" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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"RCE" wrote in message
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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...........a 30gb Ipod is in my future and not the 4 gb Nano.

I have been importing songs from my CD's to my Itunes and now have over
6GB of music (1,462 songs), with several more CD's left to import.

BTW: Itunes is a nice program and very versatile. If anyone has it I
have a link to the optimal equalizer settings. Let me know if you want
it. ;-)



I was always an electronic gizmo and gadget nut, but for some reason the
whole appeal of Ipods and the like is lost on me. Why would I possibly
want thousands of poor quality, super compressed music files stored in
one of these? I guess they have their purpose, whatever it is, as they
seem to be very popular.

RCE


I guess I am not an audiophile as the mp3's sound fine to me. ;-)

I also like the idea of not having to lug around a bunch of CD's and have
all my music at my fingertips in a credit card sized piece of hardware.

Different strokes I guess........ ;-)


I don't consider myself an audiophile by any means. Those people are
obsessed. I can, though, hear a big difference in quality between a poor CD
recording and a good one and then the difference between a really good CD or
DVD recording and a SACD recording. Compressed mp3 files sound terrible by
comparison. Not to sound snotty, but part of the problem is the equipment
being used to play the music. "Boom boxes", most car audio systems and 500
dollar Sony 5.1 channel systems are going to produce any source material
equally lousy, so those that use them can't hear and appreciate the
difference. Nothing wrong with that of course, but there is so much more to
enjoy when listening on a decent system with time put aside and dedicated
to really listen to the performance.

So, one of the reasons I hate to see the popularity of mp3 compressed files
is that they are for convenience, not for quality. As they gain in
popularity it will become difficult and expensive to produce a conventional,
high quality CD due to the reduced market. The audiophile community is
already bemoaning the death of CDs as a media, much like LPs of years ago in
favor of the more popular Ipod type devices using compressed mp3 technology.
SACD and DVD-A recordings are becoming scarce and their production is
limited. It's too bad, because an evening of listening to good quality
recordings that gives you goosebumps may be coming to an end.

BTW - on the subject of music - I think it was Harry that recently
recommended an album entitled "Bronx Blue" by Dion. I got a copy and it's
excellent. A very different Dion, that's for sure. Also - for any
classical fans with SACD systems, check out Telarc's release of
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture performed by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
It's recorded in DSD (direct stream digital) and is fabulous. It will play
on conventional CD players, but to really get the full effect of this
superb recording technique, you must have a SACD setup and an amp and
speakers that can handle a very wide dynamic range. There are 6 other
classical recordings on it plus 5 tracks dedicated to system setup.

There's a warning though ... the cannons are loud and real sounding. Prior
to listening, caulk any loose windows in your house.

RCE