I have opted to only look at MP3 players that are not touch screen because one not everyone likes touch screen and they are way more expensive. I am slightly worried about obsolescent USB cables but if we don’t loose them then we will be fine and we can always rely on tech nerds to keep strange cables.
Factors to think about:
- – SD card expansion: Having this would be super useful for having the oral histories available to listen to because then we can store a lot of one device. It also means we can switch out audio files easily by changing SD cards.
- – Bluetooth: Bluetooth does not have to be necessary since you can very easily connect to speakers with an AUX cable, but it might be useful if the speaker or MP3 player are in awkward positions.
- – WAV files: There is debate whether a WAV or MP3 makes that much difference when playing the audio, although people do agree that archiving a WAV file version is definitely worth it. We can always make MP3 files from WAV files and then keep the WAV files on a hard drive. WAV files are also way bigger than MP3 files so we would be able to store and allow access to more MP3 files via a player than WAV files.
OPTIONS
SanDisk Clip Sport Plus
- – Can do bluetooth
- – 16GB
- – No memory expansion support
- – Can support WAV
SanDick Clip Jam
- – Micro SD expansion
- – Does not play WAV
- – 18 hour battery life
- – No bluetooth
- – can be charged while playing
Oakcastle MP200 MP3 Player
- – SD card
- – Recommended to switch off while charging
- – Bluetooth
- – Supports wav
BOSEMSA
- – 21 hours battery
- – Bluetooth
- – SD card expansion
- – Supports WAV
- – People complain about folders being a mess
OHD_RPT_0323 Possible options for MP3 players