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what PMP should i buy


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  1. 1. what should i buy

    • Zune HD
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    • Ipod
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    • Iriver
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    • Sony Walkman
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im considering buying a zunehd 32gb

i have a large media library that consits of a large amount of wma and other micrsoft formats

what PMP, personal media player, do you think i should get.

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Read that as PIMP.

Just curious, why use a lossy format like WMA? I mean, it's good if you want to send decent-sounding audio over phone lines, bu no one really does that anymore. Also, at 128 kbps (which I ashume you're probably using) it suffers from overbrightness. If you're running these files at a really high bit rate, try OGG, but if you're running around 85 kbps don't touch OGG at all since it gets really cruddy below ~120 kbps. If MPEG Layer III isn't your style, I understand, but as a sound guy must know your reasoning for using the WMA codec.

In other news, meh, my dad won an iPod in a survey and gave it to me, so I don't really have any advice for you.

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Read that as PIMP.

Just curious, why use a lossy format like WMA? I mean, it's good if you want to send decent-sounding audio over phone lines, bu no one really does that anymore. Also, at 128 kbps (which I ashume you're probably using) it suffers from overbrightness. If you're running these files at a really high bit rate, try OGG, but if you're running around 85 kbps don't touch OGG at all since it gets really cruddy below ~120 kbps. If MPEG Layer III isn't your style, I understand, but as a sound guy must know your reasoning for using the WMA codec.

In other news, meh, my dad won an iPod in a survey and gave it to me, so I don't really have any advice for you.

there are a few reasons why i use wma

first i use 256kbps for the wma codec so it sounds fine

second most of my media library is in wma over 150GB and i dont want to try and convert it all

i dont mind mp3

i myself am also a sound guy

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TheEPICtrainrider

The zune is stronger, as in you could brake the glass and still be able to see it, but the hd might be different (I herd this from a guy who actually had one). The Ipod is smaller though, and it looks good. If you do get a ipod, switch out the head phones, people see those head phones and know you got some hi tech thing that can be worth lots of $$.

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