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2003-10-13 03:41:32

I was considering this because my cd player is 4+ years old and its about to crap out (10 second antishock to about zip zero). Also, I think it would be convienent to have an mp3/cd player all in one... ...although I DO have a 15GB iPod... what do ya guys think? Should I Buy it? Prices range from about 60 bucks to 100 bucks.
heres a pic:

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Reply #1 – 2003-10-13 04:06:33

We have bought several mp3/cd players in the 49-69.00 price range. They all seem to be basically the same, the cosmetics are the only differences between them. They do alright, but they seem a bit fragile. They all have the same "clip" opener at the front to flip open the top to load the cd as the one you pictured.

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Reply #2 – 2003-10-13 07:05:11

I have that CD player myself.
I like it very much.
I like that it runs on AA bateries, you need not to worry about going out of power. Battery life is very good,
It has a very good sound quality (all iRiver's do)
Has upgradeable firmware and a chance for Vorbis support (I don't know if that's important to you).
It's a little on the "big" side, I mean it is definitely not the slimmest and more portable player you can find, but is cheap and sturdy.
It has a remote control, but the display is on the unit. This can be either good or bad, depending on your preferences.
Plays LAME VBR perfectly.
It is a very good choice.
You might want to take a comparative look at the iRiver SlimX which is another favorite of this forum. It is slimmer, more cool looking, I had one of those but battery life sucked.

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Reply #3 – 2003-10-13 12:22:33

If you realy want a nice player, so a search on amazon.com and you will find a imp-350 for a 100 bucks.

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Reply #4 – 2003-10-13 16:54:12

If you would like to use Ogg Vorbis as a portable audio format, do not buy the IMP-150. As you can read here it will most probably not be implemented for that player due to hardware limitations.

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Reply #5 – 2003-10-16 20:52:34

I have the older version of that player, the Rio Volt SP100 ( = iRiver imp-100). From what I read, the imp-150 is the same thing with a better display and more durable remote. I think it's great and use it so often that I bought a second one on ebay so I'd have a spare.  I say go for it unless ogg is important, if you want ogg look at the imp-550, but I prefer the AA batteries and display on the unit design of the imp-100 & imp-150.

(amazon.com had the imp-150 for $60 and free shipping the last time I checked)

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Reply #6 – 2003-10-17 07:02:39

I have only had my IMP-150 for approx. two months, and it has already started skipping on CD-RWs, even on a flat, stable surface. I had been hearing about this problem from other IMP-150 owners before I bought the product, but I decided to gamble on avoiding it. There are apparently many satisfied owners of the IMP-150, so I am guessing that this problem cannot be very widespread. However, I do think that it is a risk worth considering.

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Reply #7 – 2003-10-17 09:04:12

You can count 1 more really happy iMP-150 owner. I have had it for over half a year, and it works still just as new. The best for the price.