Need help selecting portable mp3 player

[piku]

I still don't get how people could use all 20 gigs on an ipod. I mean unless you feel like carrying around your ENTIRE music collection at all times it seems pointless, and I mean do you really need every single track you possess accessible to you at all times? I mean heck I have about ~100 albums on this computer and it takes up only 7.5 gigs - what the heck do you need what would be around 300 albums on demand at all times? Hell I don’t even think 300 albums exist that I would want to listen to

I'm trying to search around for a super cheap player I can use my 512 meg SD card for and even that is going to be more than enough music for me to listen to before I would have access to my computer again. You people are nuts

[Fe 26]

You are still the worst poster in the history of the internet. You attitude on everything sucks. Please go away.

P.S. When I met you you seemed to be a genuinely nice person. Its too bad you are such a flaming cock hole on TNL. It makes little sense. Are you trying to compensate for something? Were you mothered too much growing up?

If it makes you feel better, I'm smart, don't talk a lot and actually useful in real life.

[Andy]

If you can hear the difference you are a better man than I. Trust me, it is negligable to most. You have effectively ruined the trap I set for Andy.

Did you think that I wasn't going to say the same thing? Diff and I are agreeing for the same reasons, I do not just make shit up when I choose one thing or another. Hell, every album in my digital collection is in the neighborhood of 3-500+ megs, and many are much larger. Certainly, diff posts about music more, and actually plays, but don't assume I am less informed, or wouldn't otherwise notice the qualities that we are talking about.

Anyway, like diff was saying, there are different needs for different users. I can absolutely see the pros to using Yahoo's subscription service, and why many would choose it for music. And if it's good for you, then enjoy it.

Both Chibi Nappa and I were able to tell the difference between WAV audio and a 320 KBPS mp3 the last time this was brought up. I did this on crappy Laptop speakers.

Don't assume.

Indeed. I'm not going to pretend to be as musically inclined as Josh, Chibi, or Diff, but honestly, I don't see how you can't tell, Master. Perhaps when you turn 14 or 15, and start getting into emo.

[Fe 26]

I still prefer buying my CD's and playing them the old fashioned way.

new records played on $22,000 record players is the way to go my friend. You can't buy anything short of paying people to play for you live, that sounds better.

[Omni]

If it makes you feel better, I'm smart, don't talk a lot and actually useful in real life.

Complimenting yourself is one of the lamest things a human being can do.

[Andy]

I still don't get how people could use all 20 gigs on an ipod. I mean unless you feel like carrying around your ENTIRE music collection at all times it seems pointless, and I mean do you really need every single track you possess accessible to you at all times? I mean heck I have about ~100 albums on this computer and it takes up only 7.5 gigs - what the heck do you need what would be around 300 albums on demand at all times? Hell I don’t even think 300 albums exist that I would want to listen to

It all depends how you encode it. My iPod was nearly full the day I got it, with just music that I listen to regularly. I could have filled it several times over if I were to throw my collection into iTunes.

If it makes you feel better, I'm smart, don't talk a lot and actually useful in real life.

Liar.

[Fe 26]

Complimenting yourself is one of the lamest things a human being can do.

the opposite must be true too.

You're a fucking faggit and worthless pile of shit.

It all evens out now.

[Andy]

You're a fucking faggit and worthless pile of shit.

[Fe 26]

I agree. $1 a song for a super-compressed file that only sounds decent through shitty little earbuds? Seriously. How did we, the consumer, ever get tricked into thinking it was a good deal and that mp3s are an alternative to compact disc?

The same way people got tricked into paying more for audio tapes and A-Tracks than for LPs, and the same way they tricked you all into buying solid state receivers.

[mollipen]

Subscription services are cute, but not much more than that. It isn't like a movie where you watch it once and then get rid of it. If you're downloading a lot of music that you aren't going to be keeping for long, you're downloading the wrong music, unless you're simply trying out new stuff.

The iPod is nice because the player is simple yet works really well, the scroll wheel is a great navigation device, and the iPod - iTunes - iTunes Music Store trio makes the entire experience nice and easy, versus using various half-assed applications in tandem. That doesn't mean there aren't other nice players out there, but I've played around with a number of them, and it is amazing how bad some of the interfaces for them are.

Sometimes Apple zealots get too up in arms about how wonderful the iPod is. Other times, people who can't stand to see Apple doing something successful try too hard to say why the iPod and the people who like it are stupid. It really is a nice player, plain and simple. And while the Slashdot crowd likes to bitch about how it doesn't play OGG or have FM radio or line in, the market seems to show that most people out there couldn't give a crap.

I still don't get how people could use all 20 gigs on an ipod. I mean unless you feel like carrying around your ENTIRE music collection at all times it seems pointless, and I mean do you really need every single track you possess accessible to you at all times?

The point isn't if I NEED to have my entire collection with me or not - the point is that now we don't have to make those sacrifices anymore. I can have my iPod and (most) of my library with me, and I can suddenly decide that I just need to listen to a certain song, and I can do it. That's nice. Why should I live in the days of cassette tape anymore, where I had to carefully decide what songs I wanted to listen to that day?

Plus, you can do more than just that with an iPod / whatever. My iPod has my contacts and calendars, and it has files that I like to take around with me. Also, now that I've got an iPod photo, I can use it to offload pics from my digital camera when I'm out on vacation without needing a computer with me. That's really nice.