Don,

I know what you mean about the cheap construction.  At least with this new 
breed of player, there are very few mechanical parts.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "don bishop" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 13:21
Subject: Re: IPOD


> The stream is well built.  Don't know about the nls players, but based
> on past experience with their machines, they really don't amount to much
> especially when it comes to construction.  I never had an nls player
> that really lasted all that long and most were ready for the junk heap
> before very long.
>
> Don   w6smb
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 8:23 AM
> Subject: Re: IPOD
>
>
>> Well, everyone spends their money on different things.  Stuff I think
>> is a
>> total waste of money others can't wait to get and things I spend money
>> on
>> others wouldn't.  All I can say is I've had my stream since last
>> November,
>> and I love it.  Yes, when they do come out, the players will let me
>> play
>> talking books, but the stream will do a lot more with a key pad for
>> pages,
>> playing Daisy books, built in text to speech for reading text and html
>> files and so forth.  It certainly isn't for everyone, but I sure do
>> enjoy
>> mine.
>> 73s
>> Butch Bussen
>> wa0vjr
>>
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