Why Buy Portable Audio?

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The blending of portable audio and stationary audio arrived quite a while ago; even belated converts and dubious technophobes are hiding shame in their pocket.  At home, they place it on top of the record player and connect it to their receiver.  In the car, it transmits music via a radio channel or plugs into the tape deck.  Whatever product they chose, it is small, powerful, and convenient. 

Staunch audiophiles will always cherish their tangible musical assets.  The timeless LP may never regain its glory, but those who dismiss them are as short-sighted as their counterparts lacking in technological savvy.  Even the compact disc, only a few years into the portable audio revolution, now retains an air of nostalgia once reserved only for vinyl. 

Incontrovertible convenience

If you don't believe it, spend a week with a portable audio recorder of your choice and then shuffle through your library of compact discs.  While you may enjoy searching for "Moonlight Mile" among your collection of Rolling Stones albums (was it Sticky Fingers or Aftermath?), your new portable audio player will have tunes arranged by title, artist, and album.  Searching through a few hundred compact discs is now made an option, at times a joy but always an anachronism.

The advantages of owning a portable digital audio recorder vary depending on what you want to spend, but as usual with competitive technology, prices drop and options increase.  Auxiliary cables can connect the devices to your mega-stereo.  The same stereo is a bit less impressive (read: clunky) due to sleek and powerful systems made especially for your portable audio device.  Radio transmitters or cassette tape converters make them compatible in your car.  New ideas keep coming.

But I hate new things

As a late comer to the game, your tastes do not likely match those of the early devotees; luckily you can easily find out what is most popular and avoid it all costs.  Discovering music you will like is easy via online stores that monitor purchases and then cater recommendations to individual users.  Put shortly, it is too easy.  Markets still exist for more traditional audio players, but the jury is out and they won't be debating long.

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