10-11-2004, 04:24 AM
LochnarITB,Oct 10 2004, 05:10 PM Wrote:- What player do you use and/or lust after? What about it makes it your favorite? How easy is it to set up categories and/or albums and to then navigate that setup? What formats do you use and what does it support? Does it have voice recording and/or an FM tuner? How is it on battery life and/or is it rechargable?
I'm wondering the exact same thing as I have wondered about getting one of them too.
LochnarITB,Oct 10 2004, 05:10 PM Wrote:- What software do you use for ripping your CDs to play on it? How does it perform for speed and quality of sound? What formats does it support and does it convert formats?
FreeRip is my favorite. Easy to use, free, and has a decent CD database.
LochnarITB,Oct 10 2004, 05:10 PM Wrote:- Do you buy MP3s off of one of the services instead of going the CD route? If so, what service and how good is it for services and availability?
No way. Services don't offer the kind of music I want to hear anyway, so I just buy the CDs and rip the CDs to my computer. I don't share it, so it annoys me when CDs have copy protection and I am almost to the point where I won't buy a CD if it has some stupid copy protection built in. All it does is harm the honest guys out there as the thieves don't care.
LochnarITB,Oct 10 2004, 05:10 PM Wrote:I have pretty much ignored the iPods if for no other reason than it seems to be the "in" thing right now and I am not an in-crowd kind of guy. Rio and iRiver both seem to have some really nice units ranging from tiny little units that hold a few dozen songs all the way up to the 20+ gig units that I could never afford to fill.
I had a 32MB Rio about 6 years ago and could never get it to work right. I figured I would wait a few years before spending any kind of cash on one. 20GB units just seem awfully big for some reason ;-)