MP3 Reviews

COBY always gives pretty good value items. This player satisfies on all counts. It can read the ID3 tags from the MP3 songs and display them. The car kit works pretty decently. The only possible problem with this is that sometimes the bass boost makes a jarring sound.

While you won't get the high quality audio of one of the higher end players, this discman is definitly worth the pricetag. It is easy to use, has a long battery life, and (mine, anyway,) never skips. The headphones are nothing to write home about but they do the job. I've been using this now for a couple weeks and I've had no problems at all. If you're looking for a portable cd player that plays regular and MP3 cd's and has an AM/FM tuner, you really can't go wrong with this one.

I got the Nomad 2 32 MB mp3 player about 5 months ago. This version is probably the same but you have to buy your own memory. It is a great player and can take a lot of abuse. I drop it a lot more than I should, and it is fine. The backlight is great for playing in the dark, and the player has a flash bios system to upgrade to new technologies. The sound is loud enough almost all the time unless I am downtown in the city. It only takes one battery which really does last a while. The best part is that it has an FM tuner to listen to the radio when you get tired of your MP3s. Also, the remote on the headphones is a great idea. Great player, I would easily reccomend it.

The Creative Labs TravelSound MP3 has surprisingly good sound for such a little unit. It's a "palm-sized" one-piece stereo speaker system, little larger than an eyeglass case (WxHxD 6" x 2" x 2.5") but the sound is nearly as good as a small boombox. This unit does a great job in smaller rooms but you'll be disappointed if you try to fill a large room with sound. You do lose most of the low end so the bass is a little anemic. But the mid-range and the high end are crisp and clean.

You can hook up your portable electronic audio equipment like your CD/MP3 player, portable DVD player, even your laptop computer but being able to download MP3/WMA files directly to the unit is a definite PLUS.

It is a little $$$ but it is still a good value. I recommend it to anyone who travels a lot but likes to have decent tunes in their hotel room.

If you are looking for an affordable MP3 Player that is easy to use,
has great sound, and won't break your budget,the Nomad II or IIc is for you.

My Nomad IIc, which is identical to the other Nomad II products
minus the FM radio, has been a very enjoyable experience. It has:

* 0 to 128MB of internal memory, depending on your price range
(mine had 64MB and I believe it is only available in 128MB now)
* 0 to 128MB of external memory add-on capability with SmartMedia
or SSFD (solid state floppy disk) memory card slot, for a total
of 256MB of memory possible (I added a 128MB SmartMedia card to
mine because my Olympus Digital Camera also uses this external
memory type)
* Small size and awesome sound with 6 selectable base/treble
settings (normal, pop, rock, classic, jazz, and one you setup for
your listing taste).
* Software that allows you to transfer songs on your CDs directly
to the Nomad IIc with a quality level(file size) you select.
I found 32KBps sampling rate(file size) provided about 1 song
per megabit of Nomad memory with good sound reproduction (if you are an
audiophile you can sample up to 160KBps if you want to, or
about 1 song per 5MB of Nomad memory).
* A Digital Tape Recorder which I tried but it didn't seem to
pickup very well. I removed one star rating for this and it
may have been cockpit problems cause I don't use it anyway.
* An FM Scanning Radio on Nomad II models, which mine wasn't
so I can't rate.

I am very happy with my Nomad IIc and would highly recommend it
for those looking for a practical, quality, MP3 player. Imagine
carrying around up to 25 of your favorite CDs(assuming 10 songs
on each CD) in an all solid state product the size of a pack of
cigarettes, but half as thick! No bulky CD player with CD case(s)
to carry around(and possibly lose) and no switching of CDs, they're all in this little player!!.

The NOMAD MuVo is a simple, tiny, great-sounding MP3 player that is also a handy way to move files from PC to PC. Its high quality playback (>90dB signal to noise ratio) will satisfy the most demanding music lover. The MuVo's unique 2 piece design is a first in the market gives the consumer a unique way to store 1 CD worth of songs or 44 .

I bought this for my 15GB iPod and it fit like a glove, the clear plastic covers the screen and protects it nicely (no scratches so far). 99.9% of the iPod is protected and the sides are a nice grippy rubber. The arm band that comes with works like a champ and I use it to run with my ipod. The only reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars is because one of the velcro straps that secure it over the top of the iPod covers the "Hold" switch.
It does have a square hole in the bottom so I havent had to remove it from the jacket yet which is nice. It's not leather but it looks nice so spend the extra cash, you wont be sorry.

I love my Foxda player, it looks very good, easy & simple to use. Sound quality is better than my friend's one, i am very impressed with Foxda product.

Being a long haul semi driver I've found that MP3's are the solution to my audio needs since swapping a normal CD every 80 minutes while driving is impractical and some would argue downright dangerous. Originally I had an RCA 2410 which was as useless as a milk pail under a bull, and then later an RCA 2450 which was just the same. For a year I used my laptop as my player but after dropping it multiple times it has ceased to function. A colleague of mine purchased the GPX 3960 for his own use which caused me to laugh long and hard. To me GPX has always been one of those joke brands that you would expect to find in an Alco store (those of you in the midwest will understand) sitting on the shelf by the Emersons. But when he reported that his worked great I had to get one for myself and so far I've grown attached to it.
Unlike the 2 RCA's I've had, this one isn't terribly picky about the burn speed you use to create your CDR's or CDR-W's (yes they work too), the RCA 2410 would sometimes work if you burned at 1x, this model plays just fine on CDR's that were burned at 16x, might even work at higher speeds though I haven't tried yet. Also, it doesn't hang on mp3's encoded at 320 kbps or even variable bit rates. It also has both line out and head phone out jacks, a feature I haven't seen on portable CD players in years. There are some negative drawbacks that keep this from receiving 5 stars. First, it does skip from time to time, though I don't believe it's caused from vibrations since it has survived with flying colors the I70 across Missouri torture test. The skipping must be from occasional read errors though it usually recovers and continues where as both RCA models would either hang all day or jump to another region of the disk. Second, the randomize feature doesn't randomize very well, by that I mean no matter what track I put it to act as the seed for it's random generator it always will play the same order. Third, the interface is very clumsy, changing directories requires pressing two buttons in an esoteric manner so I usually just keep hitting advance to get the directory I want. Fourth, and most annoying, is the slow speed of the fast forward feature. At least it actually does go forward, unlike the RCA 2410 which would go 5 seconds forward and 6 seconds back, but the sluggishness makes fast forwarding through an audiobook ripped from tape a nightmare, and you can't advance to the next track and then rewind. Other minor annoyances are the lack of a backlit display, lack of a cigarette lighter adapter (car users may want to consider snagging a cheap inverter since it only comes with an AC adapter),lack of a cassette adapter, and some may find the lack of MP3 management software bothersome. Sound quality? Well, keep in mind I'm running through a cassette deck in a Kenworth T2000's stock stereo system and the only other experience I have with MP3 players are the RCA's and my laptop. The RCA's, especially the RP 2450 had a rather thin sound to it while this model sounds on par with the laptop.
I can't comment on how the more expensive players such as the RioVolt or iRiver will serve your needs, but if you're looking for a low priced player and can live with the aforementioned annoyances then this one is definitely worth a look.

I PURCHASED THIS CD PLAYER BACK IN AUGUST OF 2004. IT'S A GREAT PRODUCT FOR THE PRICE. I WOULD HIGHLY RECCOMEND THIS FOR A GIFT.