[BBB333]

I still have my Sony TPL-L2.

It was a real game changer — loved skiing with it!

[deadrock]

Before that, there was a product that was about the size of a standard cassette player that you strap to your chest.

Designed for skiers....only played monotone.

And for the life of me, I can't remember the name of it.

[PUGACHEV]

The big advance these days are +/- $1K Hi-Res music players, the newest Sony Walkman among them. They play .wav, mp3, and flat files. If you’ve never listened to one through a really good set of headphones, like Audeze LCD, you’d be in for an expensive shock. The problem is that once you’ve heard how good music can sound, you don’t want to go back.