apple stores got the new shuffle today

[sno1man]

I picked one up purely on impulse. I got the black one.

I have not had a chance to listen to it yet as I have been charging it and loading it with music.

One thing is certain is that the pictures dont really give you a feel for how tiny this thing is.

it's also very pretty in an austere sort of way.

One thing that i'm sure that people will start griping about right away is that the headphone cord is considerably shorter than the buds supplied with the nano. So much so that putting the shuffle in a pants pocket might be an issue.

PS> It also gets quite warm while it's charging

 

[shigzeo]

glad it gets warm. i like that one.

 

[iriverdude]

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apple stores got the new shuffle today

Sucker. You should have bought Sansa Clip.

 

[sno1man]

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Originally Posted by iriverdude /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sucker. You should have bought Sansa Clip.

not really, I already have a 4gb clip. I also have a samsung pebble and a 1st and 2nd gen shuffle as well.

i just love music and tiny mp3 players

 

[Pangaea]

Once you have it charged and synced I would love to hear your opinion on the sound and functionality.

 

[sno1man]

Very early impressions

It's difficult to directly compare apples to apples

because i dont use the apple buds with my 2nd gen shuffle and you have to with the new model. So using the new apple buds with both 2nd and 3rd gen models i do hear a different brighter sound with the 3rd gen which is more pleasing to my ears.

The hiss that was present in the 2nd gen seems to be gone in the 3rd gen as well though again until I can connect my shures to it i cant tell.

As for the remote, so far not a fan. This shuffle more than ever seems meant to be used in shuffle mode. skipping a track or going back and playing the same song again dont even seem to be possible. also there is no way to tell by feel the difference between up and down


Not impressed with voice over either. in some cases it's a whole lot louder than the music playing and can be jarring.

EDIT figured out the skip forward or backward by double or triple clicking. You have to be pretty quick and dead on the center to do it. Trying to skip forward or backword more than a handful of songs will give you repetitive motion syndrome

2nd edit- the charger dock for the 2nd gen will work to charge and sync the 3rd gen and vice versa, the cable supplied with the 3rd gen works on the 2nd gen

 

[sno1man]

last post/update

The new apple in ear phones (with the remote) do work on the new shuffle and they do sound better than the stock buds. Not gonna pay the 70 buck for them though

 

[Aiyo]

You can always mod the stock buds with new ones. I replaced the stock buds on the iPhone headphones with skullcandy ink'd buds. So now i have a remote/mic with skullcandy buds :3

 

[Ricardo Dawkins]

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Originally Posted by sno1man /img/forum/go_quote.gif not really, I already have a 4gb clip. I also have a samsung pebble and a 1st and 2nd gen shuffle as well. i just love music and tiny mp3 players

so, do you have a mobiblue cube or a iriver s10 around there?

 

[sno1man]

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Originally Posted by Ricardo Dawkins /img/forum/go_quote.gif so, do you have a mobiblue cube or a iriver s10 around there?

I do have the mobileblue cube 1gb though the battery only lasts about an hour per charge now.

also have a creative zen stone (no screen). Nobody around hear sells the iriver players

 

[roebeet]

Is this Shuffle really going for $155 US, as I read online? I hope that wasn't correct.

 

[TheMarchingMule]

So much work for what should be minimal effort.

 

[Walie]

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Originally Posted by Aiyo /img/forum/go_quote.gif You can always mod the stock buds with new ones. I replaced the stock buds on the iPhone headphones with skullcandy ink'd buds. So now i have a remote/mic with skullcandy buds :3

is that really an upgrade?

 

[member1982]

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Originally Posted by roebeet /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is this Shuffle really going for $155 US, as I read online? I hope that wasn't correct.

isnt it $79 USD?

 

[toughnut]

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