MP3 Player, right now.

[mrSHEiK124]

i have a question, its rather related to the topic, but this thread has drifted into unrelated hell so who cares

for the most part, i buy my music (LEGALLY) from ****.com, and choose to have it encoded at 192 kbps AAC (sounds good enough to my ears, and i CAN tell the diff between 192 and 128) and when i rip my own previously purchased CDs, i use Apple Lossless. is there any bad part to this? i mean, if i need to move on to a different mp3 player/music software (highly doubt it, iTunes is awesome) i can take the Apple Lossless to MP3 easily, as for the AACs, there is always just either rebuying (its cheap enough) or converting from lossy to lossy (doubt i'll hear a difference anyways)

so, should i go for something like FLAC, and backup my lossless copies somewhere, and keep a lossy copy on hand for either my iPod (getting it soon) or just moving to WinAMP to listen to them

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: gflores

Originally posted by: Gurck
If exercise is a concern, 128mb flash players are dirt-cheap these days, you can get one for next to nothing and buy a hdd player too - have your cake and eat it.

Can you give me a link to a good 128mb flash player that is "dirt cheap?" I'd prefer a 256mb flash player, but they're all too expensive and not worth the money for the amount of songs hold.

I don't really keep an eye out, as it's not a concern to me, but I remember Optimum Online (cable ISP) recently offered one for free for switching to their service, and I see 'em now and again for $20 or $30 here and there. Of course they're not good ones, but I don't see the point of dropping more than $50 at the absolute most for a flash player.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Ornery
$300.00 to play MP3s is not only a joke, it's retarded! And, in a fragile HDD to boot... brilliant! :roll:

"Music choice" is on the HDD of the desktop or laptop PC, which can be accessed at least daily. Spending that much to cart everything around is ludicrous, unless you can't get back to the PC for days or weeks.

Well I've spent about £1200 on various portable Walkmans over the years...

2 MD portable recorders, 1 portable MD player, 1 2nd Gen 20Gb iPod and my current 3rd Gen ipod. This doesn't count the 3 or 4 various tape walkmans I had before 😛

I use to walk to places and now I commute. A good sized (usually the smallest) portable Walkman is good for me. I don't mind paying for it as to me it is worth it to be small and light. Good value to me in the end as I listen to it a lot due to my commute.

Drinking pricey wine and champagne is not worth it to me as I don't drink it or appreciate it enough. I guess if I did I would spend some money on it 😛

For me if I'm going to use something a lot it is worth spending extra money on it.

The iPod is not perfect for me but it was the best of what the current market had. I want ultra portable with the space.

I think in a few months time I'll get the Sony NW-HD3 😀. Finally native mp3 support 😀

Koing

 

[Ornery]

Well I've spent about £1200 on various portable Walkmans over the years...

Personally, I don't think I've topped $120.00 yet. Damn!

Wasn't that long ago when anybody would be thrilled just to have a portable CD player with 4 AA batteries that died within a couple hours. Soon after, CD based MP3 players which cost a fortune at first, but now you can't give 'em away. I'll just let you early adopters cough up the bucks for the buggy first generation stuff, and sop up the more advanced, refined, and cheaper late generation units a year later.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: Danman
Going to BB and seeing what they have...fvcking ipod. I may just get another one like a dumbsh!t. 🙁

Wow, that's some serious brainwashing 0.o

That's Apple for you. 😉

I'm with Ornery. I like the Solid State players. I've got one of the Ultra 8-in-1 players and the thing I like the most about it (other than the ability to recharge the AAA while moving songs back and forth) is the SD/MMC slot. I've got about 4 or 5 memory cards with different genres. If I'm in the mood for a different genre, I switch out the MMC card. The on board 256 only has about 2 hours of songs that I really like. The rest of the memory has some warez on it that I carry around with me. 😉