Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:56:16 -0800
Reply-To: PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
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From: PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Friday topic: MP3s in a vanagon?
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Modern CD players will play MP3's as well as WMA's. Approximately 200 MP3's
(counting 3.5 minutes per song) will fit on a CD, but if converted to WMA,
400 songs will fit on a single CD. All the music I might possibly want to
hear in a week will fit on 3-5 EASILY REPLACEABLE CD's, so I don't have to
lug around 120 to 200 CD's, or keep switching CD's to hear other albums. I
will admit to being very ignorant of how to create playlists, but the Alpine
stereo that was already in my Westy when I bought it does allow me to
navigate to folders, which I can create before I actually burn the CD. I
have opted to create a folder for each album. There may be a way to create
a playlist, allowing me to mix songs from various albums, but I have yet to
learn that.
I prefer to use CD's full of WMA's because I don't have to worry about loss,
theft, or damage from heat in the summer. If anything happens to my 400
song CD, all I have to do is just burn another at a cost of approximately
$.05 to $.10 a CD. I specifically don't want an iPod for use in a vehicle
because it's less to worry about.
There may be some question as to the sound quality of a WMA, but the Vanagon
is noisy in the first place, so I really don't notice a compromise in stereo
quality. In fact, I don't even notice a compromise at all, no matter where
I am. (Maybe I've never been taught or don't notice the difference.)
By the way, if you download your iTunes as M4A's, you will not be able to
play them on a Windows computer without iTunes or a converter. If there is
a choice, it's better to choose MP3's. They are pretty much universal.
(WMA's won't play on a Mac or an iPod, unless converted to MP3's or M4A's.)
I tried out another device that accepts secure digital cards and plays songs
through your FM radio. It doesn't work quite as well, as sometimes the FM
signal weakens or is lost. I'm going to stick with my cheap-o CD's!
Patti
90 Westy Automatic
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On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>wrote:
> So what if I want to have high quality reproductions from my old
> vinyl collection? Do you really think a $90 Chinese-made turntable
> and cartridge/stylus(and its electronics) is going to faithfully
> reproduce those sounds?
>
> Find me a system that will incorporate my $800(1970's prices) B&O
> Beogram 4002 turntable with tangental tracking tonearm. There's
> probably some Thorens tonearm and Ortofon moving coil cartridge folks
> out there wondering the same thing...... Of course, if the speakers
> and amplifier are crap, you likely won't hear the difference
> anyway. Remember, it all starts with the source material.
>
> DM&FS, who doesn't mind the ticks and pops, and had a Nakamichi 700
> tape deck to get rid of the hiss and loss of hghs....
>
>
> At 11:15 PM 2/26/2010, neil n wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> > Google 'rip vinyl' and you will find a bunch of options if you
>> are loking to
>> > convert old records (78s, 45s or 33 1/3) to digital formats. Right now
>> > Costco has one full setup complete with turntable for $90 shipped.
>>
>>
>> w/turntable?
>>
>> WhaddaDeal!
>>
>> I can't recall when I last had a turntable.
>>
>> Another project for another day. (though I would really enjoy hearing
>> my Joni Mitchell, Jaco, Brecker et al double album in my Westy)
>>
>> http://www.jacopastorius.com/music/essential/joni_shadowsandlight.asp
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>>
>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>>
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