Pine Technology SM200C Personal CD Player
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- CD-R/CD-RW Playback: CD-R/CD-RW
- Bass Boost: With Bass Boost
- Anti Skip Buffer: 10 sec.
- Supported Formats: MP3
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Alpine? No, Al, just Pine: CD/MP3 Player
Pros
Equalizer, Song detail are great features!!!
Cons
Hard to trust the name
Recommended it?
No
This is a comparison between Expanium and D'music. I think you have to look at these two products if you are going to make an informed buying decision.
Before I bought my Philips Expanium CD/MP3 player, I looked into this little known brand. At $190 it is essentially the same price as the Philips. Just like the Philips, it runs on AA batteries and comes with a car charger and cassette adapter. I was also able to bring a MP3 CD with me to compare the two players. I only chose the Philips because I've heard of the name. Perhaps I should have given Pine a second chance.
What is it?
The Pine D'Music SM-200C is the size of your typical discman. It plays CD's which are in the Wave format and the MP3 format. Thus, you can create CD's of MP3 files and you can hold about 150 songs on one CD! Sounds pretty good, eh?
Big feature differences between Expanium and D'music:
Anti-Skip Features: They both have this, but I found it to be better on the Philips which has over 100 seconds versus Pine's 10 seconds. Still, it wasn't as perfect as normal anti-skip CD players are. The companies claim that this will be improved in versions coming out in February.
Equalizers: Pine's has it, but not Philips. It contains 5 Modes (Flat, Pop, Classic, Jazz and Ex-Bass). Philips claims that this will be in their next version of the product.
Sond Title Identification: Another leg up by Pine. When you have 150 songs on a CD, it's imperative to have this feature or else searching for a song is a nightmare. Shame on Philips.
Battery Life: With 10 hours in the Expanium, it's twice the battery life as D'Music.
Specs of the D'Music
CD Digital Audio MPEG Type
Output 1: Headphone Stereo 15mW + 15mW
Output 2: Audio Line (Level: 0.7V ms - 47K)
Analog Volume Control
Built-in Charger
Battery: 2 x AA (Rechargeable or Alkaline, 8 hours with Alkaline)
Voltage: 5V
Display: FSTN LCD (Title display)
Dimension (mm): 130 (W) x 138 (D) x 31 (H)
Computer Requirements
These new players are exciting, but you can't use them if you don't have a CD burner on your PC that allows you to create CDs filled with MP3 files. Luckily, the prices of add-on CD burners have been dropping, and the features and ease of use have been improving. I find it a lot easier to make an MP3 disc than a wav disc because you don't have to convert any files.
Should I wait until February?
With a CD burner, and one of the new MP3-CD players, any music lover could be in heaven. I've found that I only need one CD when I travel during the week instead of the 12 or so I had before. Now we just need a few improvements to these players.
I personally would have a number pad to press in tracks. Or, like the Nomad 6GB mp3 player, they should have search capability where you can put in the name of the group/song you are looking for.
Before I bought my Philips Expanium CD/MP3 player, I looked into this little known brand. At $190 it is essentially the same price as the Philips. Just like the Philips, it runs on AA batteries and comes with a car charger and cassette adapter. I was also able to bring a MP3 CD with me to compare the two players. I only chose the Philips because I've heard of the name. Perhaps I should have given Pine a second chance.
What is it?
The Pine D'Music SM-200C is the size of your typical discman. It plays CD's which are in the Wave format and the MP3 format. Thus, you can create CD's of MP3 files and you can hold about 150 songs on one CD! Sounds pretty good, eh?
Big feature differences between Expanium and D'music:
Anti-Skip Features: They both have this, but I found it to be better on the Philips which has over 100 seconds versus Pine's 10 seconds. Still, it wasn't as perfect as normal anti-skip CD players are. The companies claim that this will be improved in versions coming out in February.
Equalizers: Pine's has it, but not Philips. It contains 5 Modes (Flat, Pop, Classic, Jazz and Ex-Bass). Philips claims that this will be in their next version of the product.
Sond Title Identification: Another leg up by Pine. When you have 150 songs on a CD, it's imperative to have this feature or else searching for a song is a nightmare. Shame on Philips.
Battery Life: With 10 hours in the Expanium, it's twice the battery life as D'Music.
Specs of the D'Music
CD Digital Audio MPEG Type
Output 1: Headphone Stereo 15mW + 15mW
Output 2: Audio Line (Level: 0.7V ms - 47K)
Analog Volume Control
Built-in Charger
Battery: 2 x AA (Rechargeable or Alkaline, 8 hours with Alkaline)
Voltage: 5V
Display: FSTN LCD (Title display)
Dimension (mm): 130 (W) x 138 (D) x 31 (H)
Computer Requirements
These new players are exciting, but you can't use them if you don't have a CD burner on your PC that allows you to create CDs filled with MP3 files. Luckily, the prices of add-on CD burners have been dropping, and the features and ease of use have been improving. I find it a lot easier to make an MP3 disc than a wav disc because you don't have to convert any files.
Should I wait until February?
With a CD burner, and one of the new MP3-CD players, any music lover could be in heaven. I've found that I only need one CD when I travel during the week instead of the 12 or so I had before. Now we just need a few improvements to these players.
I personally would have a number pad to press in tracks. Or, like the Nomad 6GB mp3 player, they should have search capability where you can put in the name of the group/song you are looking for.
