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# Heh!
What's the big deal with iPods? Aren't mp3's poor quality compared to CD? Or am I just out of touch wit da kids?

Oh, and woo.
(I helped save b3ta! mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Tue 30 Mar 2004, 8:46, archived)
# Depends on your sampling
iPod's just hold shitloads more than others. I quite like the look of the mini one, which should be out later this year.
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. A-MOL is lurking around these parts again, Tue 30 Mar 2004, 8:50, archived)
# I still smell a rip off
and lots of gullible people with more money than sense.
(I helped save b3ta! mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Tue 30 Mar 2004, 8:52, archived)
# Fine,
I'll just wait for the LG version to come out.
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. A-MOL is lurking around these parts again, Tue 30 Mar 2004, 8:55, archived)
# Well,
I have some limits.


Actually a lie, I have one
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. A-MOL is lurking around these parts again, Tue 30 Mar 2004, 9:08, archived)
# I payed £190 quid for my 30GB one
It is quality! ex demo but all good
(I helped save b3ta! Sixola, Tue 30 Mar 2004, 9:47, archived)
# Only...
...in that the distortion of the signal is adapted relative to a psychoacoustic model. This means that the distortion in the signal is masked by more significant signals and your brain/ear can't tell the difference. The problem of distortion gets worse when you lower the encoding bitrate and this is where you will hear 'ringing' - often heard as a fluttery whistling sound. Otherwise MP3 and other CODECs are perfectly good at transmission and storage of audio signals.

edit: this means the quality is actually quite good if you use reasonable settings
(I helped save b3ta! DaveBr tes noisivelet ruoy tsujda ton od, Tue 30 Mar 2004, 8:56, archived)
# I got one of these
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008XYII/026-4507869-6196407

30 albums on one disc is enough for any journey.
(I helped save b3ta! Hankster, Tue 30 Mar 2004, 9:00, archived)
# It's fantastic
lovely in every way. And only one hundred poonds!Good for the car too.
(I helped save b3ta! Hankster, Tue 30 Mar 2004, 9:04, archived)
# I've got a panasonic one of them
£50 holds 140 songs. Good enough for me.
(I helped save b3ta! Lethe is carrying a spade. SPANG., Tue 30 Mar 2004, 9:05, archived)
# I'm glad you translated that.
I was somewhat lost ;)
(I helped save b3ta! mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Tue 30 Mar 2004, 9:01, archived)
# I
have a 'Pod, just use Apples format when ripping off CDs in iTunes and its good quality.

Ogg Vorbis is the best tho :D
(Shifty Bloke, Tue 30 Mar 2004, 9:17, archived)