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What was your 1st Portable Music Player? (Please read rules)
Quote: Hello labrat! Nice to hear someone paid more than me for one! :) After about 10 years of use, mine started playing slower and slower and finally stopped working altogether and I put it away. I pulled it out about 2 years later and took it apart and found out that like most cassette...- Gene
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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What was your 1st Portable Music Player? (Please read rules)
Sony Walkman TPS-L2 that I purchased new in August 1979. Looked just like RASeymour's knock-off above but was the real thing and cost $199.99 in 1979 dollars! I rode to work and back every morning and all over the Western U.S. listening to that thing on my motorcycle. It was a marvel at the time...- Gene
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Best sounding smallest player?
Get yourself one of the original gumstick Shuffles. Sound and volume can't be beat!- Gene
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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How Many Are Still Using 1st Gen. Shuffles?
I have the Gen. 2 Shuffle but it doesn't touch the SQ of my two 1st gen Shuffles. I just love the SQ of the old ones. How many of you still have and are still using the 1st gen Shuffles?- Gene
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- ipod-shuffle-1g
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Quick Impressions: Shuffle 1G and 2G
For me the G1's SQ wins and the volume goes much higher. Am I the only one who notices how much higher the volume goes on the G1 vs. the G2? I'll never get rid of my G1 but I love the tiny size of the G2 and the clip is nice and I've never noticed any hiss. I usually use both with Sporta Pros...- Gene
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Quick Time Upgrade Erased All My Music On iTunes!
Sparky, Unfortunately, I didn't but I will now! I've never had a problem with iTunes until this. I have no idea how a Quick Time upgrade erased my iTunes library but it did. Apple has no idea what could have happened either. In Apple's defense, they did offer to replace my iTunes...- Gene
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Quick Time Upgrade Erased All My Music On iTunes!
Yup, it seems they were. I followed Apple's recommendations for retrieving my library from my hard drive and there was nothing there. It's so frustrating as all I did was follow a prompt from Apple about the available upgrade and my files were gone!- Gene
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Quick Time Upgrade Erased All My Music On iTunes!
I tried to restore the songs from my hard drive with no luck.- Gene
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Quick Time Upgrade Erased All My Music On iTunes!
I use Windows XP and was online a couple of days ago and a window popped up from Apple saying there was an upgrade for Apple's Quick Time player and iTunes and asked if I wanted to upgrade? I clicked "yes" and it started the upgrade and then completed it. Later I tried to go on iTunes to...- Gene
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1gb DAP for gym use.
Man, I guess I'm out of touch but I see where gyms, (as in the '70's and '80's), are the place folks spend all their time nowadays. What goes around comes around! I think the Gen2 Shuffle would be fine for your use especially if you sweat in the gym when you would hear hiss just because...- Gene
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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has the ipod shuffle the same sound quality as Nano
What sounds good to one person and not good to another is a subject that will never be decided unless you hear from hundreds to thousands of opinions. Even then, you may have a different opinion from all of them because YOUR EARS can be the ONLY judge! The concensus here and everywhere else...- Gene
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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New Shuffle Gen2 Sure Takes A Long While To Charge!
I have 2 old, original Gen1 Shuffles, (512 and 1GB). They still charge up quicker than the brand new Gen2 Shuffle I have. I'm using a wall charger instead of the USB charger. I can't believe how long it takes for the Gen2 Shuffle to charge up. Anyone else notice this?- Gene
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Please Tell Me What's The Big Deal With The New Shuffle?
I was really happy with my original Shuffle, (Gen1), and would have never bought the new Gen2 Shuffle on my own. Low and behold, my best friend bought a Gen2 Shuffle as a surprise gift to me. I have to admit, this thing is so tiny that it's almost unbelievable and I will admit, the clip is...- Gene
- Post #23
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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ipod shuffle 512mb refurb for $35shipped from apple
I totally agree with with blessingx and I've been saying it for awhile now. The Gen1 Shuffles are INCREDIBLE for SQ and output. I just received a Gen2 Shuffle as a gift and it's a marvel of micro size and the clip is so cool but the Gen1 blows it away in sound and output! My Gen1 ain't going...- Gene
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Volume On Gen2 Shuffle Isn't As Great As Gen1
LaBreaHead, If the backdating is possible for the Gen2, PLEASE explain how to do it! I compared the Gen2 with Gen1 with the same song and the Gen1 is at least 25% louder.- Gene
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear