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Article: NEWS WATCH; A New Music Player Marries MP3's With CD's - New York Times
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- The New York Times
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- February 8, 2001
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Rio, a pioneer in the development of the first portable MP3 player, which came out in 1998, recently introduced its first portable compact disc player -- but with a twist. The player, the Rio Volt, joins the ranks of a new class of CD players that play not only standard music CD's but also custom CD's, which listeners can make themselves with increasingly popular CD recorders.Unlike some of the new CD players, the Volt, which costs $169.95, is not limited to CD's made with either CD-R and CD-RW recorders. It can also play music files that are recorded in either the MP3 audio format or Windows Media Audio, also known as W.M.A.The result, according to the company, is a hand-held CD player ...