New iPod Family! - Page 20

You're looking on a different numbers with a different meanings.

7/8"x1" means 1.33" diagonal, that is just 13% less than nano screen. Just FYI, 1.54" diagonal size of a square screen means 9/8"x9/8".

 

I've used sonicstage since about 2004/2005 winter, when i've purchased my first mp3-cd player from sony. I was impressed with that technology allowing to put 30 albums on one CD (that DAP also supported atrac3plus) .

Then i've used it regularly for uploading music on HDD-based NW-HD5. I believe that this was v3.4. Just checked the wikipedia: it says that there was no DRM even for purchased music in 3.5.

 

 

Sony readers are loosing out to kindle not because of hardware/software issues (kindle is far inferior to sony in that), but because of kindle's access to the greatest ebook store (amazon) and great integration with that store. Sony just cannot compete with amazon on the book store. This doesn't say anything about sony or amazon except for that sony never made business selling books and that amazon's primary business is to sell books.

 

 

 

There was no competition between blu-ray and sacd. This is different generations of technologies. You can say then that cd technology was replaced by dvd technology, and while it is true, it is a pointless statement.

Oh, quite right. Moment of dumbness..

 I have the sony reader and really like it for its hardware, but lets face it without the content it doesn't mean much. sony has been on and off in its support for ebooks. only recently its been taking the ebook business seriously with attempts at improving its reader and content. the problem is, although it went into it relatively earlier than its competitors, it never had a proper business model to sustain it. now its trying to do catch-up with amazon, and also disadvantaged against other newcomers like barnes and noble and probably to ipad now..

 

sacd technology is not a different generation. it still has its place technically and its sound is still among the best. the problem is sony half heartedly tried to promote it and then let go the way side...in a very short period of time....now try to explain to those who went ahead and bought expensive sacd players promoted by sony early on to be let down with content. great if you like classical and jazz, but otherwise useless...

 

as for sonicstage, like I said, I only had experience very early on (probably around 2002-2004). sonicstage was never as good as itunes at the time. if I remember correctly even if you had mp3 files you still had to convert them to atract to transfer them to minidisc. the program crashed many times and had restrictions where you could only export the same song no more than 5 times. so if you wanted to do playlists using same song in different minidisc compilation you had to live with that stupid rule.. maybe now its gotten better.

@Young Spade...My IEM's are Shure SE420. To me it's all about the overall expericence and the dimnishing returns law. All in all i'm pretty happy on the move with the Classic+lod+t3 clipped on my belt and the Se420 in my ears. Sure there are better daps but i'm sure as well that the aforementioned rig is pretty competent and convenient on the go.
Edited by elfary - 9/6/10 at 1:36pm

Glad to hear it. Just to clarify, my previous post wasn't a dig to you or anyone else regarding the quality of your gear, it was just an opinion that I felt like stating. The quality of ones headphones will help reveal the differences in the sources being used. 

Care to give us a little review on its SQ when it arrives? I'm mainly interested in its sound sig, sound stage, etc. myself. 

I'm going to guess it's almost exactly the same as the current touch, but people will probably think it sounds better. It's the way of the world.

I won't have much frame of reference, unfortunately. I only have a Zune 8 to compare it to. The IEMs will be new to me also. I could try it with my PortaPros, and just for kicks my HD600. We'll see if I can manage to focus on sound while I'm checking out the new toys (screen/wifi internet).

well, I guess I will eat humble pie and accept I was wrong..

Can't wait for the iPod 4G. I personally listen to music on the go less and a less each day, just prefer to wait until I get home. The great thing about the touch are the apps, the nano seems nice too, but guess I don't need that other that for cosmetics.

Apple's marketing campaign is such that my mother calls my old D2 a damn iPod...and she speaks little english

 

Hey Steve.

You are a bastard

Edited by cRodz - 9/6/10 at 3:57pm

LevA, SACD wasn't a complete failure and is still alive. New players and content are still being produced. It didn't catch on with the mainstream, but it does well enough in a niche. It more or less took over reel-to-reel as a high-e d format.

I have a few hundred SACDs and will continue to buy more. I'm a huge fan of classical and jazz, so the format really appeals to me. The prices aren't too bad - I've been buying four or five SACDs a month for the past five years. It isn't too bad of a hit to the wallet and the quality is excellent. Players will continue to be produced because there are quite a few discs out there and those of us who are invested in the format will buy new players.

I agree that Sony botched the release, but it is good that SACD survives as an alternate format. I don't think that Blu-Ray will supplant it any time soon because of the lack of software.

Why is BluRay even being discussed w/ SACD?  Since when do you need 50GB of data storage for a music album?  That's like saying Trucks will replace Motorcycles.  Weird.