[Czilla9000]

My sister needs a Portable CD Player with LOTS of Anti-Skip for running. She had one with 45 seconds and it still skipped. Is there something out there with more? (cheaper the better she says)

 

[BoardC3]

the Riovolt 250 i remember has some insane skip protection, like 8 minutes or something, and has decent quality playback.
merry xmas,
chris

 

[bangraman]

I'm not really up on CD platers but I'm not sure you can get more than that. Maybe an MP3 CD player would have better anti-skip (lower bitrate=more antiskip time) if she's prepared to burn MP3 CD's. But it looks like your sis needs a Minidisc or an MP3 player.

 

[myself, aka me]

I think G-protection on sony portables is the best kind.. Well, on it's MDs versus other MDs some people say so.

 

[skagen]

The sony S@ sports CD walkman (I think models 301, 601,901) have the g-protection anti-skip plus addional padding. you cant beat it. In general the g-protection seems to be th best out there. I tested many players in stores and the Sony players NEVER skipped no matter how I shook them.

BTW I thought the panasonic sound was more full than sony, but the Panasonic ones skipped A LOT if you shake in the fist 45 secs (ie when it is loading the buffer), Sony did not. Even after the buffer was loaded, the Panasonic models still skiped if you shook them sideways.

Also the Philips/Nike Cd player ACT 400 supposedly has 480 secs of anti-skip, plus the padding like the Sony S2 series. I wasn't able to test it though.

With regard to the sound quality of anti-skip, supposedly the level 1 on anti-skip has no impact on sound quality but the higher level (level 2) DOES degrade the sound quality a bit.