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Originally Posted by GIGANTOID /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Its popular to hate on what's popular. That's why kids like LostPhil get to pretend their subversive counter culture by using a Cowon audio player and for every Fan boy he dismisses there's an iPod user dismissing his posts as being a hater.
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Right, so I bought my player just because it's not an iPod? I'm sorry if I'm missing the sarcasm here but I'm neither a "kid" or trying to be cool by using something different to an iPod. I bought the D2 after owning an X5 and liking that product so I wanted to keep to the same brand with the features I want in a player. I chose the X5 because I'd owned an iRiver iFP-899 before that (first player after using minidisc) and had been advised to use ogg vorbis, which the iPod doesn't support so was never considered after the iRiver.
And if you read my post carefully you'd also see that the point I was making (failing miserably, obviously) that a post including things such as "the iPod hasn't brought any new features to the table" in recommendation threads is just an indication of how biased the post is and duly ignored. And this is in regards to posts against apple so I really don't see what you're getting at.
Oh and Podster, I'm not sure if you're talking to me about the sound quality?
I would reply in a more civil manner but since this appears to just be a couple of eager members misunderstanding my posts:
a) I couldn't care less about how much you've spent on getting great sound quality. I get the best I can afford so yes, I own PX100's. They are cheap, open (for use at work) and sound decent for the price. If you'd like to look to the right of them on my sig, I use those the most and both are well regarded for the price range. If it was meant to try an invalidate my points because I don't have high end gear then that just shows you up to be the kind of poster that doesn't add anything of substance to discussions.
b) I've never mentioned anything about disliking the iPods SQ or even hearing it.
Apologies to the other guys who read this, it's late, I'm ill and I get irritated easily when I'm tired.
Oh and food for thought as an apology: It's competition that takes a market forward. Without it, the market leaders (in this case apple) have no reason to advance things. Where would we be if everyone else just gave up when the iPod series became popular? (or we all owned iPods)
EDIT: The last bit is pretty much what toxicsweet was saying anyway!