After all the $#!+ I've talked......

[Fish Chris]

Hey Lowblue, I love not having to fiddle around with CD's anymore too..... But I have all my music stored on a $29, 8gig flash drive, which is totally accessible via my Kenwood X792 HU. Do you (or anybody here) know of any advantage to using my iPod with my truck stereo ???

I can think of one thing that makes the flash drive better.... It's CHEAP ! If it got stolen, lost, or stepped on, so what. I'll just run right down to Best Buy, and get another one.

Once in while it might be cool to play a video on my iPod and play the music on my truck system. Hmmmm. I wonder how good the SQ would be on a video downloaded from say iTunes ? (compared to a regular MP3) Anybody ?

Peace,

Fish

[iTech]

Hey Lowblue, I love not having to fiddle around with CD's anymore too..... But I have all my music stored on a $29, 8gig flash drive, which is totally accessible via my Kenwood X792 HU. Do you (or anybody here) know of any advantage to using my iPod with my truck stereo ???

I can think of one thing that makes the flash drive better.... It's CHEAP ! If it got stolen, lost, or stepped on, so what. I'll just run right down to Best Buy, and get another one.

Once in while it might be cool to play a video on my iPod and play the music on my truck system. Hmmmm. I wonder how good the SQ would be on a video downloaded from say iTunes ? (compared to a regular MP3) Anybody ?

Peace,

Fish

Videos downloaded from iTunes would definitely be better quality than videos you download Online/Limewire/Illegally.

Music might also be tad better. Not much though. I would only get an iPod to hook up to my headunit cause there is alot of headunits that integrate iPod almost virtually onto the screen which is pretty cool.

[BJD3]

Videos downloaded from iTunes would definitely be better quality than videos you download Online/Limewire/Illegally.

Music might also be tad better. Not much though. I would only get an iPod to hook up to my headunit cause there is alot of headunits that integrate iPod almost virtually onto the screen which is pretty cool.

Not necessarily. It all depends upon who rips it and how.

As for music itself its the same difference. Depending upon what format and bit rate chosen, and the site it's uploaded to, (as well as various other variables) the difference is negligible 9/10.

Either way, I say don't go for illegal downloads anyway.

EDIT: To finish answering the question, if all else remains equal, the codec, bit rate, song, times through a DAC, etc, SQ differences should be negligible.

Edited August 21, 2009 by BJD3

[Boon]

go pick up some $15 SkullCandy ear buds and put the EQ on treble booster and you will love it much more

I would rather stick a drill in my ear. Honestly. IMO SkullCandy is awful, awful bling crap. Do yourself a favor and spend $60 on some Sennheiser canal-phones.

[BJD3]

I would rather stick a drill in my ear. Honestly. IMO SkullCandy is awful, awful bling crap. Do yourself a favor and spend $60 on some Sennheiser canal-phones.

Skullcandy has their place in the market. You can do alot worse than Skullcandy. Am I trying to say they are the pinnacle of auditory pleasure, heck no, but if all your looking for is a step above stock, they do that pretty well.

If you're looking for on ear headphones though, check out the koss PortaPros. They they get good reviews, are relatively cheap, and are some of the most comfortable headphones I've ever worn. If you don't mind looking like you came straight out of the 80s, you can't do better than these for portable on hear headphones in this price range. In my opinion of course.

Edited August 21, 2009 by BJD3

[Fish Chris]

Not necessarily. It all depends upon who rips it and how.

As for music itself its the same difference. Depending upon what format and bit rate chosen, and the site it's uploaded to, (as well as various other variables) the difference is negligible 9/10.

Either way, I say don't go for illegal downloads anyway.

I'm totally past the illegal downloads (or should I say, the P2P programs). And it's NOT because I'm so afraid to break a law that a 100 million others aren't already breaking anyway.... It's just because of all the "crap" recordings out there... chances for picking up viruses, etc.

Instead, I use one of those programs that I do actually pay for {although admittedly, I pay SOOO little for it, I can't see how the artists could be getting a penny} ......but I don't "know" that they aren't. I'm paying my $20 for 150 songs, in good faith, that everbody that is supposed to be paid, is being paid.

And now, every recording I download is top notch. Never a glitch. Never a virus.

Peace,

Fish

[keitare]

The only thing I really like about the iPod Touch is the interface, it's pretty slick. Other than that, it doesn't really do any more than my Zune 80 does and my Zune 80 has 10x the capacity! When I say it doesn't do more than my Zune, I mean that in regards to what I want/need my portable media device to do.

I prefer my zune to take with me. But my ipod stays hooked up to my head unit. I prefer the zune because I really like their subscription service.

[stingray0123]

I like iPods but think there just OverRated. Soo many people have them, and people in general call MP3 Players iPods!

They are taking over!

... I got a Samsung P2 Touchscreen ...

+1

Side note, I've got a P2 as well. Awesome sound with my $20 JVC Marshmallows.