To add to all the various threads on portable audio, I just bought a Minidisc player and have a few questions about how real athletes (not "joggers" run with one.
First, what do you carry the unit in? Is there an arm strap that works really well? I use a Fuel Belt on my waist so an arm band would probably work best.
Second, how about earphones? The regular Sony Walkman-style earphones I use with my cheap MP3 player can literally get blown out of place by a moderate wind or just slight movement of the cord. Are earbud-style phones better? I have my eye on these:
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For what it's worth, I chose an MD recorder/player with Net MD capability because first of all I'm a live jazz music enthusiast and I have been using Digital Audio Tape for years for recording and trading of live music. That medium is pretty dead these days and MD has almost caught up, so I decided to tape performances with MD instead of DAT. We all end up dumping to our computers, editing, and burning to CDR for trading anyway these days (the next step being direct recording to devices or computers with hard drives). I also like running with music sometimes and like the idea that I can listen to MP3s or other compressed audio on the MD player and can even bring along an extra thin disc to double my selection.
The deeper you get the sweeter the pain. Don't give up the game until your heart stops beating.
--New Order
First, what do you carry the unit in? Is there an arm strap that works really well? I use a Fuel Belt on my waist so an arm band would probably work best.
Second, how about earphones? The regular Sony Walkman-style earphones I use with my cheap MP3 player can literally get blown out of place by a moderate wind or just slight movement of the cord. Are earbud-style phones better? I have my eye on these:
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For what it's worth, I chose an MD recorder/player with Net MD capability because first of all I'm a live jazz music enthusiast and I have been using Digital Audio Tape for years for recording and trading of live music. That medium is pretty dead these days and MD has almost caught up, so I decided to tape performances with MD instead of DAT. We all end up dumping to our computers, editing, and burning to CDR for trading anyway these days (the next step being direct recording to devices or computers with hard drives). I also like running with music sometimes and like the idea that I can listen to MP3s or other compressed audio on the MD player and can even bring along an extra thin disc to double my selection.
The deeper you get the sweeter the pain. Don't give up the game until your heart stops beating.
--New Order