In the evolution of the music scene, Mp3 has now taken the lead and is dominating the industry especially with its trendy Mp3 players. As proof of this, check out the net, you’ll see most music sites are now using MP3. The reasons are apparent, other than the fact that its files are way smaller (30% smaller than MP2), it also provides more control and convenience over the other music formats. Unlike the passé records on eight-track tapes, cassette tapes and even CDs and DVD’s, none of these earlier music formats can create personalized music lists and carry thousands of songs in mobility.
MP3 players come in many different shapes and sizes to suit every personality and discriminating taste. Manufacturers try more and more to appeal to wider audiences such that players nowadays can even be found integrated with other devices and consumer products!
The top selling MP3 players would include Winamp and Windows Media Player for your PC. There are also portable MP3 players, the most famous of which are the iPod and the Sony Walkman.
Computer Mp3 Players
Most music players in the computer can play both MP3 and MP2 though some older software can only play MP2 while other can play MP3 but not MP2. Just pick an MPEG Audio player on your system while we recommend here the following programs for you music delights:
Windows 95/98/NT/2000
WinAmp, Wplay, WinPlay3, Jukebox, Sonic, C-4, Xaudio, UnReal, Jet-Audio, Philips MPEGPLAYER, museARC, Maplay, Breathe, Nad, MPFree, Soritong, KJofol, Digideck, Yo!MPEG, AudioActive, Virtuosa, VTT, SCMPX, Soundream, freeAMP, Resonate, MusicMatch, J.River Media, NovaStation, UltraPlayer, EarJam, WisMP3, or the Microsoft Media Player (included in Windows)
Macintosh
MacAmp, MacAmp Lite, MPEGAudAudioActive, MacPlay 3, Audion, iTunes, Oliver Dreer's Player, MPEG_CD, mpeg-audio , Vamp, MPecker, or soundap
The most popular among these has got to be the Winamp and the Windows Media Player.
Winamp Player
This Player is a 52 million monthly users worth of industry, as of year 2005, and still growing. It is even considered as one of the most actively used media player globally. Winamp's strength in profit comes from a very active user community who has preference for its being skinnable and a multi-format freeware / Shareware.
Winamp was first released by Justin Frankel in 1997 though current Winamp development is credited to Taber Buhl, Ben Allison Stephen Tag Loomis, and Maksim Tyrtyshny.
Windows Media Player
This player offers you feature like: a media jukebox, a media guide, a CD player, an audio and video player, an Internet radio tuner, a portable device you can transfer music files to, and an audio CD burner – all in one!
Portable MP3 players
The iPod
Created under the brilliant mind of Steve Jobs, the iPod is a brand of portable Mp3 player designed and marketed by the Apple Computer. It is considered as one of Apple's best products by far.
The standard iPod model stores media on a built-in hard drive and its tiny Apple iPod Mini version measures up to just 3.6 by 2.0 by 0.5 inches (9.1 x 5 x 1.3 cm). Inspite of its size, iPod can also be an external data storage device when connected to a computer.
The Sony Walkman
The latest of the series of Sony Walkman music player is a digital music player (NW-A1000) and 20 gigabyte (NW-A3000) versions that boasts of a 20-hour and 35-hour battery life respectively. This player supports ATRAC3, and WMA and MP3. |
