a suggestion for u CD users

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Jailer

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I know a lot of guys make their own callers using CD players and a lot use MP3 players. Why not have the best of both worlds? I never hear of anyone getting a sony walkman CD player that reads mp3 cd's as well, i picked up an off brand (emerson or lennox or something) that reads mp3 and cd's both and it was about 20 bucks. You should be able to put about 130 sounds or so on a CD i think. Just a suggestion for the guys who want to have a whole bunch of sounds in mp3 format but still have a ton of CD's laying around the house they feel guilty not using.
Jailer
 
One of the big advantages to the MP3 Players is that they don't tend to freeze up when it gets below 0*.

Another is that you don't have to worry about scratching a CD in the field.

And finally, the MP3 player is smaller.

So it's easier to lose /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I hear what you are saying, but I don't think I woould go back to a CD player.

Unless of course I lost my MP3 Player.
 
I've been pondering this myself lately. I want to make a caller this year, but need to do it as cheaply as possible.

A real MP3 digital player has the advantages of being small, light and solid state. No moving parts and scratched CD's. It has the disadvantage of being considerably more expensive.

I can get a CD/MP3 player for about $30, pretty cheap. Small, light and I can make a caller out of it.

I can buy a boom box that plays CD's and MP3 files from CD for about $37. Cheap, quick. Weighs 6.5 pounds. And unless I remote a speaker from it, it's ready to go out of the box.

If I can find a real MP3 player cheap enough, that's what I'd prefer doing. What I'll end up with probably will be a matter of what I can find within what I can stand to spend on it.
 
Well, while you can certainly get CD/MP3 disc players for dirt cheap, I'd never want to go back down that road again, personally.

The cheapie GPX CD player I had just wasn't worth the aggravation. It didn't have an anti-skip feature, and handling it just to change the volume was enough to cause it to skip. Then too there was the matter of burning CDs and shopping around to find the right media that'd work with the Plextor burner and the player both.

Did I mention that NiMH AA battery charge life when it was 20-30 degrees out was next to nothing? Like 20 minutes, if I was lucky. To top it off, the output jack had a lot of background hiss; even GW cleaned tracks sounded "hissy" when amplified.

I've found that an MP3 player really is better all around. Mine (Pogo! Ripflash Plus 128) will record MP3 tracks from any source without a computer, if you're so inclined. But it has USB too. Small enough to palm or slip in a shirt pocket. This one is about $100, others are available for as little as $40.

With 320Kbps 48-bit MP3-saving settings in GoldWave/LAME, not only can you have the fidelity of a CD, you actually get more high-frequency response than a CD. (24KHz versus 22KHz).

LionHo
 
I had a fairly expensive sony cd player that got ruined after 6 months.my homemade works good but what happened was the sterio to mono adapter and the mono line coming out of the cd player was to much strain on the connector inside, which is soldered to the little circuit board. I tryed to fix it but could'nt. Trash! I just bought a new player, $30 and it works just as good but this time I'm making a small, light housing, so they'll be some strain relief on the plug.
 
I had one that lasted 2 trips but it did call in two bobcats, all i use is an mp3 now. Ive actually broken 2 different cd players.
 
i built mine with the cd-mp3 that i got from walmart for $53 i think and so far i like it. i think you can git about 8 hrs of sound on it. the only thing that i woul;d change is that it needs alite to see the display screen and would put it in a bag or something like a pocket with a handwarmer in it to make it work better and the batteries last longer in the cold. good luck all, VX
 


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