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System for weekly traveller to use in hotel room

I travel in my work every week. I can not bring a compact system like a Linn Classik with speakers to the hotel rooms I stay in. How have others solved this issue? I have more time to listen at the hotel in the evenings that I have when I am home over the weekends. Looking for how other have solved to get a travelling sound system that can satisfy the high end listening requirement.
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atzen811
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Phil Collins and Elton John both use this as their travelling sound system. The Cambridge Soundworks Model Twelve. Replace the crappy speaker cables, and you are set.
http://www.hifi.com/store/category.cgi?category=por_spkr&item=c1md12ee

Get it on ebay, via their factory store, and you pay only $249.
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swampwalker
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I just tried my HD 600s with the MD player, works fine. Won't match the Airhead/CDP HD 600 combo, but each MD is about 1/4 the size of a CD and if you're traveling by air you can use the compression (not sure if its actually data compression or what) to store 5 hours of music on a single MD. So in the space of 1 CD, you could carry 20 hours of music, and the player is less than 1/4 the size of most CDPs (about 1/2 size of a pack of cigarettes). Another advantage is that it runs on a single AA and they last quite a while; a four pack would seem to me to easily yield a week of listening several hours a day.
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sfar
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I agree with the recommendation for the Cambridge Soundworks Model 88 radio paired with a portable CD player. I put together the same combination and was amazed at how nice it sounded for the money. The radio has an excellent tuner section, decent speakers with variable bass output and wonderful remote control the size of a credit card.

I bought a refurbished Model 88 for $106 on ebay from hifi.com, the online outlet for Cambridge Soundworks and a very nice Aiwa portable CD player for $39 from returnbuy.com. Added a stereo mini-plug to RCA adapter and for $150 total I was set. Even if you think this rig is too large for travel, it makes a great office or bedroom system.

As an aside, the service from Cambridge Soundworks is exceptional. When the Model 88 arrived it was DOA. I called the service department at Cambridge and they apologized profusely, immediate FedExed a replacement (which was a new unit, not refurbished) along with a prepaid shipping label and asked me to return the defective unit in the same box whenever the new unit arrived. An entirely pleasant experience.
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chaskelljr2001
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Well "Dcaudio"

I definitely concur with "Marakanetz" when he says that you should go to "www.headphone.com". Anything you need to know about high quality portable audio, they got you covered there.

I have a "portable/traveler" stereo myself (which I use mostly for the office, but sometimes, I go out of town too, and that means that sometimes, I need to listen to my tunes in a motel room too....... especially when I am in for the night), and I haven't had nothing but great times with it each and every time I use it. It doesn't quite match the home rig as far as ultimate sound quality is concerned. But for what it is, it is an excellent system considering the purpose for which it is used for. So, that alone is saying a lot.

Again....... I'm happy with mine. And when you finally assemble yours, you'll probably be happy with yours too.

Regards.......

--Charles--

P.S.: PORTABLE SYSTEM:
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Sennheiser HD-580 Headphones
HeadRoom Total AirHead Headphone Amplifier (the 9 Volt version)
Sony D-EJ815 CD Walkman
Straight Wire Short Portable Interconnect Cable
HeadRoom Leather Portable System Bag
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