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    Ultraportable - Replacing Zen Nano Plus

    iriver S10 - tiny, ergonomic, 20 nameable FM presets, 2gb is $130 on amazon.com Take 4 CompactFlash cards and stack them up - the S10 is slightly smaller and weighs 1/2 as much. Reviews: http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archi...s10-review.php...
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    Preferred Lossless Format: FLAC or WAV

    You don't need the iAUDIO software to transfer files to the i7, because the i7 is able to mount as a removable drive. EAC can cover both ripping CD's and encoding to FLAC. See "Suggested EAC settings for FLAC" at hydrogenaudio: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...howtopic=30959 You only...
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    Iriver Clix 2 or Iaudio 7 ?

    FYI clixHere site says clix2 8gb now delayed to USA: http://www.clixhere.net/clixhere-net...ws-update.html clix forum on MisticRiver: http://www.misticriver.net/forumdisplay.php?f=144 i7 forum at iAUDIOphile.net http://www.iaudiophile.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=63 clix2 screen is...
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    8GB DAP - How many full cd's in FLAC

    How long are your albums? 8gb i7 should hold about 20hrs of FLAC encoded music. Do you only get 7.7gb usable for music on the i7?
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    FLAC levels question ...

    With the Cowon i7 8gb allowing 20hrs of FLAC playback, I've been thinking of ripping my CD collection to FLAC 2. FLAC 2 is only about 5% larger than FLAC 8, and no floating point calculations are required to decode FLAC 0-2 - so FLAC 2 should be easier on the portable player's battery power...
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    What Are You Listening To Right Now? [#6]

    "Black Steel" - Tricky
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    What headphones were you using b4 you discovered head-fi/real headphones!

    2004/Home: Sony MDR-V4 supraurals 2004/Portable: Sony MDR-E565 earbuds Earbuds died (http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=62734); got Shure E3's as new portables thanks to Head-Fi advice (http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64448). Found out about sources...
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    Digital Voice Recorder

    Olympus DS-20 and WS-320M have been good for recording seminars and meetings: - good voice quality - 8-10hrs battery life - built-in stereo microphones - WMA format - USB download to computer Upgraded models are the DS-40 and WS-331M: DS-40 has less recording capacity but also more...
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    RS110 for Wireless TV Listening

    I'm willing to give the wireless headphone compromise a try: - Neighborliness: for listening to late night talk TV without disturbing people in the next apt. who keep early hours - Mobility: to keep listening to TV talk show conversations when walking out of TV room to grab a snack, close/open...
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    Your 5 newest CDs (or LPs)

    Aztec Camera - Frestonia (now all I need is "Dreamland") Tracy Chapman - Where You Live (5 years!) Paul Weller - Stanley Road [Deluxe Edition 2005] (2 CD's + 1 DVD) Paul Weller - As Is Now (Japan CD w/2 extra tracks) Klaus Nomi - The Essential Klaus Nomi (well, finally...)
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    Ears...still...ringing...

    OK the ringing is gone but I still got something 'cos the radio hasn't sounded good all day
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    Ears...still...ringing...

    Paul Weller electric w/band Roseland NYC just a few hours ago Blasting off w/"Blink and You'll Miss It" crescendo'ing "In the Crowd"+drumsdrumsdrums mellowing through a few new pieces from upcoming "As Is Now" closing w/TSC-era "Shout to the Top" Back again "Hung Up"/"Sunflower" and...
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    anyone heard of SKYPE?

    What shows up under Caller ID when you call a regular phone/mobile/cell from Skype? Can you receive calls from regular phones?
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    Your 5 newest CDs (or LPs)

    Art Ensemble of Chicago - The Third Decade (finally!) New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (sale - now want to get the rest) Nick Heyward - The Man You Used to Be [CD single] (collector's curiosity? sounds OK) Aztec Camera - Love / Stray [2-album combined re-issue] (supposedly not Roddy...
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