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Summary: Great CD mp3 player
Review: I got the expanium for a Xmas present. The sound quality is great. The earbuds were a slight disapointment, but I took off the rubber rings and put some earbud foam on them and they are fine. It doesn't skip.
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Summary: Thsi thing is so great
Review: It doesn't have a radio, and the headphones suck, but what do you want? It plays CD full of MP3s, you can fit like 150 songs ripped at 128, if you rip at lesser quality, you can fit a lot more, but you will surely lose sound quality. It only takes 2 AA batteries and the batteries will die before you hear the whole CD, that rules. You can fit about 14 albums on 1 cd, so it is so easy to carry around hours and hours of music. If you sort albums into folders before you burn the cd, it is much easier to sort thorugh on the CD, however you can stick all the tracks into 1 folder and have a big cluster of 150 tracks, either way this thing is amazing. The Nomad is a comparable machine, but it takes 4AAs as opposed to the Expanium's 2, and the Nomad's battery life is only 4 hours as opposed to the Expanium's 10. You also can't use the Nomad in your car. The Expanium doesn't skip and it has a ton of options, and accesories, it is so worth the money.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: OK, mine just showed up in the mail, so some thoughts:1. Let's start with the sound. It sounds great, but the earphones do suck, and the volume is too low. I knew the earphones would suck, though, so I replaced them with some Sennheiser 495s, which sound fabulous. On the volume thing, I think it may have to do with safety -- you're not supposed to blast headphones, and this unit will not let you. 2. The thing does not skip. 3. It does not play all mp3s perfectly. Now, I get all my mp3s at 128 bps over Napster (but not for long!) whether this has to do with the quality of mp3s I'm getting or not, I don't know. I create my discs with Easy CD Creator, which the unit seems to handle just fine. 4. The display is fine. s far as not displaying the name of the song, what CD player does this? I think we're getting a little spoiled here. 5. The display does not look cheap. 6. When these things actually get down to what they should cost - about 60 bucks -- this thing will rock. Until then, its an expensive toy.
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Summary: The BEST MP3-CD player on the market!
Review: This is the greatest mp3-cd player ever! I've owned an expanium for about 2 weeks now, and it is the best purchase I have ever made! No kidding! I have 220+ songs on one 800mb CD-R and the mp3's NEVER skip! Amazing! Even if you put it in a washing machine, it probably wouldn't skip. The sound quality is amazing with 128kbs and 96kbs, but 192kbs does not seem much better than 128kbs. It is extrememly easy to use too! I would HIGHLY recommend buying one of these expanium even if you are even slightly considering mp3 digital audio. I had a Diamond Rio 500 which I bought. IT WASNT WORTH IT! I got my Expanium from Amazon and it is soooooo much better! *Pros:* -Crisp, clean, high-quality MP3 Playback -Reads CD audio & mp3's on CD-Rs or CD-RWs -Up to 125 seconds of Electronic Anti-skip on MP3's -It looks cool too! *Cons:* -NONE, ZIP!, 0!, NADA!
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Summary: Philips Expanium #1!
Review: I'm listening to my Philips Expanium as I write, and I only have one complaint. Okay, make it two. One, earbuds. I haven't found my other headphones yet, but I'm working on it. Secondly, the day I recieved my Expanium, it was announced that Napster would be forced to shutdown. I have no problem with them charging fees, don't get me wrong and I'll gladly pay, but if they shutdown completely I'll be stuck with the one CD I already have. No matter how the Napster deal turns out, I'll be happy with my Expanium for as long as I've got it. The sound is excellent, it can have more music than anyone could possibly want on a single C.D. As long as you have a C.D. burner, you'll be in great shape with a Philips Expanium. I even went out and got a Philips CD burner just so I could burn my own CD's and not have to use my dad's computer frequently. I can't tell you it's the best Mp3 CD player because I haven't used any others, but trust me, this one is worth the money.
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Summary: Player is wonderful - Support is HORRIBLE
Review: I've had mine for almost two weeks now and have really enjoyed it. Two negatives: (1) it is very quiet - I turn the volume to 10 and find that it just isn't loud enough. I've three sets of headphones (earbuds, the ones they sent, and a $70 studio set) and find that it just doesn't have much of an internal amp. (2) It does take a long time to "spin up" when you have a lot of files on the disk. I've been listening to Audio Books (usually with 400+ tracks per disc) and it can take almost 15 seconds to begin playing. But over all I've been happy except for the support/manual. The way in which you burn the tracks to a CD is fairly important. There is NO sentence in the manual that explicitly tells you how to do it. There is a diagram and "Example" but it doesn't answer all the questions. I'm currently on the phone with their support asking for an answer: Is it based on filename? ID3 Tag track name? Is it alphabetical? Are there special 'forbidden' characters? etc. It can be a complicated machine when you try to use it to the max - and they don't help you much.
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Summary: Good but the second gen players already are way ahead
Review: I am sorry to say that I am returning my expanium , rio just came out with a new one that is the same price 169.00 the rio will do everything this one does plus it is firmware upgradeble to future formats like WMA and AAC , MP3 is a great format but lets face it, it's not the future of digital music, not to mention the rio shows the name of the song you are playing and most likely from what I have heard the rio sounds better.
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Summary: The best !!!!
Review: First of all i want to say that just for be Philips this MP3-CD player is one of the best in the market because this is a very good brand for all kind of electronics and I always preffer to buy a well known brand product than a brand that i have never known. The cd player is perfect if you want to play any kind of mp3 cd you can roll the Expanium and its still playing, the esp control is awesome, i've got a mp3 cd with 170 songs the Expanium read it in about 35 second and then it rockssss!!! also the program mode, scan and other features are very well developed and the sound quality is perfect ! If you want to buy a MP3-CD player this is your best option !!
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Summary: Expanium Rulz!!!
Review: It is a value for money product.I bought this much be4 the one from Casio came out in the market. However,philips is the BEST.the sound is too good.Also attach normal desktop speakers to it,and u realise u no more need the standard Stereo System. dont think twice....just buy it !!!
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Summary: Brand new technology, what to expect.
Review: Well as mentioned befor you cannot scan in mp3 mode. Which furthers my frustration is when I burn a cd and the mp3 player Plays the mp3s OUT of the order I placed them in befor i burnt the mp3-cd. This is brand new technology and it is bound to improve......... If you can afford to drop the bucket in this item go ahead...If not wait for the refinded technology!
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