Portable HiFi

Posted by: Rockingdoc on 25 July 2001

Can we bring all these strands together?
What is the ideal, cost no object, truly portable system? Cassette/CD/Minidisc?MP3 + Stax SR001/Headroom Etymotics/SennheiserHD600s?

Posted on: 25 July 2001 by Duncan Fullerton

I'm just putting together a system based around some old bits of kit I have picking up dust: an NVA AP10 amp and some Acoustic Energy AE100 speakers.

I'm having a flight case made up to carry it all and with a 3.5mm to phono lead, a couple of metres of speaker cable ... presto! ... a pretty neat ghetto blaster.

Mind you, I think the whole may weigh in at around 12 kilos which, when I add some CD's, leaves me with enough allowance for a spare pair of shreddies and a toothbrush on your average holiday charter flight.

Posted on: 26 July 2001 by Rockingdoc

and they probably won't let you run the generator on the plane while the seatbelt lights are on.
O.K. perhaps the original question was too complicated. Here is the deal. I,m going on holiday in a few weeks. What do I buy; a portable CD player or a portable Minidisc player?

[This message was edited by Rockingdoc on THURSDAY 26 July 2001 at 10:31.]

Posted on: 27 July 2001 by Simon Crosland

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What do I buy; a portable CD player or a portable Minidisc player?

I use a Sony MD player simply because it is smaller than a CD player and less prone to damage & skipping. I record the CDs that I want before leaving and enjoy whilst away.

As Jonathan said, for best comfort on a plane you want some of the Sony noise cancelling earphones or the Etymotics IEMs. Obviously the Sony ones are easier on the bank manager ...

Having said that, I usually find that I end up watching some trashy film on the flight and using the MD player when waiting in the airport.

Posted on: 27 July 2001 by Rockingdoc

I tried some Sony electronic noise cancelling and it hissed a lot

Posted on: 27 July 2001 by Duncan Fullerton

I bought some of the Sony ornery noise cancelling things last time I flew. (Memo to self: don't drink and then read the in flight Duty Free mag or you end up buying cr*p you don't want!) Where was i? Oh yes ... they do work, don't sound all that briliant, but the best use I found was for dozing. Turn them on, unplug them and the noise of the plane fades right out. Way better than any ear plugs.