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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9-13-2006 @ 6:21PM
lach said...
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?
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9-15-2006 @ 8:17PM
Jess said...
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?"
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9-15-2006 @ 8:21PM
sara said...
I definetly could think of better ways of spending $20 grand than a gold mp3 player !!!
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9-15-2006 @ 8:30PM
Robert said...
Technical features are irrelavant to a piece like this. This MP3 player is pure Status Symbol.
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9-15-2006 @ 8:33PM
Toby said...
and you're not a billionaire either...who cares...blah blah blah
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9-15-2006 @ 8:34PM
Toby said...
and you are not a billionaire either....blah blah blah
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9-15-2006 @ 8:34PM
Toby said...
And none of us are billionaires either.it shows how much you have when you can spend so much for so little!!!
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9-15-2006 @ 8:35PM
who needs a mp3 player that shiny and expensive said...
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
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9-15-2006 @ 8:58PM
Kevin said...
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.
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9-15-2006 @ 9:00PM
Alpo said...
$20,000.00 for a 1gb MP3 player? He must have been European. I hope he burns in hell for his silly over indulgence.
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9-15-2006 @ 9:04PM
Lisa said...
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.
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9-15-2006 @ 9:06PM
Joe said...
People with this much money who just piss it away on garbage should do the world a favor and kill themselves.
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9-15-2006 @ 9:10PM
Michael X said...
Mine doesn't play that good!
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9-15-2006 @ 9:11PM
jose said...
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!!!!
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9-15-2006 @ 9:16PM
Chriss said...
At least a rollex retains some value and stays somewhat in style
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9-15-2006 @ 9:25PM
Kat said...
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.
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9-15-2006 @ 9:26PM
RiCh UnKlE SaM said...
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!
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9-15-2006 @ 9:32PM
m nov said...
If you need to own something like this; you are really very poor.
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9-15-2006 @ 9:51PM
Melissa said...
What a RIP OFF! puhlease who cares...! I would never pay no such price for that little bit of gold and diamonds and storage. It probably cost them $100.00 to make this piece of junk. Geeze they are hoping some nut comes along!!!! with an air brain! ha ha! puhlease go feed this to the elephant they will eat it with joy! That's all it worth!
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9-15-2006 @ 9:56PM
dd said...
Who gives a cp. It's all relative. He's a billionaire. It cost him what he makes in a couple of hours in interest alone. So you spent a whole lot more for yours. Tell me you wouldn't do some crazy sh** with more cash than you could spend if you tried. The dude wastes some big bucks owning a racing team. It's what he likes. I'm sure there are some good things he does too. It comes with the territory.
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