Rio Volt SP90 Personal CD Player

Pros: Price, features, battery life, format support, unofficial firmware updates
Cons: Cheapo headphones; lack of AC adapter, backlight, and remote; button design

The SP90 is a fine sub-100 dollar mp3/CD player. It is approximately the same player as the Rio Volt SP100, only without an LCD backlight, AC adapter, remote, and external ESP switch. Note that all the SonicBlue mp3/CD players are rebranded versions of...

Pros: Good sound, many features; to me, a portable perfection.
Cons: Prone to skipping.

MY STORY My old Sony D-E220 recently stopped working because of a laser problem. I took it to the repair store. They said that they were 95% sure that it was the laser that needed replacement. That would cost $80-$90, almost twice what I had paid ...

Pros: Reliable; skip protection; understands Joliet, LFN; EQ; playlists; long battery life; good ergo/controls.
Cons: No support for Ogg or future formats; no support for VBR MP3; small screen.

This is an excellent quality low-end combination CD player and MP3/WMA player. All the standard CD player controls and features are present: scan forward/backward, skip tracks, pause, resume, "hold" latch, shuffle, repeat, track repeat, etc. The device...

Pros: Many formats, anti-shock, customizeable, looks cool!
Cons: No AM/FM radio

This is the first and last MP3/CD player I will ever need.

Formats:

The SP90 accesses the CD just like a hard drive would. It recognizes CD Audio, WMA, MP3, and even MP3 PRO files. MP3 files works very well at all bitrates....

Pros: Price, skip-free tech, features, sound, 3 audio types
Cons: No AC adapter, no backlight, not quite as good as the SP250

I have never understood why people feel the need to spend $250 on portable MP3 players that store information on minidiscs. I simply don't see the need to sit there for hours on end every time you want to record your MP3's en masse onto a minidisc at a...

Pros: Plays MP3 CD's, Has title Recognition, Sound Quality is Good
Cons: Short Battery Life, Feels Clunky, Takes long to load Audio CD's, poor headphones

I bought this MP3 CD Player in March when I saw it on sale for 80 dollars + a $20 Mail-In Rebate, so the total was 60. I bought it expecting it to be my new source of audio entertainment as I walked to class everyday. What I found was a player that...

Pros: 150 or more songs on one CD
Cons: Load time, dancing display

Overall, I am very satisfied with this product. I bought it for my workouts in the gym, typically spending a good two hours lifting weights and it is a real pain to switch out compact discs in my o-so-old player or listen to the same songs repeatedly....

Pros: Great Sound, MP3 Naming, Easy to use.
Cons: Regular CD's. Built as and MP3 player first. Is a plus for me.

For the money I don't think this one can be beat. You Get 120 seconds of anti-skip while playing MP3's. Let me tell you I don't think that it could be made to skip and I have tried everything just less than a drop to the floor. If you plan on listening...

Pros: great mp3/wma support, nice navigation, descent display. upgradable firmware(unofficial)
Cons: Battery life isn't good. motor is alittle noisy. kind of ugly. thicker then average.

the sp90 is basically the same as the sp100 without the in-line remote and less the backlight lcd. (I have both)... Both unit draw alot of power from the batteries. compared to my sony j715. For instance, once the unit quites playing due to low battery,...

Pros: Plays wma and mp3 files. Very good sound.
Cons: Delay between songs. No remote

I've been in the market for one of these players for quite some time. Prior to now, they cost > $100, which was too much for what I wanted to use it for. With rebates, it was down to around $70 through buy.com.

My personal use for this...

Pros: Battery Life, Good Price
Cons: Loud, Load Time

This was my first CD/MP3 Player. I love this thing!!! The battery life is about 20 hours, only about 5 less then normal CD players. The fact that you can get as many songs as will fit on a CD is awesome, and it will still play normal cd's.
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Pros: ID3 tagging, nice buttons, good sound
Cons: eats batteries, skips in a car, FAILS COMPLETELY!

When I was shopping for an MP3 CD player, I did my homework and learned that I wanted a reliable player with long battery life, skip protection and easy navigation features. Navigation and display especially are critical with MP3 players because it is mor ...

Pros: quality sound, nice looks
Cons: no backlight, bad skip protection

This CD player is great. You will never have to buy more than 10 CD-Rs ever again. You burn the songs as a data CD, so you get about 200 songs per CD. Also, the sound quality is very high. The songs only skip if it is reading from the CD, and even then...

Pros: Small size comparable. MP3 capability is great.
Cons: Customer service w/Rio Volt stinks. Sucks life from batteries. Breaks w/in year.

Wow, when Rio Volt works, it's great. It's not quite the skip proof they claim, but it's better tha ...

Pros: Cheap, Plays regular Cd's,Cdr's and Cdrw's. Good shock protection.
Cons: No remote, lack of software package, and poor playlist navigation.

The SP90 is for low budget buyers only. With its affordable price under $100 and its average battery life of about 5 hours I find that the SP90 is great for a person who doesn't mind the size. What it lacks in extra futures it gains in price. It is...