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PODchecking: a show of hands??

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bossmsx

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With the rapid conversion of many of us to Mp3 airchecking (myself included), how many of you actually use an iPod (the actual Apple branded product) for listening to airchecks? I bought my first one some months ago, just to see how they worked, to 'get into' the fad everyone else was buying into, see how people used them (vis a vis radio listening habits) and must admit, aside from airchecks, am now getting my fifth one, and have become a collector of 'Pods, somewhat like airchecks, or old radios, themselves...I own a first generation one that came out a month or so after they were first released in 2001, have another one on the way hopefully, and just got a Video one...I'm going to be getting rid of two of them soon.

They're pretty handy for listening to airchecks....And they beat the old days of having to have a Walkman, and only being able to carry one cassette or two's worth of airchecks, since you can store gigabytes' worth of checks in the harddrive, 'in your pocket'.

Additionally, I had a Creative Zen Micro with built in FM tuner/recorder, but got rid of it...It was somewhat handy but I found the forced 22khz. sampling rate for recording somewhat limiting.

Comments?? What type of iPods?? the regular one?? Minis? Nanos?? Shuffles??

Tony Simon/Miami
[email protected]
 
I am at the other end of that continuum. I usually buy things when people are starting to get something else and are getting rid of them. And music still sounds good on my vinyl LP on a record player.





With the rapid conversion of many of us to Mp3 airchecking
> (myself included), how many of you actually use an iPod (the
> actual Apple branded product) for listening to airchecks? I
> bought my first one some months ago, just to see how they
> worked, to 'get into' the fad everyone else was buying into,
> see how people used them (vis a vis radio listening habits)
> and must admit, aside from airchecks, am now getting my
> fifth one, and have become a collector of 'Pods, somewhat
> like airchecks, or old radios, themselves...I own a first
> generation one that came out a month or so after they were
> first released in 2001, have another one on the way
> hopefully, and just got a Video one...I'm going to be
> getting rid of two of them soon.
>
> They're pretty handy for listening to airchecks....And they
> beat the old days of having to have a Walkman, and only
> being able to carry one cassette or two's worth of
> airchecks, since you can store gigabytes' worth of checks in
> the harddrive, 'in your pocket'.
>
> Additionally, I had a Creative Zen Micro with built in FM
> tuner/recorder, but got rid of it...It was somewhat handy
> but I found the forced 22khz. sampling rate for recording
> somewhat limiting.
>
> Comments?? What type of iPods?? the regular one?? Minis?
> Nanos?? Shuffles??
>
> Tony Simon/Miami
> [email protected]
>
<P ID="signature">______________
[email protected]</P>
 
> I am at the other end of that coninuum. I usually buy
> things when people are starting to get something else and
> are getting rid of them. And music still sounds good on my
> vinyl LP on a record player.
>
>
With you there! I'd much rather listen to my scratchy (and not so scratchy) LPs and 45s than to have a digital copy of a bunch of stuff in my pocket. It's much harder to lose a shelf full of records than a little thing that fits in your pocket.
 
I am not putting down the new technology. I just feel comfortable with the old and it is cheaper.

Eventually the new technology gets discounted and sometimes fails, as with eight track tapes.

> > I am at the other end of that continuum. I usually buy
> > things when people are starting to get something else and
> > are getting rid of them. And music still sounds good on
> my
> > vinyl LP on a record player.
> >
> >
> With you there! I'd much rather listen to my scratchy (and
> not so scratchy) LPs and 45s than to have a digital copy of
> a bunch of stuff in my pocket. It's much harder to lose a
> shelf full of records than a little thing that fits in your
> pocket.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
[email protected]</P>
 
When I was at the HP Technology Forum in October, they had a show special where they were selling a 40GB Apple iPod by HP (no difference from standard Apple iPod except that it also has a HP stamp on it) for the killer price of $160. So, I got one.

My intent was to do exactly what Tony suggests, to listen to airchecks. Actually to listen to airchecks while I am driving. I bought a iTrip transmitter so that I could listen to it on the FM radio in the car. I have yet to use it.

The problem that I find with airchecks on the iPod is that it's difficult to fast forward. You have to hold your finger on the >> and it ff's only a few seconds at a time. If you slip up and accidentally press the >> momentarily, you skip right to the next aircheck. I can't tell you how annoying it is when you are 45 minutes into an aircheck, and accidently do this. I could not imagine being able to do this successfully in the car while driving. I screw it up when I'm sitting on the couch staring at it. It's not really an issue when you are listening to songs because they are relatively short. But, the length of our airchecks can make this a problem. Of course, there is no problem if you want to just listen to the entire aircheck.

In practice, the only time that I really have listened is on my flight last week to/from Houston.

I still haven't completely read the 40 page manual, so perhaps there is something that can make it easier for me. I dunno.

Now get this, I just ordered a new car with a MP3 player already built in. So, aircheck listening in the car should be a lot easier.

It's not a perfect option, but the iPod sounds great though, and it's the only way I had to listen to the MP3 airchecks in the car until now.

John
 
> With the rapid conversion of many of us to Mp3 airchecking
> (myself included), how many of you actually use an iPod (the
> actual Apple branded product) for listening to airchecks? I
> bought my first one some months ago, just to see how they
> worked, to 'get into' the fad everyone else was buying into,
> see how people used them (vis a vis radio listening habits)
> and must admit, aside from airchecks, am now getting my
> fifth one, and have become a collector of 'Pods, somewhat
> like airchecks, or old radios, themselves...I own a first
> generation one that came out a month or so after they were
> first released in 2001, have another one on the way
> hopefully, and just got a Video one...I'm going to be
> getting rid of two of them soon.
>
> They're pretty handy for listening to airchecks....And they
> beat the old days of having to have a Walkman, and only
> being able to carry one cassette or two's worth of
> airchecks, since you can store gigabytes' worth of checks in
> the harddrive, 'in your pocket'.
>
> Additionally, I had a Creative Zen Micro with built in FM
> tuner/recorder, but got rid of it...It was somewhat handy
> but I found the forced 22khz. sampling rate for recording
> somewhat limiting.
>
> Comments?? What type of iPods?? the regular one?? Minis?
> Nanos?? Shuffles??
>
> Tony Simon/Miami
> [email protected]
>
It was because of my buddy Tony here that I bought a Sony Hi-MD recorder/player. It has truly come in handy for recording airchecks when I was in Florida last July, and when I recorded KRock for a full day. This didn't tie up my computer, and the quality is still there. It's easy to put things in and take things out of the MD, and with an mp3 conversion program for the computer, it's easy to convert the ATRAC format. The Hi-MD is great if you want to record long airchecks (at least 10 hours on one 80 minute disc, and 45 hours on a Hi-MD disc.) and then put them on your computer and make CD's. It has the line in to record from any external source which is a big plus. I wonder if it will work with one of those FM iPod transmitters? Hmmmm....<P ID="signature">______________

Co/Moderator: New York,Miami,Airchecks,Classic Radio and Where Are They Now?</P>
 
> With the rapid conversion of many of us to Mp3 airchecking
> (myself included), how many of you actually use an iPod (the
> actual Apple branded product) for listening to airchecks? I
> bought my first one some months ago, just to see how they
> worked, to 'get into' the fad everyone else was buying into,
> see how people used them (vis a vis radio listening habits)
> and must admit, aside from airchecks, am now getting my
> fifth one, and have become a collector of 'Pods, somewhat
> like airchecks, or old radios, themselves...I own a first
> generation one that came out a month or so after they were
> first released in 2001, have another one on the way
> hopefully, and just got a Video one...I'm going to be
> getting rid of two of them soon.
>
> They're pretty handy for listening to airchecks....And they
> beat the old days of having to have a Walkman, and only
> being able to carry one cassette or two's worth of
> airchecks, since you can store gigabytes' worth of checks in
> the harddrive, 'in your pocket'.
>
> Additionally, I had a Creative Zen Micro with built in FM
> tuner/recorder, but got rid of it...It was somewhat handy
> but I found the forced 22khz. sampling rate for recording
> somewhat limiting.
>
> Comments?? What type of iPods?? the regular one?? Minis?
> Nanos?? Shuffles??
>
> Tony Simon/Miami
> [email protected]
>
If I need to listen to an MP3 aircheck on the go, I use my MP3 player. <P ID="signature">______________

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> I am not putting down the new technology. I just feel
> comfortable with the old and it is cheaper.
>
> Eventually the new technology gets discounted and sometimes
> fails, as with eight track tapes.

It is cool technology, but I'd be afraid I'd drop the thing and it'd break.
 
Re: Rubberbands

A trick that my father did with transistor radios. He wrapped rubberbands around them. Is it possible to still operate an MP3 player with rubberbands wrapped in the right places? It would probably absorb the shock if dropped.


> It is cool technology, but I'd be afraid I'd drop the thing
> and it'd break.
>
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