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Points: 3839 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 13 2006 at 08:33
Originally posted by DrGoon DrGoon wrote:

Steven Wilson has spoken out against iPod culture, listener playlists and shuffle features on numerous occasions. Playing Deadwing on your iPod was asking for trouble. Send Steve a wedge of cash for a nice slab of limited edition vinyl and pray for forgiveness.


my bad.  I wasn't aware of this. 

I'm actually starting to get suspicious of the fact that my particular ipod was one of the ones manufactured by Hewlett Packard to help Apple meet the high demand, so my warranty and tech support was all done through HP, not apple.  My roommate has one of the Apple manufactured ones and hasnt had a bit of trouble with it.

still, I'm wary now of the whole ipod thing, but I do need some small portable solution to my music addiction.
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^ I love to go cycling, listening to music all the time. I usually cycle alongside a river next to my place, 60 minutes tops. It's a meditative thing - I even wear a pulse monitor, maintaining 140 heartbeats per minute. It's a meditative experience, and with the right music - some Porcupine Tree, Electronic Music, Ozric Tentacles, Pink Floyd etc. it's really great! 
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Points: 20239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 13 2006 at 08:16
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:




  • No freezing
  • No software
  • No charging
  • No quality loss
  • no memory problems
  • $35


add these points:

  • Heavy >> what's 300 Gr
  • Doesn't fit in your pocket -> need to carry a bag  >> not really fits into my inside pocket of my Jeans jacket
  • Error Prone - useless when jogging or mountain-biking >> does not like many bumps but has a 45 seconds memory >> also dangerous to mountain bike, bike or jog wioth those on and anyway who wants to listen to music while mountainn biking
  • Need to  carry around a pair of extra batteries  > Duracell last enough not to worry about this
  • Only one disc at a time ... or you need to carry a pack of discs additionally, making it even more cumbersome >> unless in a train , I never use the small headphones for mlore than the duration of one disc.


More cumbersome I agree, but I feel no need to be around the bloody portable music player anytime, anyplace, anyhow etc....

 
What I think it must come down to is the use you have from these portable music players. Let's face it, I love music and cannot imagine wanting to listen to it in many cases where I could not pay attention to it.
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Points: 21138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 13 2006 at 07:50
Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:




  • No freezing
  • No software
  • No charging
  • No quality loss
  • no memory problems
  • $35


add these points:

  • Heavy
  • Doesn't fit in your pocket -> need to carry a bag
  • Error Prone - useless when jogging or mountain-biking
  • Need to  carry around a pair of extra batteries
  • Only one disc at a time ... or you need to carry a pack of discs additionally, making it even more cumbersome




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Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Viajero Astral Viajero Astral wrote:

Originally posted by Ed_The_Dead Ed_The_Dead wrote:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:



  • No freezing
  • No software
  • No charging
  • No quality loss
  • no memory problems
  • $35
Wink



Oliver would be proudLOL
 
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A MP3 CD player with a CD-RW were you can burn a lot of mp3 files is a good combination

That's true - I had one before I got my MP3 player, but people give you funny looks on the train to work when you get a CD player out. It's now the equivalent of a wind-up gramophone with a horn.LOL
And they don't give you the same look when they find out you're listening to prog? LOL
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Steven Wilson has spoken out against iPod culture, listener playlists and shuffle features on numerous occasions. Playing Deadwing on your iPod was asking for trouble. Send Steve a wedge of cash for a nice slab of limited edition vinyl and pray for forgiveness.
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    I was hesitant to go the iPod route, and thought my mp3/cd player was just fine. I broke down and got the 20 gig model last year, and I love it. I've had no problems. The battery isn't holding the charge as long, but I got a battery pack (that acts like a charger) from battery geek. I don't drive, so I walk, bicycle, bus, etc. In other words, I use it all the time. It's so nice to have so much music, without all the bulk. No changing discs either.
     Why shouldn't we prog people use them? The pop fans like the little ones, because they listen to the same lame songs over and over again. The key there also being songs, not albums. So I say, put pressure on Steve Jobs to make these things reliable, and have big enough drives for our epic musical masterpieces.
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I have a iriver H320 and its been problem free for over 1 year. I like they way its easy to use and there is no need to mess around with itunes.
 
 
I am glad to say that there are no rap, techno or pop songs on it, minus Vangelis.


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Originally posted by Zargus Zargus wrote:

Comon people CD players are so prog, Itunes & Ipods and god knows are for normal mainstream rap lisening people. Real prog rockers have cd players. Thumbs Up


I thought that the REAL prog rockers have portable vinyl players!Wink
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Comon people CD players are so prog, Itunes & Ipods and god knows are for normal mainstream rap lisening people. Real prog rockers have cd players. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Rust Rust wrote:

The power of prog must have crashed your i-pod. I'm sure Apple had pop music in mind when making them.
 
 
 
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This is entirely possible.  perhaps the thick instrumentation and long tracks taxed its poor little brain to the breaking point....


or maybe it was just a piece of sh*t.

I'm considering going the flash memory route as soon as i have some cash, but I don't want the ipod version, but I'd like a good bit of room on it.  Guess I'll have to shop around.
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I have a 256mb mp3 player, but i prefer cd
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The power of prog must have crashed your i-pod. I'm sure Apple had pop music in mind when making them.
 
 
 
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I got their 1 GB player, small as hell, plays MP3, WMA, OGG and has FM radio.  Seems to me you get more robustness out of these little flash players, avoid HDs.  Like chopper I can load enough music for the workweek, and then reload with new tunes.  Although I mostly listen to CDs in the car and ripped OGGs on my work Linux box.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

I took the decision not to get an MP3 player with a huge capacity for this very reason. I paid £80 for a Samsung one with 2Gb. It takes around 30 albums which is enough for a couple of weeks listening to and from work. Every few days I load up the albums I fancy listening to and delete the ones I have listened to. So long as it lasts a couple of years I'll be happy with it.


This is the exact same approach I took. I went with the 4 GB iPod Nano. I generally only load it up with enough music for  one charge (about 14 hours), unless I'll be on an extended vacation. I'm usually not away from my computer long enough to justify needing to carry my entire library with me at all times.

Goldenspiral, sorry to hear about your woes. FWIW, most of the iPod horror stories I've heard have been due to hard drive failure. I've always been somewhat wary of anything with delicate moving parts that small that's supposed to be portable. I've had my Nano (which uses flash memory in lieu of a hard drive) for about 7 months now, and haven't had any problems yet *knocking on 4 different types of wood*...
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I have a CD portfolio that contains my collection with the liner notes. I love having the liner notes on display with my music. I even have a section for my Simon and Garfunkel MiniLPs, which are slightly too big to put in the case, and have torn the plastic pockets slightly.
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I've never wanted an mp3 player or iPod. I'm attached to the audio format.
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Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

the new Toshiba gigabeat looks good
works with Windows media player
http://reviews.cnet.com/Toshiba_Gigabeat_S_MES30VW_30GB_white/4505-6499_7-31660763.html?tag=cnetfd.ec
about $280



Wow, that is excellent. I think I shall buy that.
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