Vacant Horizon Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 ya know, i hemmed and hawed about getting an ipod for long time. finally got one about a year and a half ago. i hate the damn thing!!! it's 30 gigs and i am ALWAYS taking shit off and putting shit on. i get so frustrated and just delete everything. it's just so hard to just listen to an album on their with all those artists and songs. it really makes me crazy. i can never decide what to listen to. should i put all my music on there? just some? should i downsize? go back to cds? any one else have this issue. i kind of miss the days of just picking up one cd every couple months and listening the shit out of it. now music is so 'available' i could have the entire neil young catalog in the next 24 hours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moltisanti Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I'm a big fan of my iPod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I'm a big fan of mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 mine broke years ago and so i've been driving around with the same 8 cds in my car ever since. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
austrya Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Jay kind of took over mine so he can listen to it at work. I have XM Radio, so I listen to channel 43 all the time. When he gets a new one, I'll get mine back. Eventually. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Wow. I totally had an iPod hate afternoon. i also have a 30 g and it just isn't enough--i had to take off all the wilco live shows because they take up almost 18 g. I need a bigger one. with video. is it really worth it to have the video? I am about to start a job and will be commuting by train at least 1 hour in each direction.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Wow. I totally had an iPod hate afternoon. i also have a 30 g and it just isn't enough--i had to take off all the wilco live shows because they take up almost 18 g. I need a bigger one. with video. is it really worth it to have the video? I am about to start a job and will be commuting by train at least 1 hour in each direction.... the video is nice, but make sure you bring your charger to work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I find trying to watch something on that little screen to be a bit annoying, but that didn't stop me from paying $1.99 for the Super Bowl highlights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I don't even have an iPod to hate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
So Long Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I agree about not being able to decide what to listen to. But I love my IPod. I was so against them when they first came out, saying that they would kill the CD, etc. And now, although I have been proven right (the CD is dead) I'm addicted to my IPod. I'm actually thinking about selling a lot of my cds now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VenusStopsTrain2 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 ya know, i hemmed and hawed about getting an ipod for long time. finally got one about a year and a half ago. i hate the damn thing!!! it's 30 gigs and i am ALWAYS taking shit off and putting shit on. i get so frustrated and just delete everything. it's just so hard to just listen to an album on their with all those artists and songs. it really makes me crazy. i can never decide what to listen to. should i put all my music on there? just some? should i downsize? go back to cds? any one else have this issue. i kind of miss the days of just picking up one cd every couple months and listening the shit out of it. now music is so 'available' i could have the entire neil young catalog in the next 24 hours. Have you tried creating playlists? You could either create a bunch of playlists on your computer and then have a few on your iPod and switch them every so often or you can set them all on your iPod, depending on the space you have available. Maybe if you had some mixes ready to go you'd feel better about it. Or shuffle is good, if you have the time and know which songs you don't want to hear and shuffle and set them to skip when you have shuffle on. I had to go through and de-select all my Wilco live stuff because last week I heard Walken live 2 times in a row and then later on same day I heard it again..all from live shows. Jen, yes videos are nice to have, I bought a few tv shows from iTunes and have those on there in case I get bored and want to watch them again, I have even found some really great video podcasts that I subscribe to as well My favourite thing to have on there though are my podcasts of Sound Opinions and audiobooks. I already have my audio book borrowed from the library ready to put on my iPod for the trip down to St Louis Sometimes that helps me get through a long trip. The only thing with audiobooks are you have to do a little work to convert them and put them into one big file so that you dont have a ton of 'songs' all labelled part 1, part 2, etc cause it can be hard to remember where you left off if you listened to music for a while and then went back to the book. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 Have you tried creating playlists? You could either create a bunch of playlists on your computer and then have a few on your iPod and switch them every so often or you can set them all on your iPod, depending on the space you have available. Maybe if you had some mixes ready to go you'd feel better about it. Or shuffle is good, if you have the time and know which songs you don't want to hear and shuffle and set them to skip when you have shuffle on. I had to go through and de-select all my Wilco live stuff because last week I heard Walken live 2 times in a row and then later on same day I heard it again..all from live shows. Jen, yes videos are nice to have, I bought a few tv shows from iTunes and have those on there in case I get bored and want to watch them again, I have even found some really great video podcasts that I subscribe to as well My favourite thing to have on there though are my podcasts of Sound Opinions and audiobooks. I already have my audio book borrowed from the library ready to put on my iPod for the trip down to St Louis Sometimes that helps me get through a long trip. The only thing with audiobooks are you have to do a little work to convert them and put them into one big file so that you dont have a ton of 'songs' all labelled part 1, part 2, etc cause it can be hard to remember where you left off if you listened to music for a while and then went back to the book. well, i will try playlists again. havent done that in a while. shuffle is pretty bad as it's so repetative and doesn't seem random. not to mention, i get addicted to pushing skip all the time. what is party shuffle? video is fun for movies and tv shows.c Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Yeah, playlists are the best way to work an iPod that is not a Shuffle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Jay kind of took over mine so he can listen to it at work. I have XM Radio, so I listen to channel 43 all the time. When he gets a new one, I'll get mine back. Eventually. you mean when YOU get a new one, Jay can keep yours. Wow. I totally had an iPod hate afternoon. i also have a 30 g and it just isn't enough--i had to take off all the wilco live shows because they take up almost 18 g. I need a bigger one. with video. is it really worth it to have the video? I am about to start a job and will be commuting by train at least 1 hour in each direction.... I have a 30g with video - and I have watched MST3K (Master Ninja II) on it and This American Life episodes on it. I rarely use it for video (even on commutes) but it's nice on occasion when I am just too spent to knit and wanna be distracted for the train ride home. Mainly I just have mine on shuffle or listen to This American Life podcasts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moltisanti Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Being able to switch from so many varied artists at a few clicks of a button is something I will never get tired of. I still have so many cds that I love and cherish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 My 80 GB died a few months back and it's been hell. The sound on my PC doesn't work, so I almost never get to listen to music... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tenderloin Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Itunes is what really burns me up. I hate that program. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stefanie Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Mainly I just have mine on shuffle or listen to This American Life podcasts. ditto on both counts! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I love my iPod unconditionally. Really. It's 160 GB and I haven't had time to fill more than half yet but it's something to look forward to doing. When in doubt- I just don't use it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Muncle Douchey Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 i kind of miss the days of just picking up one cd every couple months and listening the shit out of it. i enjoy having a iPod, but man, i couldn't agree more with the above statement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 It's still possible to pick up a cd and listen the shit out of it, though. Self control, gentlemen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I've got a little 2 gig MP3 player (can't remember the make right now) that I love. It plays pretty much any music format, and it's the size of a lighter. I only us CD's in the car because all my music is on my computer (which has a killer sound system).. I tried using an FM transmitter with my MP3 player in attempt to eliminate CD's, but the FM transmitter just sucks.. Too much interference and the volume is low. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 i love my ipod! to the point that i panic if the battery goes dead sooner than i think it should. i had gotten so used to letting it drive on album shuffle, when i got my new car and the car stereo didn't recognize album shuffle, my whole ipod world went into a tailspin. i solved that problem by making playlists and ehmmm, ummmm, getting a nano to compliment my 30gb so i don't have to navigate through so much music through the car stereo interface (and the nano matches my car, dork i know). i did have to take all of my wilco shows off of the nano. although i am tempted to make the nano all wilco all the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 i enjoy having a iPod, but man, i couldn't agree more with the above statement. thanks! i think the last cd i did that with was AGIB...just listened to that one over and over. others were Siamese Dream in college and Nomads Indian Saints by indigo girls in high school. oh and of course, neil young i love my ipod! to the point that i panic if the battery goes dead sooner than i think it should. i had gotten so used to letting it drive on album shuffle, when i got my new car and the car stereo didn't recognize album shuffle, my whole ipod world went into a tailspin. i solved that problem by making playlists and ehmmm, ummmm, getting a nano to compliment my 30gb so i don't have to navigate through so much music through the car stereo interface (and the nano matches my car, dork i know). i did have to take all of my wilco shows off of the nano. although i am tempted to make the nano all wilco all the time. yeah, i have thought about getting a nano to be dedicated to neil young. i love the new album cover interface with the new ones. more of a whole experience rather than just print. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 I've got a little 2 gig MP3 player (can't remember the make right now) that I love. It plays pretty much any music format, and it's the size of a lighter. I only us CD's in the car because all my music is on my computer (which has a killer sound system).. I tried using an FM transmitter with my MP3 player in attempt to eliminate CD's, but the FM transmitter just sucks.. Too much interference and the volume is low. yes, fm transmitters blow!!! when we all have cars with ipod jacks and not cd players...well...that's it. the cd is gone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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