Quote: Originally Posted by blueice Since there are already many threads on this, do a search for etymotics or shure will yield you many results and comparisons. Read them and decide which one you like and go check the for sale forum. With a budget of $200, you can get pretty decent...

Hello all, I am pretty much a newbie to portable audio (right know I just have an iPod shuffle and some 9 dollar sony earphones). I plan on upgrading to Rio Karma relatively soon, and I would like to get some canalphones. The most important thing for me are comfort and isolation - not that sound...

Which players (if any) are abe to play OGG gaplessly?

Yes. You have to upload an image to iTunes.

Nevermind. I found a way to encode using LAME. Thanks for the help!

Quote: Originally Posted by gshan It's good to mention that EAC can also do the conversion to .MP3 after ripping. That should be the easiest way. How?

Okay, I ripped to WAV using EAC. How do I know use LAME to encode the files into mp3?

Quote: Originally Posted by fjf Maybe someone is kind enough to explain why gapless seems so important to some people. The small gap between tracks never bothered me, and I do not understand why it should. You probably do not listen to much music where songs are meant to "bleed"...

Thanks. I was going to get an iRiver H120 and then use the Roakcbox firware. Don't I need to use LAME so that the mp3's will play gapless (or would it just be easier to rip into Ogg Vorbis?).

Can some explain how to rip my CD's to gapless mp3's using LAME? (sorry, I'm a novice at this)

DOesn't the player get pretty ott in there?

Thanks!

How do you all make altoids boxes into Zen Micro cases?

Keep in mind that Sony runs on a 6-month release schedule, and thus new players will be coming out I believe in December (though th2 20GB one is a brick compared to the HD5 and in my opinion the HD5 looks better).

What effect does WAV playback have on battery life?