From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V6 #103 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Saturday, April 21 2007 Volume 06 : Number 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:56:48 -0400 From: Red Subject: Re: seven-seas mp3 players At 06:55 AM 4/20/2007, you wrote: >Can anyone on the list advise me about mp3 players, headphones to >use, etc. Cheers...Peter Well, my son has a 4gb iPod Nano, and it's a piece of cake to use! (and if i can do it, anyone can!) hehehee He just uses the headphones that came with it. They seem decent quality, for earbuds. Red ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:40:57 +0000 From: "Peter Burnand" Subject: Re: seven-seas mp3 players Thanks, Frank. Please excuse the attempted humour; my post about mp3 players was a birrova pisstake to be honest (as this has been rather a hot topic recently). Anyway, always interesting to read your posts and I'm happy to see I've already done pretty much all you've suggested. Got the 40gb iPod a couple of years back and it's the best present I've had for a very long time. Probably since my first bike! My only regret is that it's a Windows iPod and I've belatedly realized (after many years of pc indoctrination) that Macs are the way forward. Plus the battery doesn't seem to last long but I think they've upgraded these so I'll get a new one. Got the ordinary Bose NR headphones and I love them. A Bunnymen related example of my warped 'wit'... After the majestic Bunnymen show at LIPA and (somewhat the worse for wear) I bumped into Ian McCulloch and a hyped-up entourage sweeping triumphantly into the bar. I deadpanned to him: "A'right, Mac, what time you going on?" Everybody looked blank but quick as a flash Mac casually replied "Oh, about half past." He could have shot me down for this embarrassing nonsense but thankfully he played along! >Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:31:41 -0400 >From: Frank Coleman >Subject: Re: seven-seas mp3 players > >Peter: > >As far as mp3 players go, there's a reason why iPods are the brand name >synonymous with the product category. http://store.apple.com > >Pick up an iPod that has the largest amount of disc space your budget >can afford. You can never have too much disc space. Be sure to look at >refurbished models on the Apple site as well. I'd also recommend >getting the AppleCare warranty. Apple's customer service is second to >none. The price difference between the online store and a >brick-and-mortar Apple store is negligible, so by all means visit one if >there's one in your area. > >Whether you have a Mac or a PC, download Apple's free iTunes program and >you'll have everything you need to rip and manage your music >collection. One of the nicer features is if you're connected to the web >and insert a CD for ripping, it'll automatically find the album info and >stamp the files with the artist's name, song title, album title, etc. >Often, it'll even show the cover art. > >Before you start ripping, set the preferences to use MP3 format at 128k >bitrate or higher. The higher the bitrate, the higher quality sound >you'll get, but at the expense of bigger files and thus more space taken >up by fewer songs on your iPod. If you have a 60gb hard drive, that's >less of an issue than if you have a 4gb. ;) My sweetie's 60gb iPod is >about 3/4 full and has about a week's worth of music on it. > >As has been noted here, you are more likely to hear the difference in >fidelity at higher bitrates if you compare them side by side, so >consistency is a virtue. For most people, 128k passes as CD Quality. >160k or 192k is a viable compromise. If you download music, you'll get >bitrates all over the place. I wouldn't worry too much about all this. > >As for headphones, look into those nifty new Bose in-ear models. >They're supposed to be amazing. > >Hope this helps. > >best, >FBC _________________________________________________________________ Mortgage rates near historic lows. 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