Mp3 players..

[Jillianne]

I'm looking to buy an MP3 player, can anyone explain details of exactly how to use it and what features I should expect..Thanks. What do you think of this one?

I need advice!

[cosmosis]

well I know this: average album in mp3 at 128kps takes about 60-70MB. You do the math.

[Kevin]

Go i-pod. They're cute, leading the market currently (thus will be catered to), and God knows Apple needs all the friends they can get !

[SoulGirl]

i prefer the iRiver (prob cos i have one!) because the touch pad control on the iPod gets really annoying! that's pretty much the only difference between the two except that for the fashion victims the iPod is *in* and looks alot sleeker!!

[Jillianne]

Hmm..What memory would I be looking for to hold 500 songs or so?

[Addictedtoclassic]

If all the songs are burned about 128kbps, then each minute of each song will be around 1MB. So if the songs average 4 minutes, then you would need 2GB of space on the MP3 player. Now, the size of the MP3 file will depend on the speed at which it was copied at, but 1MB = 1 min is a pretty good rule of thumb to go by so that you don't end up with less song space than you think you would.

[Jillianne]

Oh okay spank you, I'm geting a 20gb one

[Addictedtoclassic]

I don't think I would even have enough music to fill 20GB of space on an MP3 player. You could go days without hearing the same song twice. I also notice that they sell a 40GB one, good Lord that's huge.

[Jillianne]

No seriously..I have A LOT of music

[edna]

Go i-pod. They're cute, leading the market currently (thus will be catered to), and God knows Apple needs all the friends they can get !

I have a mac... don´t understand much about computers, my husband works with it (graphic designer) but I can´t download music. I know there are programs to do it, etc., but as it´s a working tool I´d rather ask my friends who have PCs to do it for me and burn cds. Seems mac really needs friends...

[Jillianne]

Hmm..What websites do you use for teh downloading?

[Kevin]

Jillian, Apple is coming out with an amp/speaker system (here already) which will play your i-pod like a full stereo system ! Also other do-hickeys such as an ...(wait for it)... underwater case and headphones --gleat !--- for picking brineys off the shore; as well as wrap-around i-pod covers for those who want to personalize their conventional looking models.

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Disclaimer: I do not work for, nor know, any persons connected with Apple corp. ( Give 'em a break though ,love, what more do you want ? )

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[Jillianne]

LOL

Woahness, problay worth a lotta moolah though!

And BTW are you really Japanese?

[Kevin]

Oh I velly velly Japonaise, wound-eyes ! You want twouble? My geisha, she say, "What mean ,Meh "? ::

[Jillianne]

Japanese people talk like that? I thought it was just Chinese! My best Friend, Nikita is half chinese

[Kevin]

Den you lissen her ! She say i-pod ! You reckon ! C'mon ! Love Sister ! You ok GI ! You give job hard wolking type , No ?

[edna]

Kevin is a cousin in second degree of Yoko Ono...

[Kevin]

You're light, Edna! In fact I say "You clazy ? Mally lich famous white boy . Good you ! Big money diworce ! Loalties set you up big time ! Shut up !" *

jillian, yeah lots of dough, but it's worth it !

* The original Japanese, of course, is much more lovely and... poetic !?

[Jillianne]

yoko

Anywho seriously anyone know good downloading sites that don't riddle teh computer with viruses? like er ahem Kazaa

[Kevin]

All apologies , jillian! Just a manic interlude. Seriously, i-pod rules -- screw fashion or anti-fashion !

[Alexander]

Yeah, Ipod rules! I've got one and it absolutely rocks

You can download songs for 99c on the Itunes Music Store

[Xenophod]

Yeah, Ipod rules! I've got one and it absolutely rocks

You can download songs for 99c on the Itunes Music Store

I totally agree. iPod's rock.

I bought the 40gig iPod in January... they've released two new versions since then though... the newest has a color screen and you can view photos too.

iPods are cool.

[cosmosis]

40 gigs? That's insane. You know how long it took me to break that barrier? I'm just about to double that now ::

[XXX]

I was thinkin about getting an iPod, but then I did some real thinking about that and this kid pretty much sums it up why I chose not to. Mebbe I'll get one when they're at cheapo prices ::

[MindCrime]

40 gigs? That's insane. You know how long it took me to break that barrier? I'm just about to double that now ::

Don't forget that it also matters at what frequency you burn your music. For me 128-kbps isn't enough quality, I prefer 1.53 Mbps. I convert my tracks to a PCM codec of [48 kHz](16bit Stereo) with little or no compression. While this leaves the audio in much more clearer digital sound for my subwoofers & speakers, it also causes it's heavy-weight mass, I'm talkin' 11MB for every minute of music!! That's where these 20-30 gig players come in handy.