I want a decent music system but have fallen out of love with CDs what do you recommend?

Question

Cds are good except for the simple fact that they scratch making them worthless, if only they popularised the mini-disc that would solve the problem. Anyway what are the music systems available today that are robust, practicle and easy to use?

can anyone be more specific than mp3, like which comapny makes the best mp3 players

Answer 1

Being a musician/recording artist, I prefer Minidisc myself and would recommend them to anyone still looking at a new source of recording equipment.

There's quite a few reasons why I prefer minidisc over everything else, I'll only name a few, as I could be here all night.

1)The audio quality is 48khz (kilohertz-how audio quality is measured), which is 4khz more than CD audio quality.
You may say thats nothing but, bear in mind that telephones are 4 khz, cds are 44khz, 48 khz on minidisc is very good!! especially if your recording your own material.

2) They don't get scratched unlike cd's, which means once the material is on, it's ON!, won't jump, skip, scratch.

3) Unlimitited times that you can re-record without the disc wearing out, so only have to record something once, saves a lot of time, if your into your post-production,

4) Extensive memory size(depends on dics/settings used!)
I'm still using a Sony one I bought in 2001, it's as good as the day I bought it, (and I use it everyday religously!!) never had any problems with it.

Should I carry on, no, I have other things to do, but feel free to contact me, if you would like to know more about them.

By the way, I'm not a salesperson for Sony or minidsic players.

I have tried using MP3's but found that they can be unreliable in terms of consistency and audio quality varies wildly!

Hope this helps!!

Answer 2

I use Mini Discs especially if I'm doing a disco..

They are very small and compact (I use a 6 drawer Bisley filing cabinet.. which holds 20,000 different songs!)

Also, whilst playing I can even tip the MD player sideways and it won't skip!!

Unlike CD's the MD's are ALL rewriteable, so you have the benefits of CD operation, but with Tape recorder usabilty too.

They also que up or load a lot quicker! On average 8 seconds as opposed to CD's 26 seconds.

You can also title each MD and each track so it displays the name of the song or artist.

Answer 3

get an ipod and a Bose sound dock, that should meet your requirments, alternatively get a upnp player (like a Netgear mp101 and cost about £80) and plug it into your existing stereo system, this will allow you to stream music from your pc directly to your stereo, fully indexed etc etc (providing you have a wired or wireless network in your home). I have done this and it has given my £1500 denon system a new lease of life :)

Answer 4

Bose with the MP3 attachment.

Answer 5

Perhaps this could be the kind of thing you are looking for.

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo-1.cfm/Product_ID/2292

It`s a hard disc based player which you can rip your cd,s to in uncompressed quality so you keep the quality but can safetly store away your cd,s once loaded onto it.

Answer 6

MP 3 and 4 are the way to go.

Answer 7

mp3

Answer 8

mp3