MP3 HiFi Systems

MP3 HiFi Systems

More and more music is being converted to MP3 format every year. Whole CD libraries can be compressed down to a series of ones and zeros and take up no more space than the hard drive that holds them. In the early days, MP3 was the compression format of choice among internet users, MP3s would be traded online and passed around schools on floppy discs. A 166 MHz penitum processor would take around 15 minutes to encode a single song. Nowadays whole albums can be ripped and encoded in half that time. The versatility of the format began to catch on and more and more less technically minded people were becoming interested. Manufacturers began to create digital music players that could take the new format and, although demand was slow at the start, as the sophistication of the technology increased, so did demand. Stationary or stand alone MP3 players differentiate themselves from the popular portable players in that they must remain plugged in. They are also larger than a portable device, but offer much more storage space. Many newer models are fitted with the ability to connect to local are networks and search computers for music over a wireless connection. When buying an MP3 player make sure it is compatible with at least one digital rights management (DRM) format as this will allow for music to be bought on the internet and played back on the player rather than on a computer.