With so many devices and accessories geared towards the 30-pin, it would be impossible for them to abandon it.  I'm sure there will be plenty of adapters, should such a change occur.  

Thanks again NAWilson. Someone else had mentioned the drive interface, but the link you provided pretty much corroborates all the other info I had found. Just to be on the safe side, I'm going to start with the 5G Ipod and order a single drive. Once I get the tools, I'll pop open the newer 160...

Thanks guys. NAWilson9, I'll be looking forward to your update. Seems there's alot of conflicting information on whether the 5th gen will have any issues. Some say it will work fine, some say you need a 5.5, while still others say it depends on the logic board. I'm inclined to just try it and...

How do I determine if it's a 5th gen or 5.5 gen? I've got all the information from the back panel listed above. The information I've found while searching has been a bit inconsistent in regard the the generations.

Hey guys, I'm looking to upgrade the hard drive in a couple of Ipods, and I've got some questions for anyone who might have performed this procedure.  The details of the Ipods are: #1 Ipod "Video" 5th Generation A1136 (EMC 2065) 60GB "thick model" #2 Ipod Classic 7th Generation (Late...

  After doing some reading up, I'm liking the following so far:   AKG K81DJ Sennheiser PX200-II Alessandro MS1     I'm slightly concerned that some of these might be too bulky.  The majority of use will probably be active use at the gym.

Hey guys.  I'm looking for a pair of outside-the-ear portable phones with a hard limit of $120.  I know just a little bit about full-size phones (currently using HD595's and Xonar Essence STX), but virtually nothing about portable models.   Earbuds or anything in-the-ear is absolutely out of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Drewpy EAC is a ripping and encoding prog, why are you trying to uncompresss FLAC with it? The FLAC frontend can decode your files if you wish, but then you lose all the tagging info for when you want to encode the files into another format. Which I don't...

And the moral of the story is: Don't light candles in the bedroom. Unless you're a firebug that likes to light crap on fire (like me, a little bit), I really don't see the usefulness of candles. Sure, they can help you seduce your woman with a fancy dinner, or keep mosquitos away outside, but...

I don't know if a picture is going to help him out with his sound. Is that card even for sale yet? Do you have a link to a product description?

For some reason EAC doesn't give me the option to decompress FLAC, even though I've been encoding with it. I only see Mp3, WMA, MPC, and APE files. Is there a setting I need to change somewhere??

Thanks a bunch guys. It sounds like I don't need to make .cue files with my music, because i'm not really concerned with keeping the gapping between songs. I'll definately give that MAREO a shot, even though it looks a bit complicated. I've also got another question, which might make me...

You could always use a thick roll of toiletpaper stuffed on the end of the plunger stick. Nice and soft so it won't scratch the headphones.

I used this to help me set up EAC, and then I used the Hydrogenaudio Wiki to set up the FLAC encoding. I'm pretty new to this too though.

Hey guys. I've recently started re-ripping my music collection, and after some research, I've decided to make 2 copies of each disc. One copy will be a lossless FLAC archive, and the other will be Mp3, for playback in portable players, my future CarPC, etc. Using the HydrogenAudio Wiki, I've...

Instead of changing soundcards, I'd just pick yourself up some sort of digital preamp. You should be able to find something with 4x stereo out, and then just hook it up to the SPDIF out on your current card.

Interesting, although the enhanced version is out of my range. In any case, how do you guys think these amps will compare to the above mentioned Gilmore Lite??

Quote: Originally Posted by Febs On the other hand, CBR runs the risk of not having enough bits for passages that require higher quality. By using CBR, you are basically stealing bits from passages that require higher quality and forcing the encoder to use them in passages that don't...

Unless you're running a server, RAID is a waste of time, and isn't worth the headache involved. The only RAID mode which gives a speed increase is RAID 0, which uses data striping (split between the drives) with no fault tolerance or redundancy. Ironically this mode is never used in servers...

Quote: Originally Posted by blessingx It does depend as if you have a VBR scheme that hits consistently below 192, it's unlikely a ABR 192 is going to sound worse. That said, I'd disagree with egglick in that -aps will in all likelihood will average above 192, so by the numbers should...

That all depends what quality VBR you're using. I typically use a constant bitrate, because I don't trust that the VBR encoder will always choose the correct bitrate for a given section of audio. I'd rather have my bitrate be too high when it doesn't really need it, than too low when it does...

It's possible that it was posted in error. Anyhow, prices on 300GB drives seem to have strangely dropped quite a bit in the past couple weeks. You can now find said 300GB Seagate at Newegg for $110.

I don't think anybody expects a set of $100-300 multimedia speakers to compare with separate home theater components that can cost upwards of $1000 each. If you're going for the absolute "best" sound, then you should run your digital out to an amp/receiver powering one of those setups. I don't...

Your link just goes to the homepage, and the only 300GB Seagate I can find on Outpost is an 8MB version going for $169.

Plextor drives are definately a "rip". For the cost of a Plextor, you can get 3-4 very decent burners from a company like NEC, Samsung, LG, or pretty much anyone else. More expensive is not always better. And as for your audio playback, changing the drive won't improve a thing (unless you're...