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• hey steve, look at the facts - ripping technology has advanced considerably over the last 8 or 9 years, so mp3s and AACs are sounding better than before while their CD counterparts are sounding worse. most new CDs (my guess is 98% or more) are so over-compressed that an mp3 or AAC generally sounds just as good as the crappy sounding CD it is ripped from.... you can't really argue with that point!
  
  and vinyl is vinyl - and for that, i recommend this:
  http://www.tnt-audio.com/accessories/knosti_e.html
  holy cow, this rocks my world! it's expensive considering that it probably costs the company less than $1 to manufacture it but it works, my god... does it work!
  
  and yes, i think we all agree that disposable technology sucks - which ocean will be the lucky one to have millions of dead ipods dumped into it? the one reason i never bought an ipod - too expensive for another piece of portable technology that i will break just as easily as every portable cd player or digital camera i've owned.
  
  btw - did you see the video review in this ny times article a few days ago?
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/10/technology/personaltech/10pogue.html?ex=1223697600&en=8d93782364a9891b&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=TE-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M040-EM-0408-HDR&WT.mc_ev=click&mkt=TE-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M040-EM-0408-HDR
  
  and my turntable - pioneer PL-71 with a recent small buzz that must be fixed but i'm generally loving it. it's been in the family since the 70's and will be around for a long time to come. In reply to: "The 30-year-old iPod?"

  April 15, 2008

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