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Like this:
http://www.alteclansing.com/index.ph...iproduct_id=64

or:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/iHome...oductDetail.do

The heir to my fortune and empire is apparently enamored of these toys.
Interested in feedback if you've got something like this. I think it's
a mistake and that a guy should have an actual stereo system, even if
this means getting rid of his roommate to make space in the dorm room.
The prince doesn't agree.

The 'kids' are hoked on the iPods or reasonable facimilie.
No point fighting it.
My son has had one for a couple of years , and asked for a new model
this Christmas. Of course his mom ran right out and plopped down $400.00
+ taxes for it.
It was a lot cheaper back in the days of the old 45s.



If we eliminate HD radio from the discussion for the moment, an iPod is
probably no worse than listening to FM radio, which munges up the music
to an extent. My son's at least using music files pulled directly from
CDs for the most part, without any compression that he's applied. So, at
least he's not at the mercy of radio stations. But then, he's listening
with earbuds, which suck, according to my ears. I offered to get him a
set of nice Sennheiser 400-series open air headphones, but he's not
interested.

He's always right, ya know?


Without any compression? Are you sure about that. Cause the lossless
formats only achieve about a 70% reduction in file size so you get around
2 cds or so per gig. Default ripping with itunes uses the apple acc
compression which is a lossy algorythm. Mp3 is also lossy.



That's why I included the words "that he's applied". Although we have
different purposes in mind when we rip a CD, we both begin use Windows Media
Player as our starting point, with options set to do the least damage to the
files. Even if it's doing a little compression in that process, my ears
still tell me the results are better than some of what he downloads or
shares with friends.