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Maybe a little late, but I prefer the sound quality, battery life, and general versatility of my MiniDisc player. Not as much storage as an iPod, but a lot more than a regular mp3 player. 260 minutes depending on your recording speed. Light, ultra portable, and indestructible. Oh yeah, you can buy 3 of them for the price of one iPod.

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DNA1997 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: March 08 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 28	Posted: June 10 2004 at 17:05
	Maybe a little late, but I prefer the sound quality, battery life, and general versatility of my MiniDisc player. Not as much storage as an iPod, but a lot more than a regular mp3 player. 260 minutes depending on your recording speed. Light, ultra portable, and indestructible. Oh yeah, you can buy 3 of them for the price of one iPod.

Fitzcarraldo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1835	Posted: June 01 2004 at 18:18
	Thanks to you all for the comments and URLs - I'll check them out.

Certif1ed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559	Posted: June 01 2004 at 03:33
	For those with the time and inclination, here are some articles on Tom's about these devices - which I would suggest are essential reading for anyone about to spend $2-500 on a "Walkman" (used generically!) http://www4.tomshardware.com/mobile/20030911/index.html http://www4.tomshardware.com/mobile/20031122/index.html http://www4.tomshardware.com/mobile/20040130/index.html http://www6.tomshardware.com/mobile/20001110/ http://www6.tomshardware.com/mobile/20001004/ And, if you want to know how these things work, try here; http://earthlink.com.com/4520-7964_7-5134106-2.html

dude Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 30 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1338	Posted: May 31 2004 at 10:10
	yes fitz i have a freind who owns one of these little beuteis and you CAN store thousands of songs on them.His model is about 5 inches long and about 2 inches wide,the sound quality is amazing......i must find out HOW they work stunning stuff!!

Dusanyu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: May 29 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 19	Posted: May 29 2004 at 01:08
	I dont like to be locked into one format. Dont get me wrong the Ipod is a grate Device Sterophile Magizne gave it digitalsourcereviews/934/">Glowin Reviues.But the I-Pod convenently Limits you to eather MP3 or the AAC format that is used in Apple iTunes music store. Personly I find both Codecs lacking as compared to the Open Source OGG Vorbis codec as the say the prrof is in the pugging you can actuly ogg/vorbis/listen.html">Hear the diffrance Bewtween ogg, wma8, MP3 LAME 3.91, and MP3 Pro. Given this data when i went to purchace a Portable Audio player I went with the iRiver H14, as it is a harddrive based player with suport of MP3, WMA, ASF, WAV and OGG it also alows one to conect the plarer to a Audio out of thire stareio system and Oerform Realtime MP3 Encodeing of ones LP and tapes as MP3's a process that is not fun on a computer

Certif1ed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559	Posted: May 22 2004 at 17:12
	The main problem with iPods is that the white headphones are very distinctive, and thieves have been targetting them. http://www.Tomshardware.com reckons that the Creative device is better - take a look over there, as Tom's is a good place for tech reviews and recommendations.

Joren Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 07 2004 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 6667	Posted: May 16 2004 at 04:47
	er... what is it?

Fitzcarraldo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1835	Posted: May 16 2004 at 00:46
	No member of these forums owns an iPod! I can't believe it!

Fitzcarraldo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1835	Posted: May 05 2004 at 13:24
	Perhaps this is not quite the right place to post this, but... Does anyone have an iPod and what is their opinion of it (particularly for listening to prog rock and other complex music such as classical music with many instruments)? I am seriously tempted to get one but would like to know if they are really as good as some people are saying. I met someone who has around 10,000 songs on his iPod and takes it everywhere, including work. He told me that he just plugs the iPod into his HIFI at home instead of putting on a CD these days, and his CD rack is just gathering dust. I would be grateful for any good or bad comments from those of you who own one of these things.