20 Places to... Shopping Reviews » mp3 http://www.20placesto.com Reviews and Buyer's Guide to the Best Products on the Market Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 A Guide To MP3 Speakers http://www.20placesto.com/reviews/a-guide-to-mp3-speakers http://www.20placesto.com/reviews/a-guide-to-mp3-speakers#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:43:29 +0000 Lisa http://20placesto.com/reviews/a-guide-to-mp3-speakers You will have great advantages when you are buying MP3 player, because you have the opportunity sharing great quality music with others without burning a hole in your pocket. However, you should make sure you have the speakers that are most suited for your needs if you buy any of mp3 speakers.

In fact, there are several companies that make MP3 player speakers that can be attached to your player and get more listening pleasure, although MP3 players do not come with their own speakers and normally give people to listening to music through ear buds. They are also more convenient and provide quality music listening pleasure as well with not having to fumble about for CDs and cassettes. These players give revolutionizing indeed the way of people to listen the music today.

To share music with family, you are helped by portable speakers. You will get to enjoy a different music experience at one that you can share with others, whether you choose the portable version or the normal MP3 speakers. Just make sure that you always charge the speakers’ batteries, so you won’t let them die on you. Without being glued to it, you can listen to music from your player with the help of these speakers. So, you are going to get appreciating the greater convenience that is offered by it to you to allow you listening to music loud and clear.

In which a unit that is shaped like a cylindrical cone opens up just like camera tripods does, tripod MP3 player speakers are offered by certain companies, and this server as your speakers. You will find a separate speaker on each different arm of the tripod’s legs. Crystal clear sound is provided by each of which and together you are provided by them high quality surround sound effect.

A great experience is offered by portable MP3 players to those who love to listen to music as easy to carry and use. Portable speaker systems can’t play anything until they are connected to an audio source because they don’t have a tuner. You can attach MP3 player speakers, typically to docking systems or can be connected to your PC that also recharge mp3 player.

When choosing MP3 speakers such as watts per channel, the number of channels, and separate subwoofers, you can see the big difference. Here, there are some of the best speakers for MP3 player:

Bose Sound Dock Digital Music System has features;
-    2 channels
-    12 watts per channel
-    No subwoofers
-    But has the highest sound quality
-    It costs about $200

Harman-Kardon SoundSticks II has features;
-    3 channels
-    10 watts per channel
-    Separate subwoofers
-    Has a really good sound
-    It costs about $170

Boom Tube H201 has features;
-    3 channels
-    12 watts per channel
-    Separate subwoofers
-    It costs about $100

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Mp3 technology has taken off since its debut in 1995.  Desired by teenagers and respected by adults, the mp3 format’s compression allows for large audio files to be utilized without using large amounts of storage space.

What are the rivals?

The mp3 player market is dominated by Apple’s iPod, but sales for other mp3 player brands have risen as other companies scramble to offer the hottest colors, sizes and features.  Many mp3 player companies such as Creative Labs, Microsoft, iRiver, SanDisc, and Toshiba all are looking to cut into Apple’s profits. 

The Creative Labs mp3 players

Creative Labs has two categories of mp3 players available: the MuVo and the Zen.  The MuVo 3200 has a unique feature that displays song lyrics and the MuVo Slim size is reported to be as slender as a credit card. 

Creative Labs mp3 players also offer its consumers features such as: removable, rechargeable batteries, optional wireless remote, an audio-visual cable to connect the player to a television, changeable, stick on skins in multiple colors, carrying cases, extra batteries, FM radio tuner, car chargers, and external speakers.

These features are popular with customers and offer the expected features and accessories along with a few original options as well. 

Creative Labe also has a few consumer awards under its belt for the Zen mp3 player.  The Zen Micro Photo was awarded cNet’s best of CES in 2005 and the Zen Vision M took the Best of CES in the mp3 portable category and best in show in 2006.The Zen Vision M also won the red dot design award in 2006.

Where to get it

Creative Labs mp3 players can be found quite easily on the internet at prices ranging from $186 to $230.Creative players are moderately priced in comparison to other players but are hailed as being a good value for your buck.

Creative Labs also offers a “creative care protection plan” for its mp3 players at an additional charge which provides an extended service contract and additional support coverage for your mp3 player.

Choosing an mp3 player can make your head swim.There are consumer reviews and product pricing and feature comparisons available on the internet to help you out.  Creative Labs is definitely turning heads and deserves a second look in your quest to choose the best mp3 player.

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Napster.com, the same company that started as just a vehicle for peer-to-peer music exchanges, has now become the owner of the largest music catalog on the Internet, with over seven million titles.  It is still a terrific bargain, even though it is no longer free in the days when it was in hot water with the music industry.  They offer various plans, but the best all around deal is a three month membership, which can be renewed if you still haven’t satisfied your music thirst.  Three months will give you a good sense of what the service has to offer, and I strongly suspect that you’ll decide to renew.  A lot of people have maintained a membership for years.

For a remarkably low price, you receive five download credits and special bonus download credits as a subscription bonus.  Included in the plan is the reason that most people subscribe in the first place–unlimited (!) streaming music.  You can listen to the entire catalogs of your favorite artists or, if you prefer, entire albums of a variety of artists.  They have over a thousand pre-made mix lists, and those are interactive.  There are streaming radio stations, too.

The downloads you choose can be played on any MP3 compatible device, including a number of lesser know brands plus the extremely popular Ipod and Zune players.  A lot of newer cell phones have built in MP3 players and sufficient memory to hold a number of your favorite selections, as well.

You have unrestricted rights to these recordings, so you can move them around to different devices that you own.  You can even use your software to create your own CD.

Any musical genre you can think of is well represented.  I’m sure you’ll find your favorite on the list, unless you are like me and listen to music from a wide variety of genres.  The list is huge, but a few of the genres are jazz, pop, rock, Christian, children, comedy, country and the list goes on….

All of this is just $15 for the three months of delightful musical saturation at Napster.com.  Where can you find that much pleasure at that price?

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Apple iPod

No one likes to discover that they have lost something they love and that is bad enough without the feeling in your stomach that goes with the discovery as well. The sense of loss was so strong and I became so angry and disappointed with myself. I experienced this set of emotions recently, when stupidly I left my beautiful pink iPod Mini on the subway. I obviously should have checked the bag but I really thought the iPod would be lying at the bottom minus headphones. Who knew that when a certain woman and her child came and sat next to me that I would soon not be listening to my iPod anymore that day.

Looking back and remembering what a squirmy child he was that I was sat next to, it soon dawned on me that when he was jumping about and knocked me, he must have also caused the iPod to fall onto the floor. Obviously someone wanted that iPod and so did not feel the need to tell me it was on the floor and stupidly as I did not check my bag, they probably got what they wanted. As I had no music playing at the time it would have been very easy to let me know that the iPod had fallen out of my bag but there was no tap on the shoulder and no shout to warn me!

I cannot actually afford to buy a brand new sparkling iPod Mini at the moment so I am trawling through all the sites I can in order to find a site that is offering cheap Apple iPod Mini’s so that I can block out all the noises on public transport again with my music. Not that I mean to sound unsociable but listening to my music on the way to and from work relaxed me and the thought of having to do it for months on end just does not bear thinking about. I love the fact that I can block out all the noises which I hate, like the chatter that is going on all around from people on their mobiles.

Listening to music on the way to work, helps me concentrate, I do not want to be distracted by all the goings on around me and so like many others choose to slip in my headphones and block out the rest of the world. Therefore finding a store, online or otherwise that offered an Apple iPod Mini Discount was very important to me. My sister is very helpful in the sense that as she loves internet shopping and can often be online for ages, she has been able to find quite a few online stores that offer discounted iPods so that I can afford to buy a new one.

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