Thanks for the replies folks. I had been wondering which side of the equation was more negative on my overall experience. I'm leaning towards the bose, because as much as the ipod bothered me, it is something i could learn to get used to if i absolutely had to. I don't think my ears would get...

Not trying to come off as elitest or anything here, i would just like to hear from some people what the attraction of these products is. So up until last week I never really had a chance to sit down with an ipod and mess around with it. It belonged to a friend of a friend. I couldn't believe...

this vid is kinda intense. http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/979910?htv=12&htv=12 imagine that sound being the last thing you ever hear...though i don't know if that was just caused by the size/shape of the camera

Buy the L, its worth the extra cost and size. Though I don't have a regular x5 to wage a comparison, but it really doesn't seem that big. Quote: Originally Posted by Thelonious Monk the street price for X5L is less than the X5, and it's barely bigger. double battery life. i'd go for...

One thing you can do to minimize the screen usage is just pop the power switch up real quick and that will turn the screen off, instead of waiting for it to go off...Also, you might try, just once, charging it by usb. I did this and the battery seemed to last just a little longer, but it might...

what do you guys mean by"clips". it sounds fine to me. i'm kind of indifferent, about half of it i can get into. the cd cut of parachutes really blew me away with my e4's compared to the leaked version. the guitars have so much more depth.

Quote: Originally Posted by WhiteShadow MD1032: I can't wait for you to post the pics, because I am looking into buying the x5l 30gb and I would to know how big it is and how the video and interface looks like in person. i, as well as many others i'm sure, will tell you its a...

Quote: Originally Posted by MD1032 Well, I got my birthday present and here it is! So far, it seems like a very nice player. I will post pictures later, I'm sure many of you have seen the unit anyway. Just for reference, I am used to controlling my minidisc player's joystick (MZ-S1), so...

thanks for posting that link, good read. the jabba from special edition was rediculous!

had my e4g's for about 5 days now. i wasn't all that impressed at first but they grew on me pretty quickly. you're right about the separation, and what i really like is the little details, stuff in the backround that previously went unnoticed. and holy cow do they block alot of outside noise...

i'll throw 'kasabian' out there. a little rock, punk, and electronica.

i noticed you said you liked some of the darker atmosphere. in this case you should try out the songs 'travel' 'the outernet' '430am' '1597' 'current status' and the compilation album 'homework vol 1' being from the twin, i've heard about all atmosphere has to offer 10 times over since...

if you were using low bitrate mp3 the x5 might do just fine but since flac is going to eat more battery life up i would go for the L. i have an L, and before buying i wondered which to go with like many others. i'm really glad i went with it not only for the extra battery but also the added...

digipak is just those soft covered cd cases that fold out. great album, very underrated.

big respect for more, saucerful, meddle, animals and obscured by clouds. their more mainstream stuff gets kind of tiring after a point.

Quote: Originally Posted by Senn20 I don't think Pearl Jam's Binaural is a true binaural recording. I sounds like they used ambient micing techniques to make it sound spacious. Still, it does have a nice "live" feel to it. EDIT: Listening to "Binaural" right now and so far only track...

just got my x5l in the mail yesterday and its been practically glued to my hand ever since. first thing that struck me was how much smaller it was than i was expecting. solid feel, very well built. jetshell is pretty nice, my only gripe is that the top of the joystick is kind of slick, and my...

Curious as to one thing-it says the minimum OS requirements are XP, but I have ME, and already have creative mediasource installed on this computer from my muvo. Does anyone think it would still work for me?

just curious as to peoples opinions on the reverse screen. so i take it that, say normally, its blue with black letters and then with the light off its black with blue letters. would anyone have a picture of the screen on reverse? there was one on here but it was taken down. thanks

i may have missed this, but do you still have to charge with the usb and ac adaptors together? are there any OS limitations with the new software? i'm really torn between this and the hd3. the main thing that turns me off about the hd3 is the backround hiss. Quote: Originally Posted...