ode to my iPod
Published December 30, 2004
Ode to my iPod
ok, I got an iPod for Christmas. It rules, and I will tell you in detail why. I was never interested in an MP3 player because I don't like headphones so I saw no use for them. I was wrong. I also got a little transmitter thing that clips to the top. It broadcasts the iPod to any radio station set to a specific station (mine is 87.9 FM). So now I can play the iPod in my car, on my home stereo, and at work (on my little radio I have at my desk). So I used to be a mess, because I have hundreds and hundreds of CDs... and they are everywhere around the house and in my truck. I also am currently using 3 different CD sleeves for roadtrips that hold 50 Cds each. The iPod has rendered ALL of this obsolete. Right now I have 3758 songs loaded on it, which takes up about 70% of the available 20 gigs. Using a formula of 12 songs per CD, I have 313 Cds loaded on my iPod.
It is what I have wanted to do for years. Get rid of all my CDs and have a centralized server type system for all my music. Now I have that, and it is the size of a deck of cards. No more looking for Cds, dealing with scratched CDs, or looking through jewel boxes wondering where I put which Cd where. So I guess I have another 100 or so CDs I can load on it... but the bulk of the work is done. If we assume the average song is 3 minutes, I have 187 hours of music on it already. I think that will do the trick for the 12 hour drives I do to Arizona twice a year.
I initially wanted a new CD player for my truck, one that would play MP3s... so I could I listen to continous music without switching CDs every 40 minutes. That would have been $200. I certainly don't need that anymore either. I have fluctuating music tastes, and so was making mixed Cds a couple of times a week to accomodate my mood. I no longer have to do any of that either.
- ode to my iPod
- Published: December 30, 2004
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Lono - you're music tastes and moods sound A LOT like mine.
I'm iPodless, but do not mind too much at all. I would like one for the car, however. I bought one for my mom though - and she loves it.
When are you next down here in AZ?
I come down to AZ about twice a year because my folks live there, as well as my wifes. Next planned trip is Labor Day '04.
I plays MP3s at work and have about 70 GB on my office Internet station. I have a 6 CD changer in the car. At home, I have over 120 GB of MP3s on my main Internet computer, with gigabytes of MP3s burned to disk in my binders.
Part of me would love to own an iPod, but part of also doesn't see a need for one. I have music with me, everywhere I go, except when I'm shopping or cycling.
I'll buy one eventually, but by that time, they should hold 200 GB and have some of the neat features that the iRiver products have, like recording voice, AM/FM, etc.
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Lono, do yourself a favor and get that new CD player for your truck, but make sure it has either an 1/8" input jack on the front, RCA inputs on the back, or CD-changer controls and input, because then you can plug your Ipod directly into your stereo and skip the poor sound quality of FM transmitters.
But yeah, this thing's amazing. I'm loading my 40gb up right now with everything I can possibly think of. I'm going a bit insane from sitting in front of the computer obsessively ripping CDs . . . and I've still got 33gb to go!