Comments on: “Indestructible” MP3 Player: Monolith Premium MX7000

By: Group Captain Lionel Mandrake

Group Captain Lionel Mandrake — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:58:05 +0000

Does anyone know where I can get another one of these?
Which would make it Estar playa number 3 for me
ok ok – I KNOW everyone calls this the indestructible player – it ain’t.
It IS very tough though – will tolerate more abuse than many others.
The greatest feature is serviceability: you can format, low-level format, soft & hard reset the unit.
It’s NOT “fused” into anything; yes, the unit has a lovely CNC machined Alloy chassis – with the main PCB held in place by stand-offs.
Super fixable – I’ve resoldered damaged buttons and parts inside several times and got my player back to life when other would have gone into the bin.
Warning: DO NOT (if you can still find one) buy the slide version; its lame and the “joyless” stick breaks down super fast + is on the reverse side of the main PCB – with the main controller BGA on the other side (Who the fuck though of that one eh?)
Buy one if you can still find it, also badged as an Elson Iaudio in some asian countries

By: Clark MacLeod

Clark MacLeod — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:07:59 +0000

If this device is indestructable then it might never need to be replaced – I can’t imagine many manufacturers rushing to produce products like that.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:27:49 +0000

Yes, but those players are not “Indestructible”. You can work with 512MB quite easily. I have player with 128MB.

By: pylbug

pylbug — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:58:53 +0000

512 MB is very inefficient for an MP3 player in 2006. The leading portable players offer over ten times that much storage.