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Originally Posted by Travis
I purchased my first iPod last Thursday (01.17.08) and I have to say, I’m not that knocked out by it. I’m trying to get into it. I like the concept behind it. I think it’s cool that you can load up your iPod to mirror your iTunes library, but for me it’s a sound quality issue. The place I listen to music the most is in my car. I don’t use ear buds, I don’t enjoy music that way, even on a long trip (like on a train or plane). I have to be in my car and on the go. Anyway, I’m using a tape adapter, which is really the only other way to use an iPod in the car aside from the radio adapter thing (which totally sucks.) Most have said that a tape adapter is better than the FM radio adapter cuz at least you won’t get interference but even still, by no means is this better than listening to a CD or even a cassette tape, you lose so much quality. Even if I make a CD form iTunes using mp3s, even that sounds better. I just don’t understand why people would sacrifice quality over quantity. What good is it if the sound kind of sucks? In any event, I’m probably going to hold onto it. It could be good for long road trips. Some CDs I save as pure wav files (like the Mirage CD for example – the input level on that one is abysmal so imagine importing that as mp3 then importing that to iPod – YUCK), so some I save as wav files and I kick up on the volume a few notches in the “options” sections in my library and it’s not so bad. But it’s a lot of playing around with the settings just to get the music to sound halfway decent. Just put in a damn CD for pete’s sake – problem solved.
T.
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i get that, but i've played around with my settings enough to where it sounds good to my ears. Which doesn't have to be a lot
and a little bit of quality lost sounds a helluva lot better than skipping CDs (from hitting a bump, or scratches) and nothing at all while you're fumbling to find another cd
I have the tape adapter too. One of these days i'll have a new car where it has the ipod hookup. anyone have one of these? does it sound better that way?
and I prefer listening to mine in the car vs. on my computer because my sound system in my car is miles better than my comp ever thought about being