Ah yep, that's the one. On 10/12/2006, at 7:16 AM, Caroline Ford wrote:
This could well have been the Plextalk PTR2 player/recorder. I haven't used one myself, but Brian Hartgen who produces an audio magazine here in the UK, thinks very highly of it. It costs around 575 pounds, I think, which is about twice the price of the Iriver H340. Caroline. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 09 December 2006 17:16 To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: The best MP3 player I'll keep an eye on that then. There was something else available, can't think of the name of it now but it was quite an impressive little box of tricks, it played and recorded to flash memory and you could edit your recordings, transferring them to CD using the built- in CD drive, it spoke as well and you could even create your own daisy formatted material if you wanted to. On 10/12/2006, at 2:00 AM, Brandon Hicks wrote: Hi Dane, The Bookport doesn't record from line in from what I remember. It does internal mic. I read up about it a while back, before I found out about rockbox. Apparently they're coming out with a new unit, so it might be part of that one. Brandon Dane Trethowan wrote: > Hi everyone! > A very interesting thread this one but (for my needs at least) the > Bookport doesn't seem to be the best MP3 player but it is by no means > the only accessible mp3 player around. Take for example my Nokia N70 > mobile phone using the Talks software, no trouble whatsoever > accessing the MP3 music player on that and no trouble whatsoever > transferring files to the phone from my computers or downloading them > from the net as the phone is both USB and bluetooth compatible, its a > "WCDMA" phone so you have the added benefit of broad-band internet > speeds for uploading and downloading, I've been using this little > beauty for ten months. > Then of course there is my Iriver 340 which I've had for nearly 2 > years now which has served me well with its ability to record, its > ease of upgrading to thigns such as Rockbox and the like etc. > Then I have my CD Players here which will play MP3 files and so it > goes on. > Well I looked at the Bookport and I have to admit it looks very nice > particularly if you're wanting to read allot of books etc but the > only downlside for my needs at least was the fact that I couldn't > find out whether this device could record say from a "line-in" audio > source, quite frankly for the amount of money I'd be paying for one > of these things I'd expect that to be part and parcel of the machine > but I do understand and respect the fact that everyone's needs are > different to everyone elses so therefor I'm reluctant to knock any > one product in favour of another. > > Dane Trethowan > Positive power and feeling from me is yours. > Phone: +61 3 9747 3975 > Fax: +61 3 9743 7954 > mobile: +61425 777 508 > Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: grtdane12 > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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