The nefariously low volume of Sony's portable CD players

[Bereta_Eder]

Just want to get what I pay for.
Odd though, blabla brands are half price around here. Not more expensive and with more features than well known brands....

I don't want MP3 palyback. I burn all my CDs in wavs so I'm sure they'll play on every CD player (parties, friends, future car cd player etc)

[Az]

My CD player is also my car CD player. I plug it with that cool gadget cassette.

[Bereta_Eder]

Good for you! I always burn wavs though for reasons already said.

[Bereta_Eder]

Not that MP3 playback isn;t good too. You can get 10 times or so the songs you'd have in wavs in an MP3 CD.
It's just a matter of preferance and what you'd want it for.

[Buck Birdseed]

You could always change each Wav-file manually. With most wave editors this takes absolutely ages, but Nero has a built-in editor which is really fast and efficient at this kind of thing, might be worth checking out.

[Bereta_Eder]

I already did try Nero too Buck, it didn't work.

[monolith94]

I've totally abandoned CDs. I use an ipod, which I can play in the car with an adapter, and I buy my music through downloads now... If I can't find them on "cheaper" places...

[Inverse Icarus]

i've also found that sony's don't stand up to the "clumbsy polack" factor i have over here.

[Bereta_Eder]

Don't know what clumbsy polack means but I wonder if the volume thing is the same with other brands?


Oh and I said "dirt cheap" because you're only buying it once.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by paiktis22
Don't know what clumbsy polack means but I wonder if the volume thing is the same with other brands?


Oh and I said "dirt cheap" because you're only buying it once.

i tend to drop things (clumbsy), and polack is a slur on my own ethnicity (well, 25% of it, but my last name is polish)

[Asher]

Oh my God, people still use portable CD players??

[Bereta_Eder]

Yes they do. Asher, do you happen to know of a MP3 or wav normalization program that actually works? for a change? Propably not but doesn't hurt to ask

[Asher]

I don't know, my MP3 player normalizes automatically for me.

[devilmunchkin]

i didn't think it was the volume..i just thought i was loosing my hearing

[Bereta_Eder]

I'm not interested in normalization per se so much, my free MP3Gain can do that , but in programs that can actually boost MP3 volume to max allowed without distorting the sound.