Jay Honeck wrote:
Buy a CD player that plays MP3s and regular music CDs. A single disc
with music stored in MP3 format can easily store 10 albums of music.
Amazing. There's a minor decrease in quality (depends on what bit rate
you sample the MP3 at), but your hearing's probably going bad as fast as
your prostate anyway, and you won't notice the diff.

Unfortunately, the CD player is built-in to the panel, and is only a couple
of years old -- so I'm not looking to replace it.

Too bad. It is a nice capability. But no biggie...

Any recommendations on software that will convert MP3 files to something
that is playable on a "regular" CD player?

If your computer has a read/write CD burner, it most probably came with
the CD Create software that all the companies bundle. You can also find
lots of software by googling "CD Burner". Toss in "Freeware" to see
what's out there that is free. The winamp app is good stuff, try
http://www.winamp.com/

It is only $15 for the full app, and it's not Microsoft.