Bassaholic Portable CD/MP3/WAV Combination
I looked up FLAC and OggVorbis as suggested as I was not familiar with those formats. Unless I missed something, they need a compatible playback device or a PC. The most flexible portable CD players I found were CD/MP3/WAV and a few Sony had ATRAK, but I don’t know what that is either. If I were to try and backup 350 CDs on a hard drive, I would probably try FLAC and then consider a FLAC compatible portable for transfer. It’s the time it takes to process 350 CDs that is the drawback for me. Its easier to just use the CDs for now. I really only use the portable CD player around the house and ultra compact portability is not a big issue.
In the way of a discovery, my new CD/MP3/WAV player (Phillips PHL EXP2561) has a strong bass bias and my Sennheiser HD212Pro headphones also have a strong bass bias. Together they have a really strong and deep bass output for a headphone, maybe too much. The bass is clear and undistorted though. Use of the bass boost circuit is overwhelming. If you have always been disappointed with the bass of headphones, this combination may be your answer. The mids and highs are a little lacking with the strong bass bias, but I am getting use to that. I only listen to rock and this combination really kicks. I haven’t heard good strong bass like this for a long time and it is pretty fun.