[Arkansan Raider]

Martin Haverland wrote:

Maybe in the next decade we are able to *wear* our whole music
collection in lossless quality - then I would be very interested what
kind of earplug would satisfy real audiphile listening. Unfortunately it
seems to look bad for sound quality in times of mp3. I do not see any
consumer producs that utilize lossless compression formats ATM or coming
soon... ;-))

I'm a day late (okay, more like over a month late) and a dollar short
here, but my iPod Classic 80g Video 5th Gen will play Apple Lossless
just fine. The fidelity is outstanding. Of course, I'm not using the
standard Apple crap earbuds, either. I'm using some Shure E2s that,
while not the best on the market, are no slouches either.


I hope we can still get any cd's in a few years - and are not forced to
buy sonically crippled and DRM'd downloads - there are some dangerous
trends underway in my opinion. :-(

I totally concur.

I know some will cringe here, but I dig my vinyl. I also dig my DVD-As
and SACD Hybrids. When I can afford it, I'm looking forward to a Blu-Ray
player that will play the new Blu-Ray Audio format.

That's the stuff that won't likely make it to iPods.

JMHSO

---Jeff