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Summary: Portable music will never be the same again
Review: Forget those quaint things we called cassettes, and forget about those expensive memory-based MP3 players that can only accomodate one or two CDs-worth of music. This is all you need to lug around a huge music collection in just a handful of CD-Rs. This toy rocks. I cannot imagine life without it now. The firmware updates make it particularly compelling as some features (such as equalizer settings and navigational commands) can be upgraded. Some tips on good use: 1. For serious listeners, upgrading the headphones is a must. The supplied ones really don't do this unit justice. 2. My remote control was fragile, faulty and ended up being useless, which means that I have to take the unit out of the case everytime I want to change a song. This [is bad]. 3. Not made for running, despite what they will tell you. DEspite the anti-skip functionality, the unit will fail to properly read MP3 files if you are jumping too much. 4. Great for road trips. Get a cassette adapter for the car, bring spare CD-Rs and you're good to go.
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Summary: That burners running non-stop!!!
Review: This thing rocks. 10-15 hours on 2 AA batteries, good bass, takes directories - even complex directory structures from your external hard disk horde, handles at least 150MP3s (some players have 80-120 MP3 per disk limitation) on a disk, and really really good skip protection. The CD only spins a few seconds at a time when running MP3s. Takes lots of abuse and keeps ticking. And very intuitive to use. Never needed the directions. And includes every accessory you would need - adaptor, dust cover/protector, headphones (good for public when the big kennwoods make you look really nerdy but they are very loud and very bassy), remote control (not wireless but great for backpacks)....
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Summary: For mp3 good but for standard audio cd it's bad.
Review: I got this couple of weeks back. It plays the mp3 well but when i play standard audio cd the sound is not clear. The amplitude in the right and left side changes too frequently and I don't see these changes in other cd players and in mp3 that i created from these cd's.
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Summary: Great Player
Review: I bought this player about 2 weeks ago because I needed a player that would be able to play old time radio mp3's and this is a great player that not only plays them but sounds great. I would reccomend this player to everybody.
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Summary: It works, though it's cheap
Review: It's not the most sturdy of items, and it definitely feels a little on the cheap side, but it WORKS. The power is a little low to the headphones but the quality is great. This totally saved my butt on an 11-hour flight to Tokyo recently...
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Summary: Too Expensive...but good.
Review: I work at EB, and they sell this CD player for 99.99. I actually bought it like 2 weeks ago. Very sweet player. The ability to play MP3's on a CD player is long overdue, and is now just coming into the mainstream.
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Summary: Good, but....
Review: I bought a Rio Volt about 9 months ago and until now, it has been awesome. But just yesterday, it stopped being able to read the discs and therefore became inusable. Let me tell how annoying that is. I don't know what the deal is, but i would like to know if anyone else experienced this problem.
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Summary: Great
Review: Pros: Very good price, features & sound quality. Cons: Headphones are kind of weak..but you can easily upgrade those. Anti Skip is not thaat great.Sort of inconsistant.
Riding a bike on NYC paved roads it skips. Sometimes you hit a huuuge pothole and it doesnt skip at all.
Sometimes you ride over slight road imperfection and it skips.
Central Park OK.
On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest 10 highest)
I give the Anti Skip a: 5.5 - 6. But overall I give the player a 9.
If you're on a budget......I highly recommend it.
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Summary: An awesome product for a great value!!!!
Review: Looking for a great CD Player with value added features? This is the one for you: the RioVolt MP3/WMA/CD Player. It plays regular CD's and CD's filled with MP3 and WMA files. It can play hours and hours of music. It's very easy to use and with a simple upgrade to it's software (very quick and simple!) you can have a player that is error-free and feature packed. I received mine today, and I really love it!!!!! At first I was bit afraid of some "bad" reviews I saw here. But I take the risk, and I have no regrets!!!! The product REALLY delivers what it promises and will deliver more, since it is upgradeable. I really recommend buying the RioVolt and a good pair of earphones!! You will need em'!
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Summary: Where's the volume?
Review: The player does have some great features and impressive sound quality....but frankly it just doesnt get loud enough. Even with a set of aftermarket headphones when I use the player on a plane I can still hear much of the background noise. I'm a firm believer in rich sound without high volumes but give me enough juice to cut through the guy in seat 17A's snoring!
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