Satellite_6
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FWIR the iphone 3GS has good SQ and apple is finally putting in radio. This makes me more interested in ipods than ever before. I doubt I'll ever buy one though.
there is probably not much investment in R&D for 1.8" hard drives |
Originally Posted by gochuckster /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've stuck with my 5G 60GB model since 2004. I ended up adopting an "economy of use" attitude about syncing music. I only carry around music that I know I'm going to want to listen to, or the most recent additions to my library. Nowadays I usually just read on the subway and leave music listening to my home and my office. It helps me save money towards desktop upgrades, lol. |
Originally Posted by iriverdude /img/forum/go_quote.gif My music server isn't like that so why not my DAP? Why waste time deleting/re-encoding music and copy across? Just encode whole lot in one go leave entire library on your DAP. |
Originally Posted by ArmednInsane /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not to take anyone's side, but that's just it, to YOU it is cutting edge. To regular consumers, you present them with this argument and they tell you "But my iPod already sounds good, besides it is smaller, look better, trendier, cheaper...and so on so on" To you and me, popular iPod means nothing, just more money for them. To consumers that do not know more, they will think good job steve jobs for creating a product that makes their daily life easier with this small music player. |
Originally Posted by vranswer /img/forum/go_quote.gif This "economy of use" concept is certainly interesting - and can be applied to DAPs with as little as 4GB capacity. My main portable rig is a June 2009 purchased Apple-certified refurb 3rd Gen nano with 4GB, and is loaded with virtually anything I'm likely to desire with room to spare. New-to-me music takes greater than 95% of my listening time so I don't have that need to carry "all the music I've ever owned" around with me. This image of a wall of CDs available at one's fingertips is greatly overrated as relates to my habits. |
Originally Posted by Ssnake51 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Interesting how different listening habits can be. I'd say about 85 to 90 percent of my listening is to material I've already listened to many, many times before. I do try to listen to new stuff now and then, but I've learned from experience that most new stuff (just like most old stuff) is, imho, crap. So I try to make the best use of my limited listening time to what I consider good stuff. I would love to be able to keep all that music that I consider good on one device and take it with me wherever I go. More storage the better. |
Originally Posted by vranswer /img/forum/go_quote.gif Snake, Not sure of your listening "experience", but do you have any albums you've been enjoying for more than 30 years? At some point the music can get so stale as to be rendered unlistenable. |
Originally Posted by IceClass /img/forum/go_quote.gif I just want a 120GB Ipod Touch. |
Originally Posted by Antony6555 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I completely agree with this. The average consumer does not value sound quality very much. This is why popularity does not mean much when evaluating audio products. And this is why, though Ipod has gained many new features, the actual sound reproduction is still pretty weak. |