cassette adaptor. I use the SP-90 with Beyer Dynamic headphones and it sounds way better than through the supplied headphones. An immediate improvement in functionality can be obtained by downloading the SP-100 firmware, editting the first few bytes to ...
...the resultant file to a blank CD. Insert this CD into the player (with a new set of batteries or mains adaptor in use) and swith on. Within a minute the player with have the facilities of the SP-100 player, except for the backlight. I found my SP-90 on TigerDirect as 'refurbished' for well under £50. Go get one now! ...

Sucwaf 02.01.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Rio CD / MP3 player

A definate must..NOT!

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Battery Life and Cd recognition

After accumulating 100s of CD's over the past few years i decided it was time to get an Mp3 cd player, so i wouldnt have to haul around all my favourite cd's in a carry case, i could compile them all onto just a few CD-r's and carry them around, The Argos catalogue had a few mp3 cd players at the time, and this Rio-Volt was the one which i finally opted to go for, costing me around £100 with batteries and headphones included, The Cd player managed ...
...weeks, selecting tracks and recognising Title name and ID3 tags quickly and readily. IT was after this that the battery life within the CD player started to slip, Good quality batteries would only last a day or so (not with extended use!). To add to this, the Cd-r's were sometimes no longer being recognised, and i would have to take the cd out and reinsert it to try again, much to the same result. To add to this, the manufacture of this CD player ...

Jack_Mayo 01.02.2004 · Read full review
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The street machine brings portable music into the 21st century.

Advantages: Great range of features. has a great battery life. is quite loud, with great base.
Disadvantages: quite heavy. some of the smaller parts are less durable.

Firstly the Steepletone Street machine is an impressive product. It boasts a huge range of features and different music formats you can use. My first impression, when my street machine arrived in the post, was that it is a great looking product. it houses a classic look with a 2st century twist. All 8 corners have protectors, the 20w sub woofer has metal grills for protection and each 5 watt speaker has plastic speaker protectors. If thats not enough ...
...wheels with a pull out handle, kind of like a suitcase. the street machine really is very durable, iv had mine fall out of a tree twice to simply roll along the floor still playing and it has been dropped god knows how many times. the only thing that has gone wrong with my street machine is that the ipod dock has come loose. here is a full list of the features: >High Powered SD/USB/iPOD MP3 "Boom Box" > "No Moving Parts Music" > Tough Trolley style ...

AEDAN_SHFL 04.08.2009 · Read full review
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Sony Cd/Mp3 Player

Advantages: Good Value for money, Easy To Use
Disadvantages: A bit on the big side for me.

When i seen this player in the shop the first impression i got was Round, saucer like and easy to hold. I found it had Good sound especially with good head phones. The battery life is very strong compared to other players i have come accross. Line out for connecting to speakers. mp3 or atrac playback includes the folder system, easier to navigate through 100-200 songs on each cd. Can group songs in folders when you burn them so you dont have to hit ...

djgard27 15.09.2008 · Read full review
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Sony CD Player

Advantages: Good quality sound, looks good, includenots mp3
Disadvantages: slightly expensive, battery life decreased with any less than the most expensive batterys

Another genius creation from Sony, a portable CD player with in built mp3. Multi support: ATRAC/MP3 compatible Burn 30 CD's onto 1 CD-R with ATRAC compression Supplied SonicStage 2.3 software to make burning and managing your music easy using your computer Supports ID3 tag that will show song title, album and artist name Multiple bitrate compression setting which allows you to choose for quality of music and the quantity of the songs New type ...
...LCD on the unit for easy navigation between groups and tracks AC adaptor supplied It is a light weight portable CD player making it ideal for carrying around whilst listening to music weighing only 191g The CD player itself is in shiny good looking silver with an attractive blue LED screen making it easy to view what you are playing and skip through tracks. The buttons on the front are easy to understand and use. It has a long lasting battery ...

Hsaxo 22.03.2008 · Read full review
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