[thechat] mp3 player recommendations

[Martin Burns]

On 20 Sep 2005, at 12:03, William Anderson wrote:

>> Finally looking for an MP3 player. Primary use would be my car, which
>> has a cassette player, no CD. Sound quality, particlarly NOT SKIPPING
>> WHILE I'M SLAMMING THROUGH POTHOLES but including broad frequency
>> response, is important. Though I have a Linux box and a Mac, PCs  
>> are my
>> primary platform.
>>
>
> Get thee a 40gb Apple iPod and a Griffin Smartdeck (a cassette  
> adapter that
> plugs into the ipod, and you control the ipod from your play / pause /
> fastfwd / rewind / source / mute buttons).  More useful than one of
> those silly FM transmitter things :)

Yeah, the quality of the FM things is OK, but not any better than  
that. Ideal if you don't have a cassette player (annoyingly,  
increasing numbers of auto manufacturers are offering CD *only* these  
days), but not the 1st choice.

> - the smartdeck isn't out yet, but you can preorder now for  
> something like 35 bucks.

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/smartdeck/smartdeck_order.html
$29.99 (presumably plus tax)

Cheers
Martin