Cheap players: characteristics, firms, choice

Every music lover sooner or later comes to the fact that he needs to purchase an MP3 player. Many will say that mobile phones have eclipsed this product, but this is not at all the case. Very often, a smartphone simply does not have enough power to play music normally in the subway or minibus, and the quality of the sound leaves much to be desired. Therefore, even cheap players have a higher quality of the melody reproduction than phones.

Among other things, it's very convenient to have a mobile device with you to listen to music, the charge lasts much longer than in the phone, and if you sit down, you can not worry that you miss an important call. But you need to try to choose a quality MP3 player, the price of which will be below the average level (the cost of the simplest models starts from 1.5 thousand rubles).

Player type

You can distinguish MP3 players by different criteria, but in the case of cheap models, the main difference is where the music files are stored. They can be on the built-in hard disk or on a flash drive (according to the principle of a regular flash drive).

Hard disk, as a rule, has a much larger volume, but at the same time the cost will also be higher. As for reliability, HDD players are less reliable since they can easily fail if dropped. For these reasons, in recent years, it has become increasingly difficult to find cheap hard disk players on the shelves of stores.

To date, MP3 players with flash memory are sold in all stores, the price for them is very democratic, almost every music fan can afford it. A few years ago they were not very popular due to the support of small flash-drives, now the maximum amount of memory can be far beyond 100 GB.

Memory

Separately, you can note the MP3 player "Samsung". Models of this company have both HDD and flash-drives. The best option is a player with support for 4 or 8 GB memory cards. This is more than enough for a good collection of favorite music.

If the MP3 player "Samsung" has an integrated memory, then the price immediately grows noticeably (the cost of some positions can reach 30-40 thousand rubles). There are already models that have more than 100 GB of memory. If you look at the technical side, this is undoubtedly the progress of developers. However, for a typical average consumer, so little memory is needed.

To understand how many songs are placed on a certain amount of memory, you can make simple calculations. The data is calculated from the average size of 5 MB per song and -10% of the total memory on the system files:

• 4 Gb - 900 songs;
• 8 Gb - 1,800 songs;
• 16 Gb - 3,600 songs;
• 64 Gb - 14 400 songs;
• 128 Gb - 28,800 songs.

Next, everyone must decide how much memory is needed for the normal use of an MP3 player.

Display

In this category, players are divided into three types: without a display, with a display, with a touch screen. The touch screen is only available in expensive models, but this does not mean that this is a big plus. MP3-player should be small - manufacturers know it and make tiny players with a small touch screen. This leads to the fact that a person can not normally use the player, because it's quite difficult to get to the right part of the small screen with your finger.

Most cheap MP3 players are made with small conventional displays or without them at all. In the latter case, this means that it is simply not needed. There are all the necessary control buttons, and the battery holds much longer, since the energy will not be wasted on the screen.

Take, for example, Apple iPod Shuffle 4. The model went on sale many years ago, but it is increasingly bought and gaining popularity, although there is no display at all. Reliability and relatively low price, compared to other products of this company, pleasantly pleases consumers.

Source of power

All electrical appliances must take energy from somewhere, from which they will be fed. There are several power sources:

• Removable batteries. They can be charged from the mains.
• Built-in battery. There is also the possibility of charging the device from the network, but you need a special power supply, usually sold with the player.
• Batteries type AA or AAA.

Make a certain choice of power source is quite difficult - they are all good, but have some drawbacks. Removable batteries hold the charge well enough, and in case of breakage they can be replaced. But if a person is often on the road, it will not always be possible to find a network to recharge the batteries.

Built-in batteries have even greater capacity: depending on the manufacturer of the gadget, the charge can hold from 50 to 100 hours of continuous play at an average volume. But there is one big disadvantage in the built-in battery: if it fails, you will have to buy a new MP3 player. The manufacturer does not provide for the repair of devices in this case.

Ordinary batteries are also quite good in the sense that they can always be replaced. They are sold in any store, but keep the charge worse than all other models. Therefore, each has its own priorities, and it is necessary to choose what is more suitable from the standpoint of individual needs. But technically, the best option is a player with a built-in battery.

Additional functions

Basically cheap players have a standard set of functions: FM radio, voice recorder and directly listening to music. More expensive models have a Wi-Fi function. In this case, you can download your favorite songs without needing to use a computer. A particularly useful function especially for those who are on regular business trips.

Conclusion

In the modern world it's hard to imagine a young man who does not like music, so almost every young man or girl has a personal MP3 player. The price for them can be very different, it all depends on many technical factors and the manufacturer's company. The most popular manufacturers of low-cost models of MP3-players are: Samsung, Transcend, Texet. All of them are good and reliable in their own way.

Choosing cheap players, you need to build on the conditions under which the device will be used. Is it necessary for short trips to work or for long-term use? Whether there is a need for a display or it is not needed and will only hinder - it's up to you. Cheap does not mean bad, so you need to choose exactly what suits a particular person.