Anyone need an Ipod???

[milosancho]

Agree to disagree then, Frank. I like them both. Just so happens that I enjoy working on and collecting walkman's more. Easier to store.

 

[monchito]

SOLD!!!!
And being we are all so opinionated,
let me voice mine

1) I hate walkmans and zen micro is a piece of crap.
2) M-90's are the most boring boombox in the world

i use to have the black one frank they are very good to me i now have the itouch i am able to get on the net with an open wifi and read and post on boomboxery if i want

 

[Fatdog]

For the sake of nostalgia, I'll pop in a cassette, but most of the time it's my iPod Nano lined in.

 

[Radio raheem]

I love mp3 players it's just to me ipods are the wors't choice around and deffo thw wors't sound pformance of most mp3 players

 

[Fatdog]

I love mp3 players it's just to me ipods are the wors't choice around and deffo thw wors't sound pformance of most mp3 players

Which MP3 player would you suggest, Rim?

 

[bill]

ipod + video projector+outside+ghettoblaster= my own personal drive in out in the back yard.
whats not to like about that?

honestly despite all the negative feelings for the ipod its the best medium for carrying music and video in small easy to use package.

if i am listening to music most often its going to be songs on a ipod.
i wont lie playing a lp is still king for me.
its not portable tho and the cost of new lps is huge.

my psp does sound better tho and i can also watch video on it and listen to internet radio but i think i could do that with a itouch too.

i like my ipods they allow me to do things that would be impossible with any other piece of equipment.

 

[hemiguy2006]

Ipods are by far the best player and offer more than any other manufacturers.(especially the Ipod touch)
And so far as the sound quality is concerned , if you have your music collection in mp3 format
its going to sound crappy no mater which player you use. You have to understand how compression works and how too much of it can degrade the quality of your music.
The iPod likely never will provide the sound quality of a high-fidelity stereo system, but can provide good quality sound in an extremely convenient manner. The easiest way to improve the sound quality is to encode songs in a higher-quality format, such as Apple Lossless (not supported by the iPod shuffle models), or at a higher bitrate, such as 160 Kbps or higher. You need a high gb memory unit so you dont have to compress the crap out of your music in order to fit your collection. I just upgraded to a 64 gb Ipod touch
because my collection is mostly in AAC format and 30gb was just not cutting it anymore.
Dont get me wrong I used to make mix tapes throughout my high school days and enjoyed it for what it is.
I also used to lug around huge milk crates full of vinyl when I was DJing and nearly broke my back doing it.
I would have traded it all for an ipod if they were available back then.

 

[skippy1969]

I love mp3 players it's just to me ipods are the wors't choice around and deffo thw wors't sound pformance of most mp3 players

Ummmmm,ok thats easy for you to say Tim......... :grim:

 

[Radio raheem]

I love mp3 players it's just to me ipods are the wors't choice around and deffo thw wors't sound pformance of most mp3 players

Ummmmm,ok thats easy for you to say Tim......... :grim:

I had an ipod touch 32gb i basically gave it away i was that apauled with the sound quality, BILL is right even a psp sounds better and sound isnt there main priority

 

[skippy1969]

I love mp3 players it's just to me ipods are the wors't choice around and deffo thw wors't sound pformance of most mp3 players

Ummmmm,ok thats easy for you to say Tim......... :grim:

I had an ipod touch 32gb i basically gave it away i was that apauled with the sound quality, BILL is right even a psp sounds better and sound isnt there main priority

Really? I'm sorry you didn't like it. I've had four I pods and I love them. They just work good for what I want.
I don't know if it makes a difference or not but I sync all my Ipods on a Mac instead of Windows computer.
My Son uses a Windows computer to sync his 16gb touch,and him and I both agree it doesn't seem to sound as good as my Mac synced Ipods.

 

[Fatdog]

To get the absolute best sound possible with MP3s, encode with LAME.

http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=LAME

 

[Radio raheem]

I had an ipod touch 32gb i basically gave it away i was that apauled with the sound quality, BILL is right even a psp sounds better and sound isnt there main priority

Really? I'm sorry you didn't like it. I've had four I pods and I love them. They just work good for what I want.
I don't know if it makes a difference or not but I sync all my Ipods on a Mac instead of Windows computer.
My Son uses a Windows computer to sync his 16gb touch,and him and I both agree it doesn't seem to sound as good as my Mac synced Ipods.

Thats a strange one scott have no answer to that but REALY i had a semi working sony dd9 working at the time and it TOTALLY outperformed the ipod in every way, if they sounded good to my ears i would have no quirks with them, you should all know me by now i love my sound and i apriciate sound QUALITY, just go on the ipod forums and alot of them are complaining about the sound.

 

[Superduper]

Tim. Sound quality is a function of how you've set up the software to do the conversion. If you have it set up for maximum compression, you won't get great quality but you can fit lots of songs. I have an 80gb version so I max out on the file sizes and for me, sound quality is excellent. Maybe you should've spent more time getting familiar with your ipod first Tim.

All I know is that I've had 3 or 4 other MP3 players before -- phillips, creative, etc. When I finally got the iPod, I was thinking -- Damn, I should've got this in the very beginning. The software is top notch and the playback of video AND music is terrific. Mine is 2, maybe 3 years old now and when my phillips was long toast (literally burned up) my iPod is still running reliably day in/out. Again, you just got to make sure that when your CD's or whatever is converted, that it's set 160khz or higher. I set mine min of 192khz and often even higher (256khz or 384khz) to maximize sound quality. Of course if you are relying on downloaded music, compression might've been max'd out to facilitate easy file transfer so you get what you pay for (zero). Then there is clipping. IF you don't properly set up the software to properly apply an appropriate signal strength value, the inputted signal could be clipped if set too high which WILL RESULT IN TERRIBLE SOUND QUALITY. The digitally converted file does not respect the analog limitations of the audio signal. Finally, may I just say that we are talking boomboxes here and not high fidelity. The output capabilities of the iPod, when properly set up is far better than most boomboxes are capable of reproducing, insofar as clean sound.

 

[Radio raheem]

Tim. Sound quality is a function of how you've set up the software to do the conversion. If you have it set up for maximum compression, you won't get great quality but you can fit lots of songs. I have an 80gb version so I max out on the file sizes and for me, sound quality is excellent. Maybe you should've spent more time getting familiar with your ipod first Tim.

All I know is that I've had 3 or 4 other MP3 players before -- phillips, creative, etc. When I finally got the iPod, I was thinking -- Damn, I should've got this in the very beginning. The software is top notch and the playback of video AND music is terrific. Mine is 2, maybe 3 years old now and when my phillips was long toast (literally burned up) my iPod is still running reliably day in/out. Again, you just got to make sure that when your CD's or whatever is converted, that it's set 160khz or higher. I set mine min of 192khz and often even higher (256khz or 384khz) to maximize sound quality. Of course if you are relying on downloaded music, compression might've been max'd out to facilitate easy file transfer so you get what you pay for (zero). Then there is clipping. IF you don't properly set up the software to properly apply an appropriate signal strength value, the inputted signal could be clipped if set too high which WILL RESULT IN TERRIBLE SOUND QUALITY. The digitally converted file does not respect the analog limitations of the audio signal. Finally, may I just say that we are talking boomboxes here and not high fidelity. The output capabilities of the iPod, when properly set up is far better than most boomboxes are capable of reproducing, insofar as clean sound.

i had no compression im not that daft

 

[Superduper]

i had no compression im not that daft

MP3, IS a compression format so you definitely had compression. You probably didn't set it up and just let the software choose for you so it's possible you didn't even know what compression level was being used. I think Apple can play either MP3 OR their own H.264 or something like that. Without compression, it would be WAV or other lossless format, and the iPod doesn't play WAV and the file sizes are too big.

 

[Fatdog]

...the iPod doesn't play WAV and the file sizes are too big.

According to Apple's specs on the iPod Touch, WAV files are supported. Also, Apple Lossless.

http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html

Still, going with MP3, you can't beat LAME and the -V0 setting.

 

[Radio raheem]

i had no compression im not that daft

MP3, IS a compression format so you definitely had compression. You probably didn't set it up and just let the software choose for you so it's possible you didn't even know what compression level was being used. I think Apple can play either MP3 OR their own H.264 or something like that. Without compression, it would be WAV or other lossless format, and the iPod doesn't play WAV and the file sizes are too big.

i was just testing you norm lol i used 252 the max uncompression you can use all i will say i will never buy an ipod again and als i just receintly tested another unit identical to my old one, it was just as poor

 

[Superduper]

OK Tim.

 

[Fatdog]

i had no compression im not that daft

MP3, IS a compression format so you definitely had compression. You probably didn't set it up and just let the software choose for you so it's possible you didn't even know what compression level was being used. I think Apple can play either MP3 OR their own H.264 or something like that. Without compression, it would be WAV or other lossless format, and the iPod doesn't play WAV and the file sizes are too big.

i was just testing you norm lol i used 252 the max uncompression you can use all i will say i will never buy an ipod again and als i just receintly tested another unit identical to my old one, it was just as poor

Rimmer must have super-bionic hearing.

 

[Radio raheem]

Rimmer must have super-bionic hearing.

Not realy lol i just know quality when i hear it or the lack of it, i mean i had the m90 on the other day and even that sounded crap i have had thousands of pounds worth of equipment over the years if the ipod sounded good i would be all for it