Sczervok
100+ Head-Fier
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Let me clarify a bit...
Say, someone has done his homework, and found that compared to other comparable players, that the iPod has the specifications specifically suited for him, and filled his necesities for pure operational purposes only. He then gets the iPod for its usability, and not for any other reason, whatsoever. A simple tool of the trade.
However, if you get the iPod because of how it looks, the name, whatever else goes along with an iPod, etc, it reflects on your personality. If I don't like the way a player looks, then I generally don't want to get it. But that is not to say I don't place priority in its performance, as I base decisions more on that than I do the former.
I was also missing a "most" infront of "people". I was specifying the people in my area. I also made a point that no one in my area goes to head-fi, so unlike many people here on head-fi, they have different needs, which almost always do not include anything about sound quality, durability, software, ease of use, or anything. Their prone to pick up any player without thinking about it, but it just so happens that the iPod is generally what is chosen, due to how it looks.
Unless you can print pictures onto a CD, fill a CD full with the pictures and pamphlets that go in, and whatever else you get when you buy a CD, you're still missing something that you can hold. It's a visual proof of purchase. I'm not saying you can't make your own CD, and make it look just like what is on the shelves of stores, but I'm just not the kind of person to put in the effort to create CDs like that. I'd like to view my collection of music when situated on selves, CDs bundled in with their origional packaging, instead of something that I burned myself. If I spent the effort to make the CD and case look just like the origional, then that would be something to be proud of too, but I have neither the time nor resources for it.
Another little note, they are physically etched into the CD, as opposed to giving the material a little state change as used on most conventional computer CD burners. You can get a powerful CD etcher if you want, but it is impractical. A purchased CD will last as long as the CD remains intact, and is not scratched. A burned one will last around 35 years before beginning to deteriorate. Not like it starts to fall apart in your hand or anything, but ones and zeros start to change one by one at this point, and this process accelerates over years.
But as it stands, you don't get any of this when you download. As well, you don't get high quality downloads either... or not so last time I checked. Maybe someone has started letting songs be downloaded at higher bitrates or what not... but I still demand lossless.
Say, someone has done his homework, and found that compared to other comparable players, that the iPod has the specifications specifically suited for him, and filled his necesities for pure operational purposes only. He then gets the iPod for its usability, and not for any other reason, whatsoever. A simple tool of the trade.
However, if you get the iPod because of how it looks, the name, whatever else goes along with an iPod, etc, it reflects on your personality. If I don't like the way a player looks, then I generally don't want to get it. But that is not to say I don't place priority in its performance, as I base decisions more on that than I do the former.
I was also missing a "most" infront of "people". I was specifying the people in my area. I also made a point that no one in my area goes to head-fi, so unlike many people here on head-fi, they have different needs, which almost always do not include anything about sound quality, durability, software, ease of use, or anything. Their prone to pick up any player without thinking about it, but it just so happens that the iPod is generally what is chosen, due to how it looks.
Unless you can print pictures onto a CD, fill a CD full with the pictures and pamphlets that go in, and whatever else you get when you buy a CD, you're still missing something that you can hold. It's a visual proof of purchase. I'm not saying you can't make your own CD, and make it look just like what is on the shelves of stores, but I'm just not the kind of person to put in the effort to create CDs like that. I'd like to view my collection of music when situated on selves, CDs bundled in with their origional packaging, instead of something that I burned myself. If I spent the effort to make the CD and case look just like the origional, then that would be something to be proud of too, but I have neither the time nor resources for it.
Another little note, they are physically etched into the CD, as opposed to giving the material a little state change as used on most conventional computer CD burners. You can get a powerful CD etcher if you want, but it is impractical. A purchased CD will last as long as the CD remains intact, and is not scratched. A burned one will last around 35 years before beginning to deteriorate. Not like it starts to fall apart in your hand or anything, but ones and zeros start to change one by one at this point, and this process accelerates over years.
But as it stands, you don't get any of this when you download. As well, you don't get high quality downloads either... or not so last time I checked. Maybe someone has started letting songs be downloaded at higher bitrates or what not... but I still demand lossless.
