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| From | Dave Bradley <db65@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Why no iPod? (was Re: an iPod question (xposted)) |
| Date | Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:24:15 -0400 |
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>This isn't a slam, I'm just curious as to why someone wouldn't want
>one. I'm not championing them, or working for Apple, or anything
>like that. I got one as a birthday present, and I have to admit it's
>great for long-distance drives, hiking, etc.
In my case, it's because I can't stand the sound of lossy
compression, especially at the default level of compression used by
the iPod. I do hear the difference, and I do find it as grating as
fingernails on a chalkboard. There are ways of processing the file
after the fact that can hide a lot of the evidence of lossy
compression, but when you talk about doing the listening on the iPod,
forget it. It hurts my ears.
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