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.

 

Ooo, that is nice!

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

ChrisB.

 

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...

 

For that sort of money I would want good sound quality......
Mp3 cant provide it

 

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.

 

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.

 

DazV

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

Luke

 

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.

 

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?

Jon.

 

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