Best audio player for language learning: So no real need for high audio quality...thoughts?
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For language study, I think you will find the following features particularly helpful: (1) the ability to rewind a fixed amount of time (e.g., "3 seconds", etc) to hear a difficult passage again (this feature is sometimes called "Study Mode"); and (2) the ability to repeat a passage for repeated listening (i.e., sometimes called "A-B Repeat" or "looping"). Many brands will do the latter, but the only brand that I have found to do the former is iRiver. I don't believe all iRiver products offer both these features, however (especially the newer video models) so you must study the features carefully. But I know the iRiver T60 does (available in 1GB and 4GB models, but getting hard to find as of Fall 2010) as does its predecessor, the T30. One additional feature that would be great but I have not been able to find is the ability to create multiple markers within a mp3 recording so you could go back later and review specific troublesome vocabulary. (Some manufacturers offer something similar, but typically when you read the fine print and/or the manual it states markers cannot be made to mp3 recordings.)
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Yes indeed! I tested a bunch of different programs and they all worked fine inclusing Audible. :)
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iTunes will play WAV natively as well (my iTunes library is all junked up with voicemails in WAV format). For editing, the free program Audacity is excellent, in my opinion.
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I bought the Yamaha CD-S300 "Natural Sound" player, and it sounds great with it's "pure direct" (analog) output. It's a little pricey (~ $400) considering its a single disc, CD only player; but it delivers a precise, warm and spacious sound.
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Hi Pedro, Yes to your question...I play recorded lectures in mp3 on my Sony...good luck to you!Dorcas
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Any class would be fine for playback of mp3's. The higher classes are more for picture/video recording, applications in smartphones, etc,etc.
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Audacity is fine, as it will not introduce any distortion in its processing, none that you can hear, anyway. :) Audacity is a bit hairy as interfaces go, and if you are on a mac and have money to blow, Logic X Pro will charm you six ways to Kansas. But Audacity is free, as in beer, and you cannot sneeze at that. IN case $200 is just burning a hole in your credit card though, https://www.apple.com/logic-pro/ Have fun.
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Yes, the one i have saves the audio files in .wav format. This opens up fine with windows media player, I just tested it.
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I purchased one of these a couple of months ago and the sound is OK, nothing spectacular. You should be able to hear it though; so you may consider sending it back. Knowing that the sound volume isn't so great, I already had a small bluetooth speaker that I connected to this TV/DVD player and it soinds fantastic. I used a straight wire to hook up the external speaker because this player doesn't have bluetooth capabilities. You can purchase on of these speakers from Amazon at a very reasonable price, around $30. It is very small and will make a big difference in the sound performance.
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I use Audacity. I use it for everything! If you dont like audaciry , I would suggest googling for Audacity Alternatives. Audacity is free and has many effects built in.
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I tried it out today...FM radio sounds great. The player even has an "auto scan" option similar to seek in a car radio - it will automatically pick up all the stations that have good reception/audio quality and put them all in presets. This way you don't have to go through every decimal number (98.4, 98.5, 98.6,etc) looking for stations.
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Windows Moviemaker is junk. Toshiba included the wrong version of MediaImpression in my package but ArcSoft upgraded it for free. It is a decent program. I dub most of my videos but my Camileo produces a very low level audio that needs boosting, for which I have used Avidemux. If you choose to dub, I recommend Audacity.
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If you get your audio files in one of the file types this can play, it will work great. If you need, you can always get a free converter and (once you've purchased your title) you can convert to a playable format and transfer it then. We use these in a reading station for 1st graders, but are playing the read-along recording in MP3.
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I doubt there is a better version, its extremely well thought out, I have had no trouble with it and it has everything you could possibly need. in saying that I recently put all my cd's on computer, and packed them away, so now I have to burn songs to a cd to use this machine. I wonder if the MP3 version may have been a smarter choice.
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I'm glad you warned me. I notice there are firmware upgrades on their site. But why would I have to upgrade a brand new player? One of them said it was necessary to listen to audible books? I hope not. I may very well get back to you with questions. Thank you again!
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I love mine. The volume is pretty good and quite clear--better than giant flatscreens with Clearvoice. There is a jack for headphones which I never use, but I sit pretty close to mine. I sit on chaise lounge & put DVD player on tabletop. The volume isn't very very loud so you may want to splurge and get the next level that is Internet ready & Bluetooth enabled so you can hook up to speakers by wireless. I don't think there's Bluetooth on this model. But I love mine!
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Interesting idea...I use mine to replay music on a CD, note for note. Since you can adjust the speed of the music playback, seems like you could also use it to slow down a lecture, or at least back it up to replay sentence by sentence. Good luck...B