# Do they still make MP3 Players?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-mp3-players/820496>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 30, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-mp3-players/820496 "2018-08-30T00:09:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-mp3-players/820496/41 "2019-02-19T20:38:22Z")

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> [@EllisDee](#):
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> I just remembered the worst/most annoying downgrade going from the Clip+ to the Clip Jam: Scanning through audiobooks and podcasts using Fast Forward and Rewind was a million times better on the Clip+. When holding down the button, the scanning speed increased every few seconds:
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> 1. ~20 seconds per second
> 2. ~1 minute per second
> 3. ~2 minutes per second
> 4. ~5 minutes per second
> 5. ~10 minutes per second
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> The Clip Jam hangs at speed 2 for like a full minute, then grudgingly kicks up to speed 3 for pretty much forever.

Yes, that was a great function of the Clip+. This Klangtop K-183 works like the Clip Jam for FF.

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**Author:** ![Pithily\_Effusive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pithily_effusive/32/252_2.png) [@Pithily\_Effusive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithily_Effusive)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-mp3-players/820496/42 "2019-02-20T08:27:34Z")

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[Try Tiger Direct!](http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=MP3+Player)

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