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   #14. Posted at 03:08 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
Vrock
Sadly, there's still no technology out there that can make AAC and MP3 sound good. Remember when sound quality mattered more than how fancy your playback device was? *sigh*
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#14, Lucky for me I don't have "Golden Ears". I have been into au...  :  snowdog  (#15)  «
#15, I don't have golden ears either and 128k VBR AAC sounds f...  :  Taddeusz  (#23)  «
#14, Good thing the iPod supports lossless then (ALE, WAV and AIF...  :  MagerValp  (#20)  «
#14, I'm so old everything sounds good.  :  My Johnson  (#22)  «
#14, AAC, OGG and MP3 = lossy formats. They will not have 90%+ fi...  :  Krogoth  (#26)  «
#26, I tell you and Vrock, take some of the tests that are pos...  :  droopy1592  (#28)  «
#28, They won't do it, because they're too scared to find o...  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#35)  «
#35, I've never tried anything higher than 256kps for MP...  :  Vrock  (#55)  «
#55, Try it. Even on a non-blind test, I only *though...  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#58)  «
#58, I've done the same, once in a while I *though...  :  Smurfer2  (#59)  «
#58, He can't, he's just always trolling about mp3...  :  droopy1592  (#61)  «
#55, I also remember the anti-CD folks who insisted V...  :  snowdog  (#60)  «
#60, Surely you're not suggesting that lossy forma...  :  Vrock  (#66)  «
#66, What encoder are we talking about here? Al...  :  just brew it!  (#71)  «
#26, There's also Apple Lossless, though, which on an 80 or 16...  :  SNM  (#32)  «
#32, Same here! I'm running to 80s right now. *shock*  :  Kharnellius  (#37)  «
#26, Don't forget APE :)  :  HiggsBoson  (#47)  «
#26, Thank you, Captain Obvious.  :  Vrock  (#54)  «

   #70. Posted at 07:55 PM on Sep 7th 2007 Edit   Reply
thorz
16GB sucks :(
I like that touch baby with the 160GB disk!
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   #30. Posted at 05:33 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
droopy1592
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/do_higher_mp3_bit_rates_pay_off?pa...

this story just confirms what users on hydrogenaudio and heafi say: A high variable bit rate is virtually indistinguishable from CD audio. Most people guess it right, or get it wrong. And they take all day doing it! If it takes repeated listenings to guess it right or guess it wrong, compressed audio must not be all that bad.
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#30, That "study" used a Soundblaster X-FI for a DAC, and headpho...  :  QuailRider  (#69)  «

   #39. Posted at 07:37 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
WaltC
Update: Along with introducing new iPods, Apple has slashed the price of its flagship 8GB iPhone from $599 to a much more reasonable $399. The company is also doing away with the 4GB iPhone model, which previously sold for $499.

Along with the info that you can buy the canceled 4gb iPhones "while they last" at $299, this info leads me to believe that Apple's also been disappointed with the rate at which the 8gb iPhone has been selling, and so Apple's slashed the price to stimulate 8gb iPhone sales. As for the 4gb iPhone, it's sales must've been much lower still and resulted in large excess inventories, so Apple's canceled further production of them and has dropped the bottom out of the price in the hopes of clearing the remaining stocks.
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#39, Or Apple saw that rivals are moving faster than it thought i...  :  Gandhi  (#40)  «
#40, Now that sounds like a pretty good theory...  :  HiggsBoson  (#46)  «
#40, Fine, but why not wait out the year then?...;) Edit: Appar...  :  WaltC  (#68)  «

   #3. Posted at 02:13 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
flybywire
That new Nano is really ugly. Did Jobs run out design ideas?
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#3, That Nano is ugly!  :  Smurfer2  (#6)  «
#3, Ugh, my computer is messing up and I double posted. :S  :  Smurfer2  (#7)  «
#3, yea that thing sucks ass, the original nano was sleek and se...  :  blitzy  (#18)  «
#3, It looks to me like a cheap ripoff of the Zen V. Maybe a big...  :  Vinceant  (#43)  «
#3, What were they thinking? It's too wide now :/  :  AbRASiON  (#57)  «
#57, Video. That's what they were thinking.  :  Alex  (#64)  «
#3, My initial response was the same. Personally, I have to see ...  :  Kharnellius  (#67)  «

   #63. Posted at 02:31 PM on Sep 6th 2007 Edit   Reply
Ricardo Dawkins
Good lineup..so easy to target...;)
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#63, A little late to the party, are we ? ;) Adi  :  adisor19  (#65)  «

   #8. Posted at 02:52 PM on Sep 5th 2007, Edited at 02:53 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
SlyFerret
That iPod touch is exactly what I was hoping for. An iPhone, without the phone. Damn. Now I have to come up with some money.

Does the iPod touch have a regular headphone jack, or is it the same recessed jack that they put on the iPhone?

-SF
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#8, My thoughts exactly, it has a browser and everything. It loo...  :  Kraft75  (#10)  «
#10, Have you heard of the Archos 605wifi? They actually came ...  :  Semper1775  (#62)  «
#8, Personally, I was hoping for a hard-drive based player with ...  :  [SDG]Mantis  (#24)  «
#24, Yea, I was kind of dissapointed by the paltry 8GB and 16G...  :  Taddeusz  (#25)  «
#8, Agreed. I do wish they would have matched it to an 80 GB HD,...  :  blastdoor  (#41)  «

   #51. Posted at 11:06 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
credo
All I want to know: did they put a damn scratch resistant screen on it this time?
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#51, The iPhone screen is pretty darn scratch resistant, being th...  :  Gandhi  (#52)  «
#51, The Nano 2.0 (the one which just got superceeded) already ha...  :  AbRASiON  (#56)  «

   #44. Posted at 08:41 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
jinjuku
I wonder if MS is still going to try to position the Zune as a real competitor? They need to face the fact that Apple is juggernaut in this niche.
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#44, They know that apple is a juggernaut. In all reality Microsf...  :  thecoldanddarkone  (#45)  «
#45, They are trying to do it like they did the Xbox, first ge...  :  king_kilr  (#48)  «
#48, Except the second-gen XBox is not a break out product....  :  Gandhi  (#50)  «
#50, Poor MS. If their only competitor were Sony (both i...  :  blastdoor  (#53)  «

   #1. Posted at 02:10 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
ssidbroadcast
here's to hoping a wi-fi trade music hack/patch comes along. I want to trade my DRM-free songs with strangers on the bus. What an ice breaker, no?
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#1, Or, you might get brave and brash and try looking at people ...  :  WaltC  (#38)  «
#38, That method seems hit-and-miss for me. I already tried sh...  :  ssidbroadcast  (#49)  «

   #42. Posted at 08:04 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
elite3124
Now if ipod just supported programs like napster to go i would have to perfect mp3 player....
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   #11. Posted at 03:06 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
Materiel
8 and 16 GB capacities for a screen made for movie viewing is pretty insulting.
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#11, iPod Classic for you then. Up to 160GB available. It would ha...  :  snowdog  (#17)  «
#17, yeah apparently the 'touch' electronics take up as much s...  :  sativa  (#36)  «
#11, Why? You can fit a whole season of a TV show in 8 GB, or 8+ ...  :  MagerValp  (#19)  «
#11, Ya, they just make everyone buy these units with low storage...  :  droopy1592  (#29)  «
#29, flash memory prices are still pretty high...  :  sativa  (#34)  «

   #16. Posted at 03:20 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
Spotpuff
Does the iPod/phone still require Itunes to use?

Maybe I'm the only one who wasn't wowed by the Ipod... the masses love it though.
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#16, Winamp manages iPods just fine. In fact there are numerous ...  :  nagashi  (#21)  «
#21, but i can still assume that windows explorer isn't one of...  :  willyolio  (#31)  «
#31, you can use windows explorer.  :  sativa  (#33)  «

   #9. Posted at 02:55 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
Lord.Blue
The 4GB iPhone is now selling on the Apple store for $299 while supplies last.
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#9, Must...not....buy....  :  SNM  (#27)  «

   #4. Posted at 02:18 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
melvz90
funny after all the generations of ipods... Apple still doesn't know how to color match those ugly earphones with the ipod body color...
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#4, not to mention make them comfortable/decent.  :  ssidbroadcast  (#5)  «
#5, I find them fairly comfortable -- different ear shapes, e...  :  nexxcat  (#13)  «
#4, Why color the iconic white earphones? That would be the equi...  :  Decelerate  (#12)  «

   #2. Posted at 02:13 PM on Sep 5th 2007 Edit   Reply
king_kilr
Small correction, a patch is coming for the iPhone to allow wifi buying, I believe it is in the same time frame is iPod touch availability.
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