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Originally posted by TigerClaw I have two of those big case logic cd wallets filled with mp3 cds in them, Huge amount of hours there to listen to on your mp3 cds, Also great if you have a DVD Player with mp3 playback.

Good point.

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Maynard James Keenan:
Like hearing my grandmother, talk to her dog that way -- "Ooo
-- puppy!" and I said I'd never do that, ever! And now I have two
dogs and I talk like an imbecile! I wander around, "Ooo! You want
food!" I've turned into a f*cking moron.

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Originally posted by wwu.punisher I've been through two IPods, to date. Trust me... I know what I'm talking about. Why the fuck should you have to pay $40 for extended coverage? IRiver guarantees their shit. Period. And it doesn't break. Ever.

sorry you had a shitty experience. But mine has dropped i've ran with it for 3 hours and much more. Never one skip. And i have never had to send it in for service. Only had one bad experience when the hold button was frozen on *regardless of how the switch was, the ipod read it as locked* But that went away all on it's own and i haven't had a problem since then.

My battery will last 8 hours or so straight listening often more. I've had it for a year now.

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Maynard James Keenan:
Like hearing my grandmother, talk to her dog that way -- "Ooo
-- puppy!" and I said I'd never do that, ever! And now I have two
dogs and I talk like an imbecile! I wander around, "Ooo! You want
food!" I've turned into a f*cking moron.

ipod gen2, still working for at least 2 years now

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soulful/latin/deep house + jazz

Hearing these mixed reviews of the iPod, I've decided that whenever I pick up an mp3 player I wont be getting an iPod.

Don't let him deter you. Go check it out for yourself, use the return policy.

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Maynard James Keenan:
Like hearing my grandmother, talk to her dog that way -- "Ooo
-- puppy!" and I said I'd never do that, ever! And now I have two
dogs and I talk like an imbecile! I wander around, "Ooo! You want
food!" I've turned into a f*cking moron.

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Originally posted by getfoul Don't let him deter you. Go check it out for yourself, use the return policy.

It's not just him. A bunch of my friends have iPods; some have bad experiences, some don't.

Return policy or not, I don't want to waste my time on something that might or might not work.

Even if I was going to get an iPod, what makes it so "special" anyways?

after looking around at iRiver reviews for the 20 gig HD one, I see the same thing over and over, Complicated to use, bad for left handed people the wya the buttons are arranged, and Horrible sound quality.

It will only support .wma and .mp3 from what i've read and there is a lot of hissing and cracking in the music. I do not have that problem in the ipod. The music that I Encode with AAC sounds exacly like it did on the CD.



""very high noise floor, IPOD MUCH MUCH BETTER"
Amit on 19-Oct-2003 09:23:18 PM


Pros:__lots of options


Cons:__Ulitmately it is music that one wants to listen to. This product (just like some other iRiver products) has too much hiss and noise UNLIKE IPOD to be taken seriously. If you think you will be listening to the 'features' more and the music less, then by all means buy this. Otherwise, avoid



"WMA files not fully supported"
JP on 07-Nov-2003 06:31:46 PM


Pros:__Features, sound quality, remote control, and many other good things they say about this player are quite true.


Cons:__You will have to find WMA files by file/folder name only. (I.e., tags are not supported for WMA files.) This is a big con, especially if you've been rippig CD's with Windows Media Player like I have, as WMP uses a three-layer folder structure AND file/folder names are not always very descriptive.


"Sounds good on paper..."
Terry K on 10-Nov-2003 01:21:25 AM


Pros:__I tried out my friend's player...the only pro I can think of for it is that HE BOUGHT IT and NOT ME!


Cons:__Bad FM reception...poor quality MP3 playback."


If you are buying something for music, make sure the music playback is up to par.

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Maynard James Keenan:
Like hearing my grandmother, talk to her dog that way -- "Ooo
-- puppy!" and I said I'd never do that, ever! And now I have two
dogs and I talk like an imbecile! I wander around, "Ooo! You want
food!" I've turned into a f*cking moron.