I'm Holding My New 3rd Gen iPod Touch - 64GB

I'm not sure if I sold out or what. After reading so much about SQ and other features on various DAP's, and changing my mind ten times, I bought a 3rd gen iPod Touch, with 64GB of memory. There were many reviews about the improved SQ, and the capacity is great. My entire music collection is archived as FLAC, so I'll just use my dbPowerAmp batch converter to go to either ALAC or AAC 320. I have a set of Ety ER-4P's on their way, so I'm psyched. I'll post my own impressions once I'm all set up.

My dbPowerAmp Batch converter is running as I type, and there is only about 2 hours remaining. I have around 100 to 120 GB of FLAC files. I just aimed it at my input directory, and set the output directory, and walk away. And the conversion includes conversion verification. :-)

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Originally Posted by Young Spade 

Hope you like the sound man. And I highly suggest you keep the FLAC files for conversion in the future. Update us when you give it a listen :)

Absolutely. It took me weeks to rip everything. Now that I'm done, all my CD's are in a box and not taking up two shelves in the book case. With the FLACs on my hdd, I can create anything very simply and very quickly, be it ALAC, AAC, MP3, or even CD quality disks. I should have done it this way originally. Like they say over at dbPowerAmp - "Rip once - rip right". Would have saved me hours of time. Oh well.

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Originally Posted by Young Spade 

Hmm, dbPowerAmp? Is that free or do I have to pay for that? Not to derail the topic or anything. 

Achmedisdead beat me to it. dbPowerAmps has both a free and a paid version. I have the paid version. I've tried most of the competitors, but think the dbPowerAmp is the best one. Three features I love:

1.  In the paid version, it cross references all metadata against 4 databases in order to provide accurate data. It has worked perfectly for my entire collection.
2. If the song being ripped is in the database, and chances are it is, the rip is very fast. When it is done, it compares a checksum against the database to verify accuracy of the rip.
3. The dynamic naming option. (only in the paid version, I think) When ripping compilations especially, this rocks. I can control exactly how a cd is stored (directory structure), album names, file names, etc, as well as include literals. For example, I prefix all my compilations with "Various Artists". That way, my music tree is not cluttered with names of artists that only appeared on one track of a mix.

Anyway, it's a great program, even the free one. But for just $36, the full version adds a lot. As a software developer myself, I believe in supporting fellow developers, especially when they build something so useful.