MP3 player to build yourself - the Loetronic Fallguy

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I just posted the article MP3 player to build yourself - the Loetronic Fallguy.

The German website testticker.de reports about a little box, you can use to create your own MP3 player. This device is created by the German company Loetronic. This little…

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#2

Ahh yes…The good ole Commodore c64, c128 and Amiga days… Those were real good times…

#3

Well it indeed looks nice (goold old C64 eh) but the price is ridicolous… for that price, I can get a complete MSI MegaPC with way more functionalities… or just a DVD player that can play MP3s from a LAN (great solution!)…

#4

Maybe it’s cheaper, if you solder it yourself. The kit kosts only about 180 Euro, but does not contain case and frontpanel. BTW: My C64 should still be working, but I haven’t used it since ages.

#5

Micro Center has the IOMagic packaged Neo Jukebox made by SSI with a 20 gig laptop drive (mine’s got the same model that’s in my Toshiba laptop) for 199.99. I believe the SSI site has it available for 249.99 with a 30 gig drive, and it’s supposed to take larger capacity drives (I’ve seen people claim to have it working with a 60 gig). The biggest drawback I’ve so far encountered is that it’s only USB1 so I can’t get much over a meg a second, but as an MP3 player that’s not such a drawback (and it costs less that most MP3 changers with less than half the capacity). The entire unit is not much bigger than a personal CD player.
[edited by dentman42 on 17.12.2003 21:23]

#6

can you say Heathkit?

#7

…except Heathkit was frequently more expensive than buying the same product already assembled. :frowning: