Thinking about getting an Ipod.....

[AllAboutThe'O']

so I would like to ask the fellow SF.commers for recommendations.

Nothing too fancy; probably something in the $50-$75 price range. Mostly just want to download a bunch of songs from my laptop and I would also like to have one with a built-in voice recorder. And, more importantly, good effective headphones.

[GottaHavePride]

iPods all pretty much come with the same headphones. Decent, but nothing special.

Is there an iPod with a voice-recorder feature? I don't think there is... unless by "iPod" you mean "some sort of mp3 player device, not necessarily manufactured by Apple". In which case I have no idea.

For your price range all you're looking at is the iPod shuffle. $49.99 for a 1 GB or $69.99 for a 2 GB.

[Frozen Sooner]

You can purchase an accessory for the iPod that will allow you to record.

And the headphones that come with an iPod are terrible.

I use these:

http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.107540700

http://drh.img.digitalriver.com/DRHM/Storefront/Company/shure/images/product/detail/SE420MPA_200.jpg

Which are admittedly overkill for about 80% of the library on my iPod. On the other hand, the lossless tracks really sound nice.

[AllAboutThe'O']

iPods all pretty much come with the same headphones. Decent, but nothing special.

Is there an iPod with a voice-recorder feature? I don't think there is... unless by "iPod" you mean "some sort of mp3 player device, not necessarily manufactured by Apple". In which case I have no idea.

For your price range all you're looking at is the iPod shuffle. $49.99 for a 1 GB or $69.99 for a 2 GB.

Yeah, I meant to say it doesn't have to be an Apple brand; it can be another company.

[Boarder]

Right here: http://www.ecost.com/Detail/MP3/Apple/MA005LLA-REF/42164863.aspx?navid=155438252

First gen Nano 4G for $68. A really nice deal.

[JLEW1818]

so I would like to ask the fellow SF.commers for recommendations.

Nothing too fancy; probably something in the $50-$75 price range. Mostly just want to download a bunch of songs from my laptop and I would also like to have one with a built-in voice recorder. And, more importantly, good effective headphones.

If you can pay 50 bucks for an IPOD, I would do it with absolute zero doubt. It's worth it. It's always there for you, if your responsible.

[Czar Soonerov]

You can purchase an accessory for the iPod that will allow you to record.

And the headphones that come with an iPod are terrible.

I use these:

http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.107540700

http://drh.img.digitalriver.com/DRHM/Storefront/Company/shure/images/product/detail/SE420MPA_200.jpg

Which are admittedly overkill for about 80% of the library on my iPod. On the other hand, the lossless tracks really sound nice.

Dude, when I first saw the price I was like OMG. Then I saw that you get a free T-Shirt to sweeten the deal.

http://drh.img.digitalriver.com/DRHM/Storefront/Site/shure/pb/images/big_t-shirt.gif

I've got a little chihuahua that would love to sink her teeth into those bad boys. I go through about 1 pair of headphones a month. :mad:

[Frozen Sooner]

Heh.

I didn't even get the free shirt. Which kind of pisses me off now.

One more in the list of "**** Mike has purchased because he has a hard time resisting shiny things and ends up kind of regretting later."

On the other hand, they sure do sound pretty.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

For almost 400$...they better give me at least one blow job a week :P

[soonerboomer93]

Heh.

I didn't even get the free shirt. Which kind of pisses me off now.

One more in the list of "**** Mike has purchased because he has a hard time resisting shiny things and ends up kind of regretting later."

On the other hand, they sure do sound pretty.

my se-110's have a tear where the line comes into the right earphone

that must mean i have to replace them

[OklaPony]

my se-110's have a tear where the line comes into the right earphone

that must mean i have to replace them

Just for grins you might want to send these to Shure, sometimes they'll replace things that you just wouldn't believe.

Also, some models of the professional line of Shure in-ear monitors are pretty affordable. I keep the SCL2's and SCL3's in stock and personally own a set of the 3's. For everyday use the 2's are more suitable for listening to music, the 4's are truly rockin', and the 5's are from another planet.

http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/Products/PersonalMonitorSystems/us_pro_earphones_content

[soonerboomer93]

yes, but if I sent them in, i'd be without them. My other set of shure's are in colorado (I think)

so all I'd have is my sennheiser noise cancellers or the um apple headphones (that are trash)

[Sooner_Havok]

iTalk Voice Recorder (http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Technology-4020-TALK-iTalk-Recorder/dp/B0001WW398)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/112CRQ31HKL._SL500_AA150_.jpg

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/a9/bb/0f4c9330dca02197aad71010._AA150_.L.jpg

[OklaPony]

yes, but if I sent them in, i'd be without them. My other set of shure's are in colorado (I think)

so all I'd have is my sennheiser noise cancellers or the um apple headphones (that are trash)

Seems a small (and temporary) price to pay for potentially a new set of Shures.

[Sooner_Havok]

HURRY!

http://www.woot.com/

[AllAboutThe'O']

Bumping this thread.....

Thanks for all your suggestions. I decided to pick up a Sansa 4 GB player the other day, and I'm having a blast with it so far.