It looks like a great value compared to the iPod shuffle for someone that wants a basic player. I just read pcmag's review of it and two small issues I would have with it are no support for subscription services and the start up time, neither are that important to most people though.

the 4G iPod photo was originally released in 40GB and 60GB models. Apple then changed the 40GB model to 30GB and used a single platter drive making the player thinner. then they gave color displays to the iPod and discontinued the iPod photo. Those color screen iPod's came in 20GB and 60GB models.

your first post implied something official which I guess caused the confusion. I've been hoping that Apple would offer a subscription service, because their a great value and would be the only real good use I can think of for DRM. and I don't see how offering this would affect people who...

oh, ok. thanks. Do you know if the iPod's play them gaplessly though? I'd assume the iPod would if iTunes does and that solves this problem. as for MP3 vs. AAC. I'm not exactly sure which one I like more, though any portable I use would be capable of playing AAC's. I'm really just wanted to...

and yes, the Zune will not play FLAC's (or any other lossless format for that matter), but it's still very beneficial to rip your music to FLAC or another lossless format as that makes it very easy to convert to multiple bitrates and lossy formats quickly.

Quote: Originally Posted by rain_uk It will convert to any format from any format, and will let you select any quality/bitrate you wish, worth a look? And ticking the gapless box does work, I use it everyday at the moment.. I hope however you decide to do your thing that it goes...

Thanks, but I don't want to convert my FLAC's to another lossless format. I want to convert them to AAC to replace my MP3's for use on my portable players and notebook. and srozzman, are you sure that would work? because you don;t have to do that with MP3's and iTunes-encoded AAC's for them...

yeah, the actual Zune hardware player won't play WMA-Lossless, just the software. which is weird, since the Gigabeat S does, and the Zune is based on that.

Quote: Originally Posted by ZackP really, well what should i do to best improve the sound quality? rip from the original cd or a lossless back up of it to the higher bitrate mp3.

I feel like moving from my MP3's to higher bitrate AAC's (sourced from my FLAC collection of course) and am probably going to use NeroAAC's encoder but searching the internet isn't giving me a straight answer on whether or not iTunes/iPod will play them gaplessely. some results say they...

you do know that raising the bitrate of a mp3 isn't going to improve the quality any and will just result in a larger file size right? but foobar2000's converter plus Lame3.97 would do it easily and for free.

iTunes' uses 128K AAC at the moment, but starting next month they will be offering tracks from EMI at 256K AAC (and DRM Free) for an extra $0.30 (or albums for the normal price) Though the only online music download services I personally think are worth using at all would be subscription...

I use EAC to rip to FLAC. and I ten use foobar2000's converter to make AAC or MP3 versions of those. works great and is pretty easy to do.

Quote: Originally Posted by AndrewFischer As a work around you could use iTunes to rip directly from the CD. You can use Apple Lossless or go directly to AAC at whatever bitrate you want. that's not really going to solve the problem as iTunes uses the M4A extension for AAC's, and...

Today I decided to start experimenting with AAC, so I took 145 of my FLAC's and used foobar2000 (with the Nero AAC encoder) to convert them to AAC. I used the default MP4 extension for these. Then I added the songs to iTunes' library, but only 144 were added. So after finding which song it...

Quote: Originally Posted by shigzeo NAB is a pro conference, there should be no new audio stuff since Apple do not make pro audio stuff, unless they are releasing some sort of garage band pro or something. Logic Pro?

I don't see Apple releasing an iPod at an event like NAB. I'm hoping for a new version of Aperture, but NAB isn't that appropriate of a place for that either.

I've been using Camino 1.1b for awhile and it's great. So much better than Safari and Mac Firefox.

I started with a Nikon D50 and thought it was great, but recently switched to a Rebel XTi, but really only because I wasn't that invested in Nikon lenses yet and liked a lot of things about the XTi more compared to the D50 or the D80 I was also interested in. I would also suggest you try out...

I'm not surpised at a camera like the D40x being released so soon, but am surpised that used D40x rather than something also like D60.

the screen would probably scratch as easily as the iPod's. and no, with the Zune your stuck with only Windows support, and can only use the Zune player software to transfer music.

#2 seems pretty weird to me, I keep both my iPod's at rather low volume settings and they sound loud enough for me with my e4's.

Quote: Originally Posted by skyline889 Got another problem for you guys. I've been having a dark spot show up in all my pictures for the past couple of months now and it's been really irritating me as I has to ps it out, if it's even possible to do that. It's not on the lens since I've...

I've played with the trials of both Lightroom and Aperture and so far I like Lightroom more, mainly because the interface is more appealing to me and performance is better on my MacBook (2GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM), and it's cheaper as well which is always a plus.

fastest I've ever driven myself was 100mph in my Mustang GT, have did that plenty of times, but never above, as there is just not enough space on the only roads around here I even think about severly speeding on *has never gotten a speeding ticket... yet* as a passenger, the fastest in a car...