haggis Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I'm a total rookie with this stuff. I'm looking of getting a basic player and putting some of the wife's favourite songs on there for our anniversary. Any suggestions? Can you use iTunes with any mp3 player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 If you can't get music from the evil I-Pod Empire for your player, you can get it cheaper from Wal-Mart.com. I think Amazon offers downloads, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 If you can't get music from the evil I-Pod Empire for your player, you can get it cheaper from Wal-Mart.com. I think Amazon offers downloads, too. wow. you really ARE anti-mac! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I'm a total rookie with this stuff. I'm looking of getting a basic player and putting some of the wife's favourite songs on there for our anniversary. Any suggestions? Can you use iTunes with any mp3 player? With the new ipods debuted 2 weeks ago, the line is now pretty wide to take different uses/budgets into account. There is also a reason the ipod is far and away number 1 in the market, the product works, has great styling, and has a great interface that isn't overly complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 If you can't get music from the evil I-Pod Empire for your player, you can get it cheaper from Wal-Mart.com. I think Amazon offers downloads, too. HAHa, I can't imagine someone really thinking apple and their 5% marketshare is the evil empire, if anything they are the underdog. There is no reason why msft with over 90% of the installled marketbase for pcs and a major gaming console hooked up to tvs around the world shouldn't be far and away the leader in mp3/music, but they are pathetically behind. IT is good to see the superior product and service win once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 My mp3/video/photo player is a Sansa SanDisk. A fraction of the price of the Apple offerings, and you're not stuck with .aac format music. Get one of those (or RCA Lyra or some other brand), rip your CDs with Windows Media Player, download your podcasts with Yahoo Music or some other pod engine. Buy your songs from one of the many mp3 sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 My mp3/video/photo player is a Sansa SanDisk. A fraction of the price of the Apple offerings, and you're not stuck with .aac format music. Get one of those (or RCA Lyra or some other brand), rip your CDs with Windows Media Player, download your podcasts with Yahoo Music or some other pod engine. Buy your songs from one of the many mp3 sites. the ipod is perfectly fine playing mp3's as well, you aren't stuck with aac. Why use windows media for ripping, downloading podcasts from yahoo, and buying music from other third parties when all of that can be done as well or better, quicker, and easier through itunes? The sansa players are ok, but there is definitely a difference in design/styling between the two. Some people care about that, some people don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 My mp3/video/photo player is a Sansa SanDisk. A fraction of the price of the Apple offerings, and you're not stuck with .aac format music. Get one of those (or RCA Lyra or some other brand), rip your CDs with Windows Media Player, download your podcasts with Yahoo Music or some other pod engine. Buy your songs from one of the many mp3 sites. btw, the biggest sansa i think you can get is 16 gb, which is not a whole lot when you have video podcasts, tv shows, and movies loaded on, while the largest ipod is now 160 gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 My mp3/video/photo player is a Sansa SanDisk. A fraction of the price of the Apple offerings, and you're not stuck with .aac format music. Get one of those (or RCA Lyra or some other brand), rip your CDs with Windows Media Player, download your podcasts with Yahoo Music or some other pod engine. Buy your songs from one of the many mp3 sites. Not for nothing Bob but my wife has an Ipod Nano and it is chalk full of nothing but MP3s. Just sayin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Not for nothing Bob but my wife has an Ipod Nano and it is chalk full of nothing but MP3s. Just sayin'... I ripped all of my cd's in the aac format because when hooked up to my home theater stereo and B&W speakers that format does seem to sound slightly better, but now I have a mygig nav/entertainment system in my jeep wrangler that has a 20 gig harddrive and it only accepts mp3's, so I have had to go back and re-rip the cd's in itunes as mp3s. I could just cross convert them from aac to mp3, but i am slightly anal retentive and can't stand the thought that i will end up with a file that may be less then perfect. So from now on I am sticking with mp3 until that format is upgraded to something else. And I wouldn't even think of using windows media, windows media player has to be the biggest pos msft has ever released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verde Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I love my ipod Nano.. super easy to use. If you're not going ipod, I agree that Sansa is just as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 She just wants something to walk/work out to. Nothing big. I just priced some at the mall and saw the Sansa 1GB. Sears has a brand called Curtis and has a 2GB "sports" mp3 for $40. That sounded like a better deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 She just wants something to walk/work out to. Nothing big. I just priced some at the mall and saw the Sansa 1GB. Sears has a brand called Curtis and has a 2GB "sports" mp3 for $40. That sounded like a better deal. That 2-gig unit will hold 500 songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 She just wants something to walk/work out to. Nothing big. I just priced some at the mall and saw the Sansa 1GB. Sears has a brand called Curtis and has a 2GB "sports" mp3 for $40. That sounded like a better deal. Well, prices sure have gotten cheap, thats for sure. MY personal suggestion is trying to grab something with at least 4gb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Well, prices sure have gotten cheap, thats for sure. MY personal suggestion is trying to grab something with at least 4gb. meh I went with a 29.99 1gb... holds 250 songs (I only put like 50 at any one time though) and its perfect for running and stuff... No need to hold so many songs IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 meh I went with a 29.99 1gb... holds 250 songs (I only put like 50 at any one time though) and its perfect for running and stuff... No need to hold so many songs IMO... but why choose which 10 albums to load and unload before you head out. I like listening to complete albums, not just songs from different artists. So If I load up all my wu tang and van halen files, that more then fills up 250 songs. I guess it is personal preference when it comes down to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 but why choose which 10 albums to load and unload before you head out. I like listening to complete albums, not just songs from different artists. So If I load up all my wu tang and van halen files, that more then fills up 250 songs. I guess it is personal preference when it comes down to it. Yeah.. I usually just throw on like 20-40 songs I like and head out with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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