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To: iiLucky who wrote (6579)	1/22/1999 4:36:00 PM
From: Cameron Dorey	Respond to of 10072

"Why not mp3 on CD?" 1. Because I don't have a CD-burner, and I don't want to wait eons to "record" my music when I decide to do it. B. Because I don't have a CD player in my car, just a tape deck. B.a. I don't remember car CD players coming equipped to handle mp3 decompression, anyway. III. Because I can have a Clik! drive in my computer (soon, anyway). Four. (I don't remember Click & Clack ever counting as high as "four") Because, if I want to, I can hook up my computer output to my home stereo and play it through there. Cameron "When I got up this morning, I took two Ex-Lax in addition to my Prozac. I can't get off the john, but I feel good about it."

To: iiLucky who wrote (6579)	1/22/1999 7:11:00 PM
From: Philip J. Davis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

D, >>Why not mp3 on CD? Using a Clik to store mp3 files makes about as much sense as recording your music to a cave wall with a chisel. Why not record them to a CD where they belong, so you can play your tunes in your home stereo, car, and computer?!?<< Why not mp3 on CD?...sounds ok to me!...however...try playing it on your home stereo, car stereo, or portable CD player. See what happens. Why on Clik? Portability - like an mp3 walkman. Lipo

To: iiLucky who wrote (6579)	1/24/1999 11:13:00 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

>>Using a Clik to store mp3 files makes about as much sense as recording your music to a cave wall with a chisel. Why not record them to a CD where they belong, so you can play your tunes in your home stereo, car, and computer?!?<< Lucky - In addition to the other reasons already stated, such as the fact that your car CD player can't read MP3 encoded files, there's also the issue of true portability. I have a Sony MiniDisc player in my car, and a MiniDisc walkman. I use MiniDiscs instead of CDs because: 1) CDs become unplayable if scratched. CD-R discs are even more fragile than pre-recorded CDs. 2) CDs are much larger than MiniDiscs. I can conveniently carry more hours worth of music on MiniDisc than I can on CD. 3) MiniDiscs are re-recordable, so when I get tired of one set of tunes, I can just make a new set. Clik! shares all the advantages that MiniDiscs have over CD. Since Clik! disks are even smaller than MiniDiscs, I might be perfectly happy with Clik!-based MP3 players in walkman form and in my car. It would depend more upon sound quality than anything else. For portability, Clik! already looks good to me. - Allen