Robster Wrote: > Itunes is better though, but I did not want to join to Isheep > flock......never mind that those white headphones are a thief magnet! > As this is the Audiophile forum, allow me to make some unsubstantiated assertions: :-)
The stock iPod earphones *suck*, so if you choose an iPod be sure to get something better. And it doesn't have to be white. However, I haven't found earbuds I'm totally happy with yet. Alas, wearing Sennheiser HD-580s out of the house is somewhat awkward. Simon, you won't be able to hear the difference between lossless and a high-bitrate LAME-encoded MP3 on a portable device. The issue is convenience, as generating MP3 versions of your lossless files is an extra step. Personally, I rip all my music into FLAC files for use with the Squeezebox, then generate MP3 versions to import into iTunes for use on my iPods. I love my iPods, one a 5th generation 60 GB, one a 4 GB nano. I used to use a Rio Karma, and it sounded great, but 20 GB just wasn't enough space for my MP3 files, to say nothing of my FLAC files. I believe the iPod sounds better than the Karma, but I haven't done any serious comparisons. On the other hand, since I still have my Karma... The Karma is the way to go! Buy mine! :-) -- dem Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dem's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2504 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21370 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
