A good mid-price investment (Panasonic SL-MP 30)

Member Name: yazzie2

Product:	Panasonic SL-MP 30
Date:	01/11/06 (106 review reads)
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Advantages: Ability to play cd-r's and mp3's and good sound

Disadvantages: Doesn't come with its own rechargeable battery - this has to be purchased seperately

If you're like me and prefer handling your music rather than merely transferring data, (geez, I'd be up for a portable mini vinyl deck with headphones if it was easily transportable!) this isn't a bad little runner.

The reason I purchased this rather than the multitude of other portable cd players available at the time was the fact that it could easily play re-writable cd's, and more importantly could read mp3 data from a cd.

Not having a computer with a cd burner would make this less useful, but then any mp3 player without a computer isn't so much fun.

As always the included headphones don't really do the sound justice, but if you have a nice set of your own you shouldn't be too disappointed.

While this player has the ability to play mp3's, has good sound, good anti-skip and a solid cd reading laser what can be annoying is the function.

I'm so used to my mini-disc player controls being on my headphone lead, I tend not to take this out and about anymore as it's not much fun having to retrieve it from a bag to change volume, skip a track or read the stored information on the screen (oh yeah, it does that too and can tell you the name and composer of an mp3).

What I was pleased with was its ability to play and play and play when my home cd player retired itself. I just plugged this straight into my main system and was never let down.

As a dj, it also allowed myself and friends the ability to save a piece of music from a computer onto the disc in sound or mp3 format, and then throw it into a set without having to invest in an entire dj cd deck package.

Summary: Great if you want a portable cd and mp3 player

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