NauticusLX;208071 Wrote:
I decided to get the Sansa e280.
Good choice with the Sansa (I also bought one recently) but I would
seriously recommend that you install Rockbox. The Sansa firmware is OK
at best - format support is poor and the shuffle function just
doesn't work!
Rockbox has
Good point, but I'll be listening to this at home on my main stereo as
much as anywhere else, and probably never in a noisy environment.
Actually, I'm never in a noisy environment. Listening to music in a
randomized order will be a uniquely enjoyable experience that I
wouldn't expect to be
Aah, my misunderstanding. I would have thought that you'd use a
Squeezebox at home on your main system (this being a Slim Devices forum
and all). Even so, since disk capacity is a potential constraint, it's
worth testing whether you can hear the difference between 320 and lower
bitrates on the
I think from a usability point of view the ipod-itunes combination is
excellent. I've had a few mp3 players before buying an ipod and the
software for some of them is dreadful.
itunes also handles ripping and re-encoding so you can experiment with
different quality settings and find a
NauticusLX;207967 Wrote:
I was hoping to put about 20 CD's onto a nano (all my Rippingtons CD's
and a few other smooth jazz fav's. Imagine all that played back in
random order, without hassling with CD's). One CD being about 150 MB
at 320 kbps (in the MP3 format), that's about 3 gigs for
Get an iPod (probably a none for so little music) and rip to AAC
lossless for best quality. Once you have lived a bit, you might want
to try Rockbox, which is open source firmware and can play FLAC files -
this frees you from Apple, if you care about that kind of thing.
Once you have lots more
I decided to get the Sansa e280. 8 gigs of solid-state memory, so no
moving parts. The 8gig version is normally $199 but on sale this week
at BestBuy for $149. That's $100 bucks less than the 8 gig ipod nano!
And the Sansa also has an FM radio and can record. It also has a
liquid metal back:o
NauticusLX;208071 Wrote:
If it will store 50 CD's, as per my earlier calculation, that would be
nice.
If you're going to rip (or better yet, transcode from existing lossless
files) specifically for your new portable you might want to experiment
with the bitrate at bit. Given the
Attention audiophiles: I want to put about 20 of my CD's on an ipod (or
similar device). What's the best device for this, and how can I copy
my CD's onto it? How many gigs would I need to store 20 CD's, while
maintaining maximum fidelity?
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NauticusLX
Well you have the option of continuing with the Apple firmware on the
iPod or moving to Rockbox (depending on iPod model). Those two give you
different options and advantages (FLAC and customized EQ on Rockbox,
Apple Lossless and better battery life on Apple). What you use to rip
and encode will
Wow, that's a headful. Actually, I discovered on my own, just after
posting my initial, that I can rip straight to an ipod (read about it
at dbpoweramp.com) or can use the services of Awaken.com, who can put
100 CD's on a single DVD, which I can then use to upload to an ipod or
similar.
I was
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