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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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The iPod Alternative

Advantages: ATRAC software, easy to use
Disadvantages: Feels a bit plasticky

...got sucked in by the advertising on this one - Sony say that using the ATRAC software supplied with their new CD player range, you can fit up to 30 albums on one CD. I'd looked at iPods and the various digital alternatives, but this option was both c ...

starshapedbrick 04.10.2004 · Read full review
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All I got From This Is Happiness

Advantages: An atrac 3 , Great sound, Nice Look
Disadvantages: None

...dad for a sony cd player, because i heard that sony is a very good company and the sound quality was great. So i wanted 1. He said yes i could have one. So on the day of my 13th b-day (16 may) we went t ...

bestmastervarun 02.11.2004 · Read full review
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An Atrac-tive player

Advantages: Ultimate in portability, use in car or on foot
Disadvantages: Atrac cannot be used on any other players

Once upon a time I had a car, and it had a radio that didn't work and a cassette player that did. So I used to tape my CD's onto cassettes to listen to in the car. This wasn't ideal, after all a tape only plays for a relatively short time before it needs ...

sandemp 09.12.2004 · Read full review
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Did Sony miss a compression trick?

Advantages: Superb quality, long lasting battery, car conversion kit included
Disadvantages: Proprietary compression software!

Sony could have changed the music compression standard, and seem to have missed the opportunity with both hands! ATRAC3plus. Pros - it's a great quality compression. Cons - it only works on compatible Sony CD players. The ATRAC3plus compressio ...

AdamGale 08.07.2004 · Read full review
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