World's Most Expensive MP3 Player
The TrekStor i.Beat Organix Limited Edition Gold MP3 Player is the most expensive in the world, with a list price of $19,999. The design was a custom order from Russian-Canadian billionaire (and owner of the Midland Formula 1 team) Alex Shnaider. It is cast in 18-karat gold and has 63 diamonds, for a total of 1 carat, decorating its surface. The music player has 1 GB memory, can play back MP3, WMA, WAV, ASF and OGG file formats, has two headphone jacks and has a built-in radio, alarm clock, stopwatch and voice recorder. The non-limited edition version sells for $126.94 (list price: $215).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
lach Sep 13th 2006 6:21PM
What the deuce? If I were paying 20g's for an MP3 player, you bet your ass I'd insist on it having a LOT more than 1gb of memory. For that much cash you could buy some serious amounts of flash memory. This is just tacky....why sacrifice features and storage for a little bit of gold and ice?
Jess Sep 15th 2006 8:17PM
Well I think it's stupid, my iPod Nano is tonnes cheaper and has more memory (4GB) As posted above: "...why sacrifice features and storage for a little bit of gold and ice?"
sara Sep 15th 2006 8:21PM
I definetly could think of better ways of spending $20 grand than a gold mp3 player !!!
Art Sep 16th 2006 12:58AM
Billionaires are known to have verrry tiny penises.. and this guy must be the leader in that category.. What an A$$!!!!
jose Sep 15th 2006 9:11PM
what a jack ass. wow look at me i'm rich i just bought a glorified mp3 player. wow!!!! let me give this jack ass a cookie!!!!
Lisa Sep 15th 2006 9:04PM
What happens if you lose it,,,,will your insurance company cover it ha ha ha,
My ipod has 60 gig and video,,,,so why would you buy this,,,it doesn't even look pretty, for 20 thousand,,I would have wanted an emerald or two ha ha ha.
Robert Sep 15th 2006 8:30PM
Technical features are irrelavant to a piece like this. This MP3 player is pure Status Symbol.
Toby Sep 15th 2006 8:33PM
and you're not a billionaire either...who cares...blah blah blah
Toby Sep 15th 2006 8:34PM
and you are not a billionaire either....blah blah blah
Toby Sep 15th 2006 8:34PM
And none of us are billionaires either.it shows how much you have when you can spend so much for so little!!!
who needs a mp3 player that shiny and expensive Sep 15th 2006 8:35PM
I agree with lach
If were gonna cough up that much for a mp3 player, at least give it some decent memory
what a rip
Glen Sep 17th 2006 3:55AM
Because he can. Have you ever heard this "if you have to ask how much it cost, you can't afford it".
Kevin Sep 15th 2006 8:58PM
I'd have to agree with Jess. I have an iPod nano (even tho mine is a 2GB), and it serves me well. For that amount of cashola, I could buy myself a few Mac Pros, MacBooks and possibly one of my $7,000 vices (but I'd rather not tell), and also max out the memory in the MacBooks and Mac pros.
Sorry, $20 grand for a one gigabyte MP3 player is just not enough for me. IMHO, it would have to have at least a *terabyte* of memory to justify that cost.
Alpo Sep 15th 2006 9:00PM
$20,000.00 for a 1gb MP3 player? He must have been European. I hope he burns in hell for his silly over indulgence.
Joe Sep 15th 2006 9:06PM
People with this much money who just piss it away on garbage should do the world a favor and kill themselves.
Michael X Sep 15th 2006 9:10PM
Mine doesn't play that good!
Chriss Sep 15th 2006 9:16PM
At least a rollex retains some value and stays somewhat in style
Kat Sep 15th 2006 9:25PM
With all the starving children in the world. I can't believe that all these rich people have the gall to waste their money on such things. I wonder what they will say to their maker when they leave this world.
RiCh UnKlE SaM Sep 15th 2006 9:26PM
For some jackass to even think that you could go out in style with a f**kin mp3 player hanging off your neck calling it BLING is the worse thing to ever hit the economy since the BUSH ADMINISTRATION! Whoever came up with the idea for a $20K Mp3 player should be lined up against the white house walls and shot simultaneously by the homeless! I mean it's an unethical - unpractical waste of $20k for a piece of shit Mp3 player that is probably some IPOD glorified with cheap diamonds (Zinc Zirconia) and spray painted with a can of Krylon! What the hell happened to this country? Have we lost our common sence since Bin Laden and his aides plowed ass into the WTC??? Thing about it! It sounds like another god damn government conspiracy and the person in charge should be shot!
For a $20k Mp3 player that mother f**ker better be able to wipe your ass and cook you dinner for that price! JESUS CHRIST! Pathetic Ironic Bullshit!
m nov Sep 15th 2006 9:32PM
If you need to own something like this; you are really very poor.