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Portable Music Players
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 15, 2015, 1:14 am
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I was sure we already had a thread geared strictly for iPod
players and the like. I do remember Neumatic going into great
detail about him wanting to buy some backups and whatnot. Well,
might as well start a thread for this now. The reason why I'm
inquiring about it now has to do with whether or not you can
actually hook up an iPod or any other portable music players
directly to your Home Theater Surround Sound System. Most have
different display ports: CD, Auxilary, Phone, TV, etc...So,
curious if you in fact can hook up an iPod or not. What kind of
external ports do they come with?
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Re: Portable Music Players
By: Neumatic Date: January 15, 2015, 1:33 am
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Well, the iPod has the same output as the old iPhones, so
anything you can plug an iPhone into you should be able to do
with an iPod. There's a lot of really awesome little iPod
speakers that were out there, and my favourite ones are the ones
that mimic that minimalistic design. I think it'll be a little
while before the new iPhone input becomes standardized. You can
even get little speakers that you can plug into there so you can
make noise when you're out and about.
The great thing about being ubiquitous is that everyone designs
accessories, so you're bound to find some good ones.
But you also have the charging wire, which ends in a USB so you
can plug it into your computer.
You can use a headphone-to-speaker cable if you want to. I have
a headphone-to-faux tape adapter thing, I stick that in my car's
tape deck and it plays my iPod through the car's speakers.
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Re: Portable Music Players
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 15, 2015, 1:39 am
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Okay, so since I'm currently looking for an MP3 player, it
doesn't necessarily have to be an iPod. But which should I look
at getting. There's too many on the market: Nano, Classic, blah
blah blah. Don't really even know where to begin or what each
version has in the way of 'Bells and Whistles". Any other brand
names that can complete with Apple and won't break the bank
while at it?
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Re: Portable Music Players
By: Neumatic Date: January 15, 2015, 3:08 am
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I would have to double-check my research, but I think the Kobo
is the closest competitor, it kinda looks like an iPod but heavy
duty, there's points on the wheel that make it look like an
"X"... it looks like it has the most hard drive capacity of any
other non-iPod portable music player.
You know, I found the dude on eBay who upgrades iPods and I
missed his recent sale on upgrades, he only does a couple at a
time. I was gonna see if I could get the battery on my old one
replaced and add a 400GB hard drive to it.
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Re: Portable Music Players
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 15, 2015, 11:21 am
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Should I even know what Kobo is? I've never heard of it till
now. I'll see what I can find deal-wise with them.
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Re: Portable Music Players
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 15, 2015, 11:36 am
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All that I'm getting in search for Kobo are eReaders and
Tablets. Nothing about it being an MP3 player.
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Re: Portable Music Players
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 16, 2015, 8:01 pm
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Currently watching a couple of eBay auctions for iPod Classic.
What's the average price you would pay for a Used one? Yeah, I
can check past sales, but most people tend to over-inflate the
price at the last second. Want to know what you (Neumatic) would
pay for Used one. Both auctions are for 7th Generation.
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Re: Portable Music Players
By: Neumatic Date: January 16, 2015, 8:53 pm
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I wound up paying Playstation prices for a brand new Classic,
but I use one of those every day (more than I think people would
use a Playstation) and my current iPod has lasted at least seven
years, maybe longer, and I have no idea how long Playstations
last. For ME, that big amount of money was worth it (and about
what I'd pay for the hard drive/battery upgrade).
Incidently, I have my eyes on this dude on eBay
HTML http://www.ebay.com/usr/ipod.classic?_trksid=p2047675.l2559<br
/>because he does the upgrades, and I think you could probably g
et
a cheaper base unit and a bigger upgrade for less than what an
off-the-shelf unit would cost second-hand these days. Maybe.
BTW, there are a bunch of threads on Reddit
HTML http://www.reddit.com/search?q=ipod+classic
where people discuss
alternatives for high-capacity players. Might be worth a look
too.
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Re: Portable Music Players
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 16, 2015, 9:54 pm
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When you say "cheaper base", are you referring to an earlier
generation or a smaller GB size? Also, I know you have sung
praises for this guy in the past, but have you dealt with him
personally to vouch for his work?
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Re: Portable Music Players
By: Neumatic Date: January 17, 2015, 2:08 am
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I haven't yet. I've heard of a couple of people who apparently
do this, but this is the one I found... and he's got a ton of
positive reviews. Of course, if I didn't have my backup ready
in the box, I might be more hesitant about the whole thing.
The thing is, there are instructions online on how to repair and
replace components in your iPod yourself
HTML https://www.ifixit.com/Device/iPod_Classic,
but getting the d*mn
thing open is the trickiest part. I would not trust myself to
do it, especially as the first project like this I'd ever do.
Of course, it may turn out that my current pod might not be
upgradable, in which case I'd just be out the 20-30 bucks
service charge.
And yeah, by a cheaper base I mean an earlier generation iPod.
The 2nd gen has a lousy screen (no visuals or graphics) but it's
apparently much easier to put a compact flash card in there, and
those suckers can get real big.
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