The myTouch 3G is outdated. It uses the same hardware inside as the original G1. The extras on the Fender edition is not worth the extra money (the phone is too slow for the bonus apps). Get the Nexus One instead ($180 from Google with 2yr contract with T-Mo). BTW, is it customary now to...

Quote: Originally Posted by sxr71 I think you need to brush up on your reading comprehension a little. Same to you too. Quote: mp3 was never about quality music; more about digital convenience (Really? Point to Lame MP3 reaching transparency in various ABX tests...

Quote: Originally Posted by Head_case mini-disc technology is as 'dead' as CD technology or 'vinyl' turntable technology. There are no substantial technological gains pushed in either format fields along with minidisc: just refinements along the same formula and traditional principles...

Quote: Originally Posted by Head_case However! We're more than likely to feel a bit miffed that people think we our lovely format is dead lol. We don't get too upset about it ... PS - is there only one of me out there loving mini-disc?! :P So, you claimed that you don't get...

Quote: Originally Posted by Head_case One reason why minidisc refuses to die like so many wish,... Errr, it's already dead. Even in Japan, the latest version of Sonicstage doesn't even support MD anymore. No new players after the RH1. If the only backer, Sony, is not even...

Wait, you can pick more than one? LOL. The question should be: "Which brand that you're a fanboy of?"

I still find iTunes to be the easiest jukebox software to use. It's simple (I prefer the list view), has advance yet easy to set-up smart playlist capability that no other software seem to be able to mimic, gapless capable, and it handles podcasts like a charm. It's not the speediest software...

Quote: Originally Posted by nwkid178 This is news to me... any word of the 2g or 1g getting the same through a firmware update?? No, no firmware update for 1G or 2G shuffle.

Quote: Originally Posted by azncookiecutter Are the new 3rd gen shuffles still as hissy as the first gen? I still use my first gen shuffle from time to time, but the hiss with high sensitivity IEMs drive me crazy, so much it's relegated to gym duty. Hmm, to me, both the 1G and 3G...

I own the 1st and 2nd gen shuffle, and briefly the 3rd gen shuffle. As far as SQ, 1st >/= 3rd > 2nd. However, usability: 1st > 2nd >>> 3rd. To me, for a small grab-n-go player like a shuffle, usability is critically important. The 1st gen is very good in this: big tactile buttons, big slider...

Quote: Originally Posted by shigzeo i guess in reference to ipod users not liking good sound, it is the same market which, yes, walk around with white ibuds, but also drives upgrade earphones. most will use upgraded earphones with ipods. owning ipod doesn't make you any less an...

Quote: Originally Posted by kunalraiker Hi, Also I'am using a mac. Use XLD X Lossless Decoder: Lossless audio decoder for Mac OS X It's a Mac software, does secure ripping, and supports encoding to almost any codec out there (including Apple lossless and Lame MP3).

Quote: Originally Posted by elfary All this well marketed cheap tricks don't do with me. That's why i go with Apple's Classic and iPhone. They sound pretty damn good and flat without all these cheap on the fly digital processings which are always digit limited to save battery and thus...

Quote: Originally Posted by WalkGood Agreed, anyone who doesn’t find this funny is either an ipod owner or an ipod owner wanabe Yeah, and anybody who find this funny is probably a Sandisk fanboy, or too poor to buy an iPod. :P See, that can be twisted the other way too. Are you...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nagasaki_Kid But minidisc can encode on the fly from optical out from a cd player. Which would result in a higher quality end result than just line in You're assuming his portable CD player actually has optical out. Most of them don't, thus analog...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nagasaki_Kid Have you thought about minidisc? You can transfer your cds to minidisc without computers with the equipment. Players that have line-in recording capability (eg. Cowon players) can do the same job without being stuck with a dead-end format...

FM radio: +cheap(est) +no hassle of copying music, media, computers, etc +live OTA streaming music anytime you want -may not play the exact music you want in a given time Or, if you have wifi access, iPod Touch + free Pandora app. If your source are your own CDs, there are CD-ripping...

1. A lot of people are confused between codec and container. divx/Xvid follows MPEG4 standard. However, most of the videos use the .avi container, which is not supported by many manufactures, including Apple iPods and Sony. You can actually encode using divx/xvid with certain setting (simple...

As usual, more bass and/or treble gives the impression of "better sound quality" to most people.

Quote: Originally Posted by Acreo Aeneas The S9 will play H.264 videos encoded to AVI (as tested by many users at iAudiphile.net). As for AAC, most of those iTunes downloads are somewhere between 128 kbps and 256 kbps. It's not exactly high-bitrate media. You could do better ripping...

The S9 is sleek, but the video support is actually a notch down compare to other previous Cowon players. For one, it doesn't support H.264 nor AAC. If you really want to focus on video, the O2/A3 will be much more satisfactory than the S9. They're not as sleek, but their format support is superior.

VBR > CBR. So instead of thinking about specific bitrate, just use Lame MP3 with -V 2 setting.

Quote: Originally Posted by policeman0077 realy？where ‘s the information from？ From the assumption that unicode will be supported on the ZuneHD, and it will trickle down to the previous Zunes. I wouldn't hold my breath though.

Quote: Originally Posted by iriverdude 120GB model with hard drive replaced with 240GB drive. Will that even fit? The 120GB iPod Classic hard-drive is 5mm in height. I have yet to see larger drives at that height, most are 8mm height variety (which fit the thicker shell of 160GB...

1. Brand name of DAP (the later letter on the alphabet, the better) 2. Number of stickers, buttons, and logos on the device/box (more = better) 3. Rarity (if you have to import it from Japan/hunt one on ebay, it must be better than the ones easily found in stores) Anyway, there's a point...