was HW: Vinyl, t-shirts, etc. now "iPods"

[Colin Allen]

That is a good point about the ATRAC system; live recordings do tend to work better without unwanted gaps!
   
  I also agree on ATRAC sounding better than MP3.

Steve Freight <stevefreight at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
  One interesting point that I have had is that MP3's in my experience put a 2
second gap in between tracks (do they still do this?). This can be VERY
annoying when listening to live stuff of medleys (Try Space Ritual with 2
second gaps between each track or the second side of the beatles Abbey
Road).

Sony Atrac system whilst also sounding better than mp3's (IMO) is continuous
so if you are using your own CD's as master then this may be a consideration
in your purchase.

My daughter bought one of the 4 gig Sony's that has built in noise
cancelling headphone technology - another plus if on a train.

Steve


On 3/20/07, Colin Allen wrote:
>
> I have one of those rather cute Sony ones (it was the smooth curves that
> made me buy it!); it also can charge via the USB port as well as via mains.
>
> Keith Henderson wrote: Paul wrote...
>
> Paul Mather
> wrote: >If you are going to buy an actual iPod, you charge it via the USB
> >port of the computer on which you run iTunes (which is how you load
> >tunes onto the iPod). So, there is no charger issue.
>
> Well, that's interesting. Tells you how much I know. Do all brands work
> this way? That would sure make things a lot more simple in one sense
> (worldwide universal), although I don't own a ("modern") computer let alone
> one that I would carry around in a backpack, so is that the *only* way they
> can be charged?
>
> >Of course, by "iPod" you could have meant a generic high-capacity
> portable music player. There are lots of those about. For example,
> I hear the ones by Creative are well recommended.
>
> Yeah, I was using the term in a "generic" sense, which probably pisses off
> Apple, as I know that trademarks can become invalid if terms become accepted
> as generic.
>
> Anyway, my interest in buying one would be entirely to load up music that
> I own myself (or is freely available online)...I have no interest in
> purchasing music files online. So to me it will be entirely a portable
> device - I don't want to buy music via Apple. So how might that change what
> brand I would prefer?
>
> I'll look into Creative anyway.
>
> Thanks...feel free to take offline is you think this is too much offtopic
> here.
>
> Grakkl
>
>
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