Jeffreybar
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I know that all the buzz right now is focused on the Nano, but with SQ questions still unresolved, I decided to purchase a 1GB Shuffle for the gym. I had briefly listened to a friend's Shuffle before making the purchase, so I felt pretty comfortable that it would sound ok, but I just wanted to throw the official thumbs-up at my little white gumstick.
I'm an iRiver man all the way...I had a iHP140 which broke earlier this year...I replaced with an iPod Photo 60GB, which I despised. The SQ on the iPod through my preferred phones (E3s) was harsh and sibilant, it scratched immediately and annoyingly, I don't like the user interface (unlike everyone else, I guess), the EQ sucks, and I don't think that iTunes is a very good tool for managing 600-800 albums worth of music (file-folder is way better for this, since it's hierarchical, even if it's not as slick).
But man, I love the Shuffle. It sounds fantastic through all my phones (including my E3s, although my E2s are my standard workout phones), it doesn't scratch, it's light as heck, I like the fact that I can control it without looking at a screen (like I can with my iRiver, and very much unlike the iPod), and I think that iTunes is a great tool for dealing with a couple hundred songs. If Apple could make a 60GB player that gave me the experience of the shuffle (that sort of usability, SQ, and durability) with a screen, I'd buy 20 of them. Ok, well 2 of em anyway.
I'm an iRiver man all the way...I had a iHP140 which broke earlier this year...I replaced with an iPod Photo 60GB, which I despised. The SQ on the iPod through my preferred phones (E3s) was harsh and sibilant, it scratched immediately and annoyingly, I don't like the user interface (unlike everyone else, I guess), the EQ sucks, and I don't think that iTunes is a very good tool for managing 600-800 albums worth of music (file-folder is way better for this, since it's hierarchical, even if it's not as slick).
But man, I love the Shuffle. It sounds fantastic through all my phones (including my E3s, although my E2s are my standard workout phones), it doesn't scratch, it's light as heck, I like the fact that I can control it without looking at a screen (like I can with my iRiver, and very much unlike the iPod), and I think that iTunes is a great tool for dealing with a couple hundred songs. If Apple could make a 60GB player that gave me the experience of the shuffle (that sort of usability, SQ, and durability) with a screen, I'd buy 20 of them. Ok, well 2 of em anyway.