Thats what I need help with. They can play MP3/wav/mpg and whatever else is out there. This is nonsense with all these formats. Anyway; I would like to see if anyone has experience with Ipod or MP3 and which can sound better. So far on the net they say the Ipod has a cheap analog output section and doesn't sound as good on wav files. I record off the internet radio and much of this stuff is unobtainable anywhere. So I have to download it and then burn it to CD. I would rather burn it to a portable player.