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This gets a bit philosophical, bear with me.
I find myself at an interesting decision point in the midst of great change in the music playback technology. I've been a lifelong audiophile, but had to sell all my 2channel gear 20yrs ago. With some luck, and good karma, I hope to dive back in to high-end audio, probably beginning with a portable and desktop setup.
I have mostly been listening to music during my long commutes on satellite radio and my ipod classic gen4 tapped into the aux input of my car stereo. But my iPod just died (no audio), briefly came back to life after a factory rest, then slipped back into a coma, I will need some new device to replace it. So I'm now at the very beginning (of spending money) on what I hope will be a new journey into the future of high end audio.
But as I contemplate what to replace my ipod with, I struggle a bit since we are in the midst of such large shifts. What does it even mean to define a music player anymore ? Do I go 'old school' and just get another ipod (a used classic? or new touch?) - business as usual with itunes? or start to change the way I think about a source device ? Spotify, Tidal, Pono?
Curious to know, if you were starting from scratch today, what would your strategy be? Not the case for me yet, but lets just say that you could start with $1000 and could go up to $10,000 in the next year or two.
Here is a great article to get you thinking:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2014/09/ipod-dead-whats-future-dedicated-players-music-collections/
-Qua
I find myself at an interesting decision point in the midst of great change in the music playback technology. I've been a lifelong audiophile, but had to sell all my 2channel gear 20yrs ago. With some luck, and good karma, I hope to dive back in to high-end audio, probably beginning with a portable and desktop setup.
I have mostly been listening to music during my long commutes on satellite radio and my ipod classic gen4 tapped into the aux input of my car stereo. But my iPod just died (no audio), briefly came back to life after a factory rest, then slipped back into a coma, I will need some new device to replace it. So I'm now at the very beginning (of spending money) on what I hope will be a new journey into the future of high end audio.
But as I contemplate what to replace my ipod with, I struggle a bit since we are in the midst of such large shifts. What does it even mean to define a music player anymore ? Do I go 'old school' and just get another ipod (a used classic? or new touch?) - business as usual with itunes? or start to change the way I think about a source device ? Spotify, Tidal, Pono?
Curious to know, if you were starting from scratch today, what would your strategy be? Not the case for me yet, but lets just say that you could start with $1000 and could go up to $10,000 in the next year or two.
Here is a great article to get you thinking:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2014/09/ipod-dead-whats-future-dedicated-players-music-collections/
-Qua
