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Well, with the release of the new smaller 1GB iPod Nano (smaller as in they reduced its storage to 1GB) and giving it a fairly attractive price at $150, I'm taking a closer look at these things now.
I could really use one now that I'm doing 2-3 hours of cardio every day, but don't need the capacity of the pricier units... man I really tried to resist.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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I love my ipod. The whole family has their own area to store all the songs they like. We listen to it everywhere. And when I'm working I just play it over the computer as I work. Enjoy
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Our local workout gym just fired the desk clerk. She thought it was more important to have her ears plugged than to listen to the cusotmers.
My new bizz office will have TWO rules. No cell phones while werking,, And no I pods. And one other, No eating lunch at the front counter... dam I hate that ,,,
I watched a DJ coem in to do a party. His music machien was a Ipod and a amp. He passed out numbered tickets. Let his audeience select the music from a hug elist. All of it in his Ipod. Just don't know how he sorted th selections.
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Ray, I'm inheriting my dad's mandolins. He has a 100+ year old Gibson that's been in his family. He drove it to the Gibson factory to drop it off for a little updating, the staff all gathered in the room and oooohh'd and aaaahhh'd at it - then he drove back to pick it up a couple months later, sounds better than new and it's now valued the same as a new Gibson ($5k)
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Mike, >drool>, I'd like >drool> to see that mandolin up >drool> close sometime >drool>, is that possible? >>>drool>>>>>>>>>>>>
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I paint murals in the summer outside, sometimes 14 hours per day.
I built my own 100 watt powered speaker system that has a handle and wheels, like a suitcase. So, I just pull up to the site unload the speakers plug in the AC power and the iPod and I'm good to go.
I currently have 3288 songs loaded which will play non stop for 9.7 days without repeating. There is still room for about 1000 more.
It is like having 200 audio cd's in your pocket.....and it sure beats listening to some idiot DJ and commercials all day. Not to mention the same 15 songs repeated over and over.
The surge in sales of iPods and other portable music players in recent years could mean many more people will develop hearing loss, experts fear. If the volume through headphones is too high, there is a real risk of permanent damage to hearing, they say.
Sydney's National Acoustic Laboratories found a quarter of personal music system users in a random sample listened to music at dangerous volumes.
The Royal National Institute for Deaf people urged awareness of the risks.
Millions now own MP3 players - Apple has sold more than 20 million iPods.
Many people are turning up the volume on their personal stereos to levels that could create hearing loss in the long term An RNID spokesman
A recent study by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) found 39% of 18 to 24-year-olds listened to personal music players for at least an hour every day and 42% admitted they thought they had the volume too high.
The RNID regards 80 decibels as the level at which hearing is threatened - 20 less than a pneumatic drill.
Some MP3 players can reach 105 decibels. EU iPods have a sound limiter to comply with noise safety levels, however sometimes users hack through this in order to listen to it louder.
The RNID said it was possible that any rise in popularity of personal music players might lead to more cases of hearing loss in the future.
Too loud
A spokesman said: "RNID has been concerned for some time that many people are turning up the volume on their personal stereos to levels that could create hearing loss in the long term.
"This is precisely the case when attempting to drown out unpleasant noise from traffic and on the Tube."
Noise levels A quiet room at night - 20 decibels An ordinary spoken conversation - 60 decibels A busy street - 70 decibels A pneumatic drill - 100 decibels Some personal music players (at high volume) - 105 decibels Aircraft taking off - 110 decibels
Graham Frost, chairman of the British Society of Audiology, said the risk of damage increased with noise level and duration of use of personal music systems .
He said it could take months or years for that become apparent to the individual.
"Users are using them for longer periods because of the amount of material stored on them and because of convenience.
"If you use them for short periods and have breaks in between that is better than continuous use."
The first warning sign that volumes might be too high is a ringing or buzzing noise in the ears, says the RNID.
It is a sign the sound was loud enough to damage your ears, if exposure became frequent.
Protective filters for in-ear headphones are available from many high street stores and regular breaks should be taken from listening to personal stereos.
Apple was unavailable for comment.
RNID has a campaign urging people to be aware of the risks so they can continue to enjoy music for longer.
Don't Lose the Music Campaign recommends:
Take regular breaks from the dance floor in nightclubs and use club chill out areas to give ears a rest from loud music Stand away from loud speakers when in clubs or at gigs and concerts Wear ear plugs if regularly exposed to loud music, i.e. as a frequent clubber, DJ or musician
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quote:Originally posted by Felix Marcano: Hey I've been thinking about getting one too. But how does it work? I assume I have to pay for the songs I download, no?
Hi Felix, you can pay for songs. I think they are $1 each at the official Itunes site. Also you can save your entire CD collection to your computer and just pick from those songs you already own. -Marek
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...The Mac rumor sites predict that soon (In April?) Apple will introduce a new "video" Ipod with a FOUR INCH thouch screen w. an on screen click wheel.
...I still like to listen to regular ol' fashioned, free radio (NPR), and want to wait 'til the Pod has a tuner built in.
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We have an ipod connected to our stereo in the shop and all I can say about it is 'Awesome' It stores around 5,000 songs in catagory, whether artist, album or what have you, unreal but awesome
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Felix, I-Tunes sells songs for .99 each. All them albums with only one or two good songs are now worth looking at. yea they cost money but every single song on it will be one that you like. I have around 1000 songs on mine, and mabey you will go deaf, but you will do it as you loose your eye sight looking at this screen.
quote:Originally posted by W. R. Pickett: ...I still like to listen to regular ol' fashioned, free radio (NPR), and want to wait 'til the Pod has a tuner built in.
No need to wait W.R., there's now a tiny FM tuner you plug into the iPod and it gives you radio controls on the iPod screen, pretty nifty. I don't know if the remote actually has the tuner in it or if that function is actually built into the iPod software but the option is there!
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Just for the record I have a dell DJ with 30G of space capable of holding 15,000 songs ...and no I'm not sure how many I have on it but I know it's alot.:}
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Stick to the radio,it never crashes. Ipod's screw up otherwise healthy computers, so do the competitors.
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Yeah Dale I suspect the issues David talks about are more related to the websites and software people are using to download their music, than it is the MP3 players themselves.
My iTunes store bill might be seeing an increase.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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OK it's here (gotta love the fast shipping from Cali to AZ!) and I've got 'er loaded up with music..
The sound quality is pretty impressive.. I just may have to interface it with the system in the truck and see how it really stacks up against audiophile equipment.
Right now a Crystal Method song called "Dubeliscious Groove" is playing and that's about how I'd have to describe this. pretty cool!
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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Yep Mike, that's part of the problem... Limewire, Kazaa, Bearshare etc screwing up PC's left right and centre. (But I'm not complaining ) The other common problem is ppl thinking they have to rip every CD they and their friends own to their HDD and wondering why it's so slow or won't run at all when the drive is at 98% capacity. At a quick estimate I'd say we've had 2 dozen or so customers bring their iPod's in because they can't get them to work from new and the unit has had to be returned for replacement with a failed drive. On the subject of Mac's, I had to remove a jammed CD from an iMac on Friday. What a dream to work on, 3 screws and everything is accessable. It took longer to find the stylishly designed but almost invisible power switch than to dismantle and reassemble.
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Yeah David, I popped my iMac open to install more RAM and it was nice only having a couple screws to deal with. Everything inside is laid out nicely.
Don't need to use the power switch very often so there's no point making it very obvious.
Cracks me up though...
Apple products don't even come with manuals... and ya don't even need 'em! First the iMac, nope no manuals.. then the iPod, again no book anywhere. They're both intuitive enough to figure out how to use without a book. Took me all of two seconds to realize you just drag your finger in a circle to navigate the iPod menus. Beautiful.
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