OFF: MP3/CD Portable

Mark Jermy m.jermy at CRANFIELD.AC.UK
Mon May 14 03:56:55 EDT 2001


With my mouth full of crumbs I expostulated:
> I considered one of these, but in the end bought an ordinary portable CD
> player (cheaper). My theory was that CDRs are cheap and small, so carrying
> your music round as audio CDRs was almost as convenient as MP3 CDRs,and a
> bit easier to burn. So I lug a small pile of audio CDRs made from my
(legit
> bought) HW&others collection and from the mp3s I've picked up here and
> there, and can play them anywhere.

and Jerry Guizar wrote:
>   The biggest plus for me was being able to carry 6 - 8 hours of music on
>one mp3 CDR (I rip as VBR ~200kbit). <snip>

My argument is that the CDRs are a negligible weight or bulk compared to the
player itself
Cheers,
Mark



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