dancingbear Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 well my discman is on its last legs. the time has come to move on.what are people's experiences with ipod or other portable music player devices? is there a "better" one for 'shows' rather than 'songs?' any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headygouda Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 iPOD sucks for shows...unless you like 2 second gaps in between your sickest jam segues.Rio Karma is where its at. Gapless playback, FLAC compatibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 I love my Nomad Jukebox by Creative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 I've got an iPod. No big complaints here. The interface is more intuitive than any other I've seen. It does what it's supposed to do. I don't have any big problem with listening to live music either. The 'gap' is about a fifth of a second if I can discern it at all. I'm also not confident that it's not the particular live recording that I'm listening to or that there's not a setting somewhere that would resolve it (I'm running mine in the absolute default configuration still). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeker Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Try this:http://www.dapreview.net/comparisons/compared.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 The Rio Karma has a 20 gig drive and plays flac files as well. I'm sold on that alone... would love to get one. Problem is you can only get them off of Ebay b/c they aren't sold in Canada....flac files though, killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 If you get a Creative Nomad JukeBox 3, as well as having 20 GB (or more) of storage for MP3s, you can also use it to record shows in lossless (WAV) format. It's about the size and weight of a discman.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headygouda Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 You can buy a karma in canada. Definitely. I got mine off ebay, though I have a friend who got a refurb one from tigerdirect.ca:http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=1097027&sku=M975-3058Also have another friend who got it from a retailer in toronto, new... I just can't remember where.It is the ONLY player on the market with FLAC support. I would much rather listen to lossless audio than compressed mp3s, but its just personal preference. Team it up with a good pair of noise isolation headphones like etymotics ER6's or ER4's, and you're stylin...without being another one of those people with white headphones ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headygouda Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 I forgot to mention that the karma docking bay has an ethernet port, so you can hook it up to your router at home, it will assign it an IP address and you can get to it from any computer on the network.ITs also got some nice RCA outs on the bay for convenient hookup to a stereo without having to use the 1/8" mini plug.No..I don't work for the company, just love my karma ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 (edited) Team it up with a good pair of noise isolation headphones like etymotics ER6's or ER4's, and you're stylin...headygouda, how do you think the ER6s would be when used to monitor shows as they're being recorded? I'm currently using the cheezy ones that came with my Nomad, and the quality is not great, aside from having to turn up the headphone level to a point where I can hear it over the bleed-in from the sound in the room.http://www.etymotic.com/default.aspxAloha,Brad Edited June 22, 2005 by Guest Added URL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 The Creative Zen Touch player has 20 gigs, it's only 338 bucks at the future shop and you can swap out the harddrive for a bigger one if you want to. As well, the battery is removable and replaceable. These are great features that you don't get from the iPod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingbear Posted June 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 you guys and gals all rock!thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Trust me, get the Rio Karma. With flac support it pretty much makes burning cd's obsolete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 The Creative Zen Touch player has 20 gigs, it's only 338 bucks at the future shop and you can swap out the harddrive for a bigger one if you want to. As well, the battery is removable and replaceable. These are great features that you don't get from the iPod.[color:purple]Yea, because after I come home from working on computers all day long, I really want to have to dick around with a hard drive on my portable music player. That sounds great!These are all great points though. For me however, I wanted it to be small, reliable, have a slick interface, and just do what it's supposed to do. I have not been let down by my iPod so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 You can buy a karma in canada. Definitely. I got mine off ebay, though I have a friend who got a refurb one from tigerdirect.ca:http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=1097027&sku=M975-3058Also have another friend who got it from a retailer in toronto, new... I just can't remember where.Wow, that's awesome info. I've been wanting one of these for a while now. Do you know if there is a way to hook it up to a car stereo?? If so, that would seal the deal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairySari Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 You can always get a little FM transmitter that plugs into the headphone jack, so you can play your music on any stereo, including your car - I got one for my ipod, it was $40 at radioshack. You might get some static though, especially if you get a cheapy one like mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headygouda Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Brad - either of the etymotics would be great for monitoring. The key thing about them is noise isolation, this way you hear everything as it should be, without other frequencies being drowned out or masked, and you can hear all this detail at a normal volume. There is really nothing that makes them above and beyond other high end headphones, in terms of sonic performance, IMHO, the real difference is isolation, its all there and you can hear it, no need for performance enhancing!Put it this way, at a normal volume on my karma, I can't really hear the subway EVER. I can sit at the back corner of the bus and not even realize the engine is under me... I have yet to put it to the test of planes or lawn mowers though ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Yeah, Ive used technology like that in the past with mixed results. Im lookin for more of a physical connection approach. Ill still keep that in mind though, thanks Fairy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headygouda Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 "just do what it's supposed to do."OK. I am not trying to knock or bash the iPOD, but my big problem with it is - if it can't function the same as a normal portable CD player or tape player...ie. gapless playback, then its not really doing what its 'supposed to do'.I really don't understand why gapless playback is so difficult for apple to implement. FWIW - there has been a petition for years asking apple to add this simple, yet fundamental, feature to the iPOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Do you know if there is a way to hook it up to a car stereo?? If so, that would seal the deal...I use the old portable cd player connection that goes into your tape deck and has an 1/8" stereo connector that you plug into your player. Works great without the static. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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