RE: portable 6GB mp3 player

From: The Man From Utopia (tmfu@home.com)
Date: Sat Aug 05 2000 - 16:14:10 EDT


> Hey, I know some of you guys were working on installing an
> mp3 player in
> your truck (ala http://www.empeg.com ) - I think Jon was one
> of 'em ;-)
> btw, Kenwood makes an in-dash mp3 player now...
>
> Well, I ran across this article yesterday:
>
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2374345.html
>
> It looks like a regular portable CD player, but holds 6GB
> worth of mp3's.
> They say it'll hold 150 CDs worth, but they don't mention
> quality of those
> 150 CDs. I figure at CD quality, with 6GB, it might hold
> closer to 100 CDs.
> Still, for 400 bucks, it sounds great to me! No more lugging
> around CDs and
> I can just rip my favorite songs off my CDs. ;-)
> Oh yeah, it's made by the Creative (the SoundBlaster guys).
> I just hope
> that you can get a car kit with this thing..... then I can
> move it from the
> Dak to my Wing, take it to the gym, etc....
>
> Btw, I'm aware of the Mambox ( www.mambox.com ), but this
> sucker looks way
> better!
> --

Lets see.... I have 1000+ MP3's with about 95% of them ripped at either
128kbs or 160kbs and with that I've only used about 3.5gb (8 CD's). WinAMP
sez I have about 5-6 days worth of music.

Greg
95 Dakota Sport CC v6 5spd
Rahway NJ
ICQ: 283886
http://24.6.89.18/dakota/dodge.htm



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