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John Jennings
22-07-2003, 1:30 PM
I'm thinking of an mp3 player

Looking at this bad-boy by Sony (I know it's expensive)

link here (http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/nwms70/)

Looks cool, but I'm worried as it converts MP3/WMA to ATRAC3 before playback. Anyone have experience of that? Do you get a big loss of quality from the conversion?

Second choice would be one of the nice I-River ones;

link here (http://reviews.cnet.com/iRiver_iFP_390T/4505-6496_7-21146838.html)

Looks quite funky, extra features, but not rechargeable, docking looks a bit messy and the whole thing doesn't look as cool (I'm just a gadget whore).

Anyone have experience of either? Especially interested in the MP3/WMA to ATRAC3 conversion.

John