Hard-Fi audio components make MP3 transfers a breeze

Although most of our tech-savvy readership will not be interested in these products, we present them nevertheless as a possible gift-idea for children and grandparents. The man who brought us the
Atari Jaguar is now trying to simplify the CD-to-MP3 conversion process with the Hard-Fi, a line of stereo components, boomboxes and car stereos that allow you to rip CDs onto their 40GB hard drives and transfer them directly to a portable audio player or cellphone. Niceties include a 15x copier for rapid ripping and an album database to populate track info on your DAP. Bonus points to anyone who gets the Antony and the Johnsons reference in the first paragraph of Tech Digest's write-up.

[Via Tech Digest]