I did it!!!

Ricardo
Ricardo Posts: 10,636
edited December 2009 in Electronics
Bought an iPod Touch 32 GB.

This thing is pretty cool. Don't know how I could live without it for 50 years. Seriously.

Left my audiophile card in the trash this morning.
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  • Rodeo0530
    Rodeo0530 Posts: 797
    edited December 2009
    I just bought the same thing and it's freakin awesome. I'm not an audiophile by any means, but I can already see how much fun this thing is going to be. Nice purchase!


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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited December 2009
    It's awesome Ricardo. I love mine.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited December 2009
    Congrats Ricardo. I bought the same for my wife and I for Christmas. We will both use it here and there - me when I travel.
    Michael ;)
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
    Nice, I received a 32 gig Zune HD today.

    I wonder how long till Ted or Jesse purchase something similar? :D
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited December 2009
    It's my Xmas present. It's ridiculous how much music you can fit in there. And the games. And wifi. And Bluetooth.Really Awesome.

    It will get a lot of use in the car, but I don't see why I wouldn't also use it in the main 2 channel rig. It is way too practical.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited December 2009
    I run mine on a Wadia with a Cambridge Audio DAC.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited December 2009
    You guys HAVE to try the fieldrunners game. It's totally addictive!!!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited December 2009
    dorokusai wrote: »
    I run mine on a Wadia with a Cambridge Audio DAC.


    Hmmm.... what kind of files are you using? Sounds interesting.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited December 2009
    No....no<shakes head>
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited December 2009
    What a bunch of noobs here!:p
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited December 2009
    megasat16 wrote: »
    What a bunch of noobs here!:p

    Seriously, get the remote function going and hook your Apple up to a real DAC and then we'll talk about how sweet the iTouch is.
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  • dave shepard
    dave shepard Posts: 1,334
    edited December 2009
    I bought my 32g a couple weeks ago the only problem is the ear phones don't fit the greatest.

    Dave
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited December 2009
    So, did you get an MIT adapter to hook it into your 2 channel system??
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,989
    edited December 2009
    Convenience = Compromise in sound. That's all I have to say about that.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited December 2009
    I have an older creative labs Zen Vision:M 30gb (it has a hard drive, not more expensive flash memory). While I still an a solid believer in owning the physical media (CDs), the convenience, especially at work and in the car, has been revolutionary.

    I have been hating on Apple for a long time (thus the Zen), but I have resigned myself to knowing that an iPod and MacBook are replacements for Windows hardware.

    "Resistance is futile."
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Convenience = Compromise in sound. That's all I have to say about that.
    I agree, but we don't always have the opportunity to hear a live band every night. :D
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited December 2009
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    Seriously, get the remote function going and hook your Apple up to a real DAC and then we'll talk about how sweet the iTouch is.

    Thanks Solid but the only sweet apple I like is the one I can eat. :):D
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited December 2009
    dave shepard wrote: »
    i bought my 32g a couple weeks ago the only problem is the ear phones don't fit the greatest.

    Dave

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  • sTiLlLeArNiNg
    sTiLlLeArNiNg Posts: 805
    edited December 2009
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Convenience = Compromise in sound. That's all I have to say about that.

    +1 :o
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,760
    edited December 2009
    Face wrote: »

    I wonder how long till Ted or Jesse purchase something similar? :D

    I won't speak for brother Ted, but I will never own one.....never!
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited December 2009
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Convenience = Compromise in sound. That's all I have to say about that.

    Better throw away the CD player, turntable, amp, etc. then.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited December 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Bought an iPod Touch 32 GB.

    This thing is pretty cool. Don't know how I could live without it for 50 years. Seriously.

    Left my audiophile card in the trash this morning.

    Don't be silly. You are a true audiophile if you use it correctly as part of a good system. I have the 120GB iPod Classic, and use it with the Wadia iTransport and Bryston DAC (this replaced my Benchmark DAC1). If you use Apple Lossless, or uncompressed files, you will have a great little music server. Currently, I have 2000 classical 'songs', and still have 58.3GB free space since I use Apple Lossless.

    Enjoy, but stay away from compressed songs, and any music downloaded from iTunes. Use itunes software to manage the files on your PC that you rip from CDs.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Bought an iPod Touch 32 GB.

    This thing is pretty cool. Don't know how I could live without it for 50 years. Seriously.

    Left my audiophile card in the trash this morning.

    Traitor! You shall be summarily executed at dawn for high treason!:D
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,072
    edited December 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    I won't speak for brother Ted, but I will never own one.....never!

    With ya on that Jess... at least until the quality of sound comes up to snuff, no reason to.

    Some of you lazy **** would not have survived the 60's, you know,having to get up and turn the channel on the tv,then get up again to adjust the rabbit ears. I do understand the convenience part of it, but not at the cost of SQ.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    I won't speak for brother Ted, but I will never own one.....never!

    Yeah, I don't see one in my future either.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,760
    edited December 2009
    tonyb wrote: »
    Some of you lazy **** would not have survived the 60's, you know,having to get up and turn the channel on the tv,then get up again to adjust the rabbit ears. I do understand the convenience part of it, but not at the cost of SQ.

    Amen! Brother Tony telling it like it is.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited December 2009
    Zune HD is on my Christmas list, I've been good this year too!! Have an 80GB Zune now and love it.


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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited December 2009
    With all due respect to my polkie friends, SQ comes to second place (maybe third) in many, many, many situations and places where you want to listen to music.

    Not saying that an ipod can't sound very good using the right files and DAC...still have not played on this field.
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  • Hilbert
    Hilbert Posts: 316
    edited December 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Traitor! You shall be summarily executed at dawn for high treason!:D

    Executed by compression into a lossy format, no doubt.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited December 2009
    This post made through my iPod Touch while taking a dump. Talk about convenience. Just checked my email and the weather (nasty today).

    "We are The Champions" playing through the built in speaker.

    Wait...mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...aah. Sounds good to me.
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