exposing myself...

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Quoth Andara Bledin

It got you in the door, though, didn't it?

^-.-^

Like Otto to Stoner's Pot Palace.

[Food Lady]

I didn't even read the thread. I went straight to the end to see what Irv posted.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I have a cheap MP3 player (read: not Apple) that has a MicroSDHC chip in it.

If your computer has the little slots for camera cards, you could load the books onto the chip (just like copying and pasting files from one drive to another).

Then get a cheap cable to run from the player to the port in the car.



(I've got two 16 GB chips worth of music, one chip filled with complete albums, the other half-filled with just selected songs... the playlist is roughly 78 hours of music and growing)

[ArcticChicken]

From my research I can tell you that Ipod has the best storage to cost ratio. (Ipod classic 160GB for $249) If you don't need much space you might be able to find something cheaper, although GameStop now sells refurbish Ipods for a good price. I picked up a 2GB old model shuffle for $25, including extended warranty. You can get the new model (with the buttons) for about $25 without the warranty.

[thansal]

I have been out of the consumer electronics game for a bit, but here is what I could scrounge up quickly:

Your cheapest option would be to pick up an internal DVD burner (I don't think you can actually buy a drive that only does CDs any more) for under $20, and a portable CD player for use when out and about. If your car's CD player supports MP3s, all the better, you can get a portable one that does the same.

The down side is obviously that you are a confirmed Luddite, and thus are probably not happy with installing a CD burner in your computer.

Trading $$ for ease of use would obviously be an MP3 player and a mini jack cable to go into your aux port in the car. The advantages are obviously that it's easier, you only need to buy one thing, and most MP3 Players are simply drag and drop for transferring audio.

I would probably suggest looking at the Sansa devices from SanDisk. Far from top of the line, but really, who care?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16855125126
$30 for a 2 gig player that has a display (cheaper ones tend to not have a display), and is expandable via Mico SD card, which you should pay a bit less than $1 per Gig for.

You might not even need to expand the memory, depending on how many audio books you want to carry around with you at a time (2 gigs of reasonable quality audio books is a good amount)

I personally recommend buying from NewEgg, mainly because most of the brick and mortar stores are not going to actually have non-top of the line players.

[Lachrymose]

Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh

Like Otto to Stoner's Pot Palace.

Or Bart, Milhouse, and Nelson to Naked Lunch.

[Sarlon]

ok, thank you!

My next question is I have REALLY sensitive ears, am extremely hard of hearing in one hear (not deaf just have harder time hearing in that ear), and most ear buds and head phones irratate my ears...

with this picky list...are there any decent ear phones out there?

[csquared]

I really love my Bose QC2 headset. Just last week I was checking out the QC15. They are even better.

By eliminating the background noise, you can set the volume lower and still hear everything clearly.

Bose has great customer service. About 8 years ago, they had a quality problem with part of the plastic frame. After 2 years, mine cracked. They replaced them (three year warranty). Two years later, the new ones cracked. They replaced them again. That was a year out of warranty. The third pair has held up very well.

The down side is that they will set you back about $300.00.

[Sarlon]

well I looked it all over....all my books come close to 6gbs (yes I have to many).

do they make microSD converter cards? I only have a normal card reader from my digital camera.

[wolfie]

Yes, they do make adapters to turn Micro SDHC cards into full-size. I bought a NexxTech (house brand at The Source by Circuit City in Canada - check Radio Shack in the U.S.) 16 GB card that came with an adapter (no part number on package, but UPC is 7 41235 16314 5), have seen other brands that came with them too. One nice feature on my adapter (never used it) is a "lock" switch (presumably write-protect).

Micro SDHC is pretty much the standard for cell phone memory cards (don't know about iPhone, but Blackberry and Android both use it), so a cellphone place would be a good place to look. Adapters may or may not be sold separately - look for a package deal with the card and adapter.