Hello All,

While we're on the subject of MP3 players-

I bought a cheap one for about $18 and it does the job, except there is a small problem with it. Between each song, I have about 5 seconds of dead air. But let's say that I want to take a longer break. I have to press the on/off button on the player and when I do there's always a loud boom when it shuts down. Same thing when I turn it back on. My solution is of course to pot down the volume on my PA beforehand, but I don't always remember to do so and the boom becomes annoying.

Is this just the result of just buying a cheap player or something I did when downloading my songs?

Thanks for any advice.

Percy