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| From | "Don Stroud \(Nocean\)" <info@noceanstudios.com> |
| Subject | Thanks for all the iPod feedback! |
| Date | Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:43:06 -0700 |
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That's gotta be one of the more informative, personal, non-confrontational
extended threads this list has had in a long time.
And since I started the damn thing, I thought I'd chime in as well.
I keep hearing "loss of fidelity" tossed around as a reason not to have one,
but many people have already mentioned that most of the time, the iPod is
being used in a less-than-acoustically perfect environment. For me, it's
while I'm hiking, or taking the train, or driving between both ends of the
great state of CA. None of these environments can match the quiet of my
office, which is where I listen to stuff when I want to *listen hard*. So a
128 MP3 sounds just fine to me.
And, oddly enough, since most of the time I'm listening to music through
speakers, when I put on the headphones, I actually get the true, strong
stereo effect, and I can pick out small things buried in the mix that are
easier to hear when it's being fed right into your head. But I am very
careful not to go too loud. I want to be able to hear, but if I'm in a place
where the outside noise drowns things out, I just turn it off. I'm not going
to fight loud noise with louder noise.
Also, someone mentioned the benefits of shuffle, and I couldn't agree more.
Individual songs get dredged up that I either wouldn't normally listen to,
or I'd forgotten about. And sometimes they're unexpected treats.
One thing I *don't* do, though, is put full albums on my iPod. For me, the
listening experience is better when it's just the songs I really, really
like. There are a few execeptions, like Prince's "Purple Rain" and My Bloody
Valentine's "Loveless" and Queen's "Queen II", but for the most part, I like
cherry-picking my mobile music.
Thanks to everyone who chimed in. May the music never stop!
Don
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