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Ipod vs. 30 gig Nomad

SoreArms

SoreArms

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I got a 30 gig Nomad mp3 player for christmas from my bros. I really want an Ipod so I'm thinking of returning it to best buy and paying the difference, my bros don't care. Before I do that though I want to hear some reviews on the Nomad, maybe it's worth keeping over the Ipod. One con on the Ipod is that it doesn't play .WMA's, almost my entire library in in .WMA format so it would men re-ripping or converting tons of files, the Nomad can play .WMA's.

Do you have an Ipod, what are your likes and dislikes?

Do you have a Nomad, what are your likes and dislikes?

If you were in my shoes what would you do?
 
It's difficult to give you a considered response without knowing what colors they are.
 
I'd keep the Nomad all day. Why convert your collection?
 
sorearms said:
so far thats my biggest deterant for going with the Ipod, huge deterant!
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if your collection is like mine, I'd say it would be enough to close the matter.
BTW, you have a nice bro. That shit ain't cheap....
 
I used to have a samsung mp3 I was always getting new parts for it, the clip broke, I went thru 5 sets of hphones, the case fell apart the battery stopped charging. Before that I had a sony that lasted about a month. I got an iPOD today for Christmas and the thing is absoluetly sweet.
The funny thing is they cost about the same but my old one held 35 songs whereas my ipod hold 10,000 its sturdy as hell and looks hella sharp, its easy to use, goes loud too.
looking at them side by side its like a beat mustang next to a shiny new Ferrari.

GO FOR THE IPOD...you'll be glad you did
 
++ iriver
+Creative Zen micro
-iPod
-- Creative Nomad
 
I decided Ipods are too expensive. I'm getting a Creative something
 
Dial_tone said:
I decided Ipods are too expensive. I'm getting a Creative something
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The creative zen micro is awsome (though only 5 GB)
 
iriver is the best for sound quality but i still realy like my ipod alot. itunes auto converts wmas when u add them to library so thats not a big deal it will be done if u leave on overnight. i would get an iriver or an ipod, stay away from the nomad!
 
fuck the expensive ipod. my $50 irock mp3 player with 256mb smartcard works damn well for me. i just change the setlist every other week. No biggee cuz even with an ipod, you gotta connect every now and then to upload new songs. And when i'm on the road == i don't want to keep staring down to traverse through 5,000 songs to find what i like. i use my protable mp3 player as my portable current playlist.
 
Razorguns said:
fuck the expensive ipod. my $50 irock mp3 player with 256mb smartcard works damn well for me. i just change the setlist every other week. No biggee cuz even with an ipod, you gotta connect every now and then to upload new songs. And when i'm on the road == i don't want to keep staring down to traverse through 5,000 songs to find what i like. i use my protable mp3 player as my portable current playlist.
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haha clearly you've never experienced one first hand... the sorting capabilities on them are amazing. You can search by artist/cd/song/genre/most played/anyting

you can even create all sorts of different playlists that save onto it for that very reason

i have 3000 or so songs, and finding what i want when i want is so easy

my only problem with my iPod was that it had some hardware malfunctions early on.. screen got scratched, digital stuff was pretty dimm... so i called apple on monday, had a brand new one in my hands on thursday... i wish I had more hands so i could give those titties four thumbs UP!!
 
ipod=trendy

i like the ipod also, but god damm everyone has it. keep what you have, i would hate to convert the files, what a pain in the ass
 
IwouldSlamU said:
ipod=trendy

i like the ipod also, but god damm everyone has it. keep what you have, i would hate to convert the files, what a pain in the ass
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the files remain mp3 files, iTunes just converts them to an aa3 tag that it can read, but you're still going to have that same normal mp3 file you had before

i had 3000ish songs on my comp and it took 5 min to convert and upload them all
 
I've heard that the .wma conversion makes the file loose quality tough, is this true?

most of my music files are low budget rock and roll recordings to begin with
 
fuck it I decided to just open it and give it a try for a few days. If I like I'll keep it, if not I'll exchange it
 
sorearms said:
I've heard that the .wma conversion makes the file loose quality tough, is this true?

most of my music files are low budget rock and roll recordings to begin with
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depends what bit the WMA's are; you probably want 192.
 
So far I've installed the software and loaded some songs, it's still charging though so I haven't used it yet.

One thing I don't like so far is that it wont let me create new folders inside the drive, everything gets dumped into the playlist folder. If you have a directory, with sub directories on it it strips the folders and just dumps the files in the playlist. I have a directory named Albums and inside that I have sub-directories which have all the CD's I've ripped, a lot of these cd's don't have track info, every thing is labeled track 01, track 02, etc... When I tried copying the entire directory into the player, after copying one album without track info I get "track 01 already exists, do you want to repalce it?" It will take me forever to edit and add track info to all those files. Does the Ipod have this same problem?
 
not at all... i have a bunch of track 1s and stuff... iPods take into consideration the song name, band name, album name, etc... and classify it thusly. It automatically sorts it into every possible directory, so you can search for songs in album/band/song name catagories. Plus you can create your own multiple playlists, so for instance i have workout1 workout2 and workout3... so when i go to the gym, i clicked 2 buttons and ive got my own preselected workout mix blasting away

sorearms said:
So far I've installed the software and loaded some songs, it's still charging though so I haven't used it yet.

One thing I don't like so far is that it wont let me create new folders inside the drive, everything gets dumped into the playlist folder. If you have a directory, with sub directories on it it strips the folders and just dumps the files in the playlist. I have a directory named Albums and inside that I have sub-directories which have all the CD's I've ripped, a lot of these cd's don't have track info, every thing is labeled track 01, track 02, etc... When I tried copying the entire directory into the player, after copying one album without track info I get "track 01 already exists, do you want to repalce it?" It will take me forever to edit and add track info to all those files. Does the Ipod have this same problem?
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I spent a rather laborious week editing id3 tags so I could sort music by genre or group name easily....well worth it.
 
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