Thanks Tiger. Yes I knew from previous answers (to my previous post) that MP3 is just a generic reference. When you say a €15 cable will do the job (if I already have a stereo, which I do), are you saying that I use that cable in order to connect the MP3 player to my current speaker? Or, if not, what exactly do you mean? Wanted to get rid of the stereo itself (and everything peripheral) so that I just have one small MP3 player and one speaker, both taking up very little space. Have the PC and broadband by the way. Regarding other players, "other than the iPod", any particular recommendation? Answers to my previous post seemed to indicate that iPod was probably not for me. Thanks.tiger said:Yes, ipod gets the tumbs up for ease of use. If you're in Dublin, pop into the O2 experience store on grafton st. or somewhere similar.
A couple of more points:
- mp3 is a specific format, but is used generically to refer to any digital music player (ala hoover = vacuum cleaner).
- You'll need a PC to copy your CDs onto the player.
- You'll need a PC with internet (ideally broadband) to buy music online.
- You may not need a "dock", if you already have a stereo a €15 cable will do the job.
- in terms of size, 1MB is roughly 1 min, or another way 1,000MB = 1GB = 250 songs or 20 to 25 albums.
- technicall the quality is less than CD, but I can't tell the difference. If you want you can modify the defaults, but then the numbers above change.
- There are other players than the iPod, that are considered technically better, and include radios and the ability to record on to the player.
tiger said:In terms of the previous post, (think this is it?), you were asking for a player for a friends young son, so I think the requirements would be different.
Reasons not to get an iPod:
- no radio
rather than paying hundreds for a dock for every room i bought a jack from a hardware store for about €3 - plug one end into my mp3 player, one end into the stereo, chose aux as your setting - there you go, your very own dock for €3.
it scares me (and probably delights the good people at apple) that people are willing to shell out for docks when you can play your mp3 player through standard stereo (provided they have an aux setting)
I have lots of CD's also, I don't want to copy all the full CD's onto the ipod/mp3 (or whatever I buy) I just want certain songs of each one. Songs I like...I know an ipod will do this, but will an MP3 player?
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