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On the go.

When I am commuting or traveling I've got to have music. Preferring analog, in the past I've used personal walkman type devices. Seven years ago I purchased a top on the line AM/FM cassette made by AIWA. It had a damn good tuner and equally good tape playback. I knew I could travel anywhere and have my music and great sound as well.
These days the makers of portable devices couldn’t care less about cassette or fm tuners or quality sound. I know IPOD has a strong presence but I have not gone the MP3 route yet. If I have to I will, kicking and screaming. Is it good fidelity?
What are some quality devices that produce great sound for travel and convenience? Do I have to give up cassette? I do use a very expensive sony CD player but is there something better? Is this an important issue for anyone else? Thank you for any comments.
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Is MP3 good fidelity? As compared to what? If you compare it to a carefully engineered vinyl or master tape, the answer is no, there is no comparison whatsoever.

But if you rip a CD to high bit rate MP3 file and compare the two, I would say at 256kbs they are very close, at 320kbs they are virtually indistinguishable. Some people listened to some downloaded MP3 at 96kbs or 128kbs and concluded that all MP3 sounded bad. It is simply not true.
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