Comments on: Friend Visit…Friend Bring Neat Toy http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/ Our Journey to a Debt-Free Life Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:43:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mapgirl http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-171875 mapgirl Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:42:25 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/#comment-171875 Chris is correct, they are only digital audio players. You can do just as well with a different brand like Sony or Creative without being forced to use AAC compression which is Apple's proprietary format. If you want better sound quality, upgrade your computer speakers and get better codecs for your music when you rip a CD or play them back. Studio monitors are supposedly the best, but I think they take up a ton of room and cost too much for the value I'd get out of them. Chris is correct, they are only digital audio players. You can do just as well with a different brand like Sony or Creative without being forced to use AAC compression which is Apple’s proprietary format. If you want better sound quality, upgrade your computer speakers and get better codecs for your music when you rip a CD or play them back. Studio monitors are supposedly the best, but I think they take up a ton of room and cost too much for the value I’d get out of them.

]]> By: Tricia http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-171513 Tricia Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:40:56 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/#comment-171513 I do really like quality of sound. I really love music in general. More I think about it, I should just live with what I have and get back into creating my own music! I am not doing enough of that. Mrs. Micah - I've always wanted to play violin :) I do really like quality of sound. I really love music in general. More I think about it, I should just live with what I have and get back into creating my own music! I am not doing enough of that.

Mrs. Micah – I’ve always wanted to play violin :)

]]> By: Erik http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-168876 Erik Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:25:50 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/#comment-168876 As a music fan, I'd take a bullet for my ipod, but I have to say, if it's the quality of the sound you're after, you can upgrade those computer speakers for a fraction of the price of an ipod. As a music fan, I’d take a bullet for my ipod, but I have to say, if it’s the quality of the sound you’re after, you can upgrade those computer speakers for a fraction of the price of an ipod.

]]> By: Mrs. Micah http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-168855 Mrs. Micah Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:10:27 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/#comment-168855 *sigh* My sister has a real one and a nano. Of course, I bought a $2000 violin and she didn't, so I suppose that could cover both. Sometimes I'm jealous, but then I ask myself how often I use my Discman. And how much of the time it's because of the inconvenience. I think it's mostly because I just don't need it. I still lust, but at least I can say "Well, I wouldn't use it, so it's ok." *sigh* My sister has a real one and a nano. Of course, I bought a $2000 violin and she didn’t, so I suppose that could cover both. Sometimes I’m jealous, but then I ask myself how often I use my Discman. And how much of the time it’s because of the inconvenience. I think it’s mostly because I just don’t need it. I still lust, but at least I can say “Well, I wouldn’t use it, so it’s ok.”

]]> By: Esther http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-168826 Esther Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:37:26 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/#comment-168826 You can go to Apple's website and look up refurbished iPod's. You can buy older models that are a fraction of the cost. You can go to Apple’s website and look up refurbished iPod’s. You can buy older models that are a fraction of the cost.

]]> By: Chris http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-168793 Chris Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:59:23 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/10/friend-visitfriend-bring-neat-toy/#comment-168793 iPods, for all their Apple-flavored shininess, are still just mp3 players. They run from $30-$400, and most of your basic-fancy players are in the sub-$100 range. I like the SanDisks myself. iPods, for all their Apple-flavored shininess, are still just mp3 players. They run from $30-$400, and most of your basic-fancy players are in the sub-$100 range. I like the SanDisks myself.

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