Sony CMT-BX3

Advantages: Pure Quality
Disadvantages: Not many!

...The audio/video enthusiast of the millennium is faced with an interesting future. New formats developed for the customer's pleasure (and, hopefully, the advancement of the science) are coming to the market place thick and fast, so much so, that the average audiophile may be daunted rather than enthused. The Sony and Philips Corporations are the main players in these format initiatives. Sony lost an early format war with their Beta video system to JVC's inferior VHS system, but gained huge support through the introduction (with Philips) of the Compact Disc. This CD revolution was marketed with such words as the infamous "Perfect Sound Forever". Many audiophiles, excited by this new medium, fell prey to the marketing department, dove in with both feet (me included), and dumped their Duals and Regas as fast as they could say "warped vinyl... Read review

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Advantages: 30hr battery life, 13000 tracks and 20gigs hard drive
Disadvantages: tracks must be converted to atrac3plus, not that easy to navigate

...INTRO Ipod stand strong but why is this why do they have so much superiority, well it's because there isn't any body worthy of challenging them. But that's changed, oh yes. Introducing the Sony NW-HD1, the first worthy enough to challenge the mighty Ipod with its sleek titanium body and it's astounding features it'll blow you away. FEATURES Dimension - 8.9 x 1.4 x 6.2cm Net Weight 110g 30hr Battery Life 20gb Hard Drive 13,000 song storage Songs in ATRAC3plus" Format at 48kbps Link to Sony 'CONNECT' (Online music store) 7 Line green backlit display USB 2.0 Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery G-Sensor" Shock Protection Provides Impact Protection LOOK AND FEEL One of Ipods main features was its looks and the first to start the white fashion, or as we now call Ipod white. Well I'm sure that's what Sony would like... Read review

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Advantages: Small, Compact, Looks great and its a Sony
Disadvantages: Low earphone volume

...I have always been interested in portable music and I have since my first portable cassette player worn out an entire selection of various Walkmans and Discmans (Discmen?). The MP3 format however never managed to appeal to me, as I like to have my music collection stored on some kind of external media instead of as files on my computer. I may be a bit old-fashioned, but I like to be able to grab one of my albums right off the shelf and pop it into my player for instant listening, without having to boot up the computer and download files to some hideously expensive memory card. It didn't take long until I fell in love with the MiniDisc format - mainly for its portability and durability but also for the sound quality that pretty much surpasses everything that MP3 is capable of. And with the recent introduction of the NetMD concept... Read review

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