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Old 30 July 2001, 05:38 PM
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Had the lovely Kenwood MP3 player, but sold it with my Scoob last month. (someone got a bargain car and ICE from Listers!)

Just seen the new Alpine MP3 player and it looks lurrrrverly. I've a HUGE soft spot for Alpine - love it.

Shame about the price @ £700 rrp.
Old 30 July 2001, 08:08 PM
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Ooo, that is nice!

700 quid though! That buys a lot of CDs for normal audio burning!

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Old 30 July 2001, 08:17 PM
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True - although I LOVED my little Kenwood MP3 player - you could save stuff in folders and all sorts and it understood it! Great!

[Dance Folder]
[Chilled Folder]

etc...
Old 30 July 2001, 08:49 PM
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For that sort of money I would want good sound quality......
Mp3 cant provide it
Old 30 July 2001, 10:03 PM
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It does MP3 for convenience and proper CDs for high quality.

Saying that, Alpine have invented some special feature that makes the MP3 sound as good as CD. I doubt it does, but it'll be interesting to hear it.

Personally, I really loved the fact I could cram more than 12 hours onto a single disc.

Old 31 July 2001, 12:48 AM
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Definitely think is will support 192 and 256 bit rates - my Kenwood did as far as I can remember as thats the only MP3 files I had.
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DazV

Ok. Didn't know that..... In that case I can understand its appeal.

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Does sound very nice. Doesn't say if it supports 192kbps - I think they sound much better than 128kbps, which many players are restricted to.
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How bad is the quality difference then? some of teh websites I listed under my CD Jukebox thread has said the MP3 tracks are CD Quality... do they lie?

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Nobody has bought one yet - its just been announced I believe.
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