DrunkenMaster Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 I was thinking of setting up a streaming MP3 player to play the multitude of MP3s I have but decided it would likely burn too much power in the process. I'm looking for a decent (read: student budget!!) DVD/MP3 player. All my MP3s are on DVD. I have a Yamaha mini-system (it has about 100 watts output). I don't want to invest too much in it either. I have a POS DVD/MP3 player from Magnasonic (its worth about $50 retail, was one in a contest) right now hooked up to my stereo. It works and I like the setup but the MP3 decoder in it works like crap. The sound quality is horrible. Any suggestions? I don't need a 5 disc-carousel. Just one disc is fine. Do Apex have good MP3 decoding? And the interface has to work w/o a TV... I don't have one in that room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted December 8, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 8, 2005 magnasonic? lol I don't think any of the DVD players on the market are going to have a much better mp3 decoder. Try a Philips or Sony if you want quality output, I guess. There are higher end units from other companies, but there's no point in getting them to use on a shelf system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMaster Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 Yeah. I laughed too when I saw the box. The machine's fan is pretty loud too. I wouldn't be using it, unless it were free! :laugh: I'll check out a few machines. I might go with a Philips, I don't particularly like Sony. As a test case though, its more practical than a streaming server (for me anyways). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted December 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 9, 2005 Check out the Philips DVP-642. It's about $50 and seems to be loved by a lot of people. Magnasonic haha. I keep thinking it's the ****** child of Magnavox and Panasonic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User6060 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 If your receiver has optical in and your dvd player has optical out then wouldn't bypassing your dvd's crappy digital to analouge conversion make a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toastyone Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 You could just stream it from your computer... what are your computer specs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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