Are ipods the be all,end all?
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it's not? then what do you use it for? to look at it? ballast?
i use it listen to music at 192VBR-ish while on loud busses and around a loud campus. not critique chord structure and tonal harmony. and it is nice to look at.
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i have nothing to compare it to except what i have here at home, and my 6yr old MD player.
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i have nothing to compare it to except what i have here at home, and my 6yr old MD player.
That's fine if all you use it for is to drown out background noise, but it's an audio device for cripes sake. It's only purpose in life is to play music. Sound quality is a pretty significant measurement of a device's ability to play music well.
i think we hit on the root of the issue.binary visions said:
That's fine if all you use it for is to drown out background noise, but it's an audio device for cripes sake. It's only purpose in life is to play music. Sound quality is a pretty significant measurement of a device's ability to play music well.
"it shore is purty"
Same situation for me im not that picky with quality unless it is obviously horrible. In the case of the ipod, its def not horrible, sounds fine to me.the Inbred said:
But don't you think that is true with allot of stuff, aesthetics help, I don't buy stuff I think is an ugly pile and I doubt you do either.narlus said:i think we hit on the root of the issue.
"it shore is purty"
agreed; just take a look at my response to N8's houses. 
otoh, if i were to buy a new TV or a set of speakers, looks wouldn't be my primary concern.
otoh, if i were to buy a new TV or a set of speakers, looks wouldn't be my primary concern.
Yes. Things that go in my pocket should look cool.manhattanprjkt83 said:
and w/ that, i am out:
you prob drive a PT cruiser.SkaredShtles said:Yes. Things that go in my pocket should look cool.
you should know by now that SS and myself probably care the least about our personal cars than anyone else on here.
did you buy that Audi?
did you buy that Audi?
That horse's guts are all squished out..... nasty.narlus said:and w/ that, i am out:
I didnt know that, never really noticed much a guess...narlus said:
No, i didnt buy the Audi, decided to keep my vr6 jetta with lower miles and alot less potential for high repair bills, and get my career off the ground. Look at the s4 as a figurative ipod nano and the jetta the iriver
. I figure in 4 years i can buy a new s4 
<$20K pyramid>manhattanprjkt83 said:Look at the s4 as a figurative ipod nano and the jetta the iriver
things that depreciate quickly?
</$20K pyramid>
pretty significant, yes. but was it my primary concern? no.binary visions said:
That's fine if all you use it for is to drown out background noise, but it's an audio device for cripes sake. It's only purpose in life is to play music. Sound quality is a pretty significant measurement of a device's ability to play music well.
does the sound quality of my Nano suck? not to my ears. but i didn't get my Nano strictly because of its sound quality. i got it because when it was released, it was the only 2g player on the market and it was/ is small. since the sound quality didn't suck, i didn't return it.
if all i was concerned with was sound quality, i would've rearranged my priorities, would not have bought $40 headphones, and would rip at a higher bitrate. simple as that. i'm not an Apple fanboy, and even i think you guys are being a little dramatic.
if i would've gone for a HD based player, i know i would not have purchased an iPod. i like the iAudio offerings.
Not trying to be a geek here (but I am being one so..), but the iRivers generally have better battery life, better sound quality, no DRM, drag and drop file management, rip direct to mp3 from line in, support more formats at higher bit rates and are generally technically superior products. So shouldn't the iRiver be the s4?manhattanprjkt83 said:I didnt know that, never really noticed much a guess...
No, i didnt buy the Audi, decided to keep my vr6 jetta with lower miles and alot less potential for high repair bills, and get my career off the ground. Look at the s4 as a figurative ipod nano and the jetta the iriver
kill yourselfChangleen said:Not trying to be a geek here (but I am being one so..), but the iRivers generally have better battery life, better sound quality, no DRM, drag and drop file management, rip direct to mp3 from line in, support more formats at higher bit rates and are generally technically superior products. So shouldn't the iRiver be the s4?
i was given a 20 gb dell one and it works well. the shuffle and nano w/o the harddrive would be the best for activity though
I didn't bother reading the entire thread, so perhaps someone has already mentioned this...I just bought the Toshiba Gigabeat 40 gig player...which has turned out to be 10X better than anything by Mac in my opinion. To start, it operates on a windows based processing system, has a larger LCD screen, allows for multitasking (looking at pictures/videos/music/documents simultaneously(well not pictures and videos, but you get the idea). Also, It works with a whole variety of music library programs including the most recent Windows Media player. Also I have noticed it to be far more durable, attractive(IMO), and cheaper versus similar models of the Ipod. I also notice a cleaner picture and sound quality than that of the Ipod from what I can tell.
That's not a surprise. You were probably too busy looking in the mirror.manhattanprjkt83 said:
does it give you a reacharound and say that it loves you, too?axlvid23 said:
also, as a public service announcement: Apple is the company. Apple makes computers called Macs, and mp3 players called iPods. "Mac" doesn't make any iPods, unless there is some taiwanese guy by that name in the factory.
and they break a lot (although ipods do, too, i suppose), have no local support, don't work well on macs (no database updating when i checked a year ago), and are bigger/uglier. and why again do i want to manage my mp3s via drag and drop?Changleen said:Not trying to be a geek here (but I am being one so..), but the iRivers generally have better battery life, better sound quality, no DRM, drag and drop file management, rip direct to mp3 from line in, support more formats at higher bit rates and are generally technically superior products. So shouldn't the iRiver be the s4?