I know it is old tech and I didn't bother with it but to make it very short I love iPods. Listening to my go sleepy mix and a book = a dose of Xanax before bed. I am rigging the cars for the full set up and my 4 year old just got a shuffle for her B-day from a friend.

The Podcasts are also cool.


A little hint if you go to best buy (small caps intended) ask for the open items with no headphones; apparently they cannot sell used headphones so they deaply discount the ipods. Her shuffle was $30 and thats pretty darn cheap. For all you internet parents I have limited the volume on her unit to very low.

i love the video podcasts on itunes.. check out the LSAT podcast by Princeton Review.. its awesome

This week I finally swapped the original headphones from my 1st gen 5GB iPod for the new rubber sheathed ones Apple sells (which oddly is not what the new iPods come with) . . . wow, what a difference. I'm sure it's nothing like the Shure E3, but they do have a lot more bass than the old earbuds.

Yup! Love my iPod, have to admit it. I sometimes don't have time to bother with itunes/playlists all the time, it's a lot of tweaking, but I use my shuffle to run with. It's great - good sound and next to no weight.

I've got an iPod mini that I use mainly for travel. All my fav tunes wherever I go! (esp. The Clash..)

The headphones I use for running that I like are these - very crisp sound, good bass, and you can still hear the environment around you. Sennheiser PMX60.

http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/productdetail.asp?transid=004917

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2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

I HIGHLY recomend sennheiser.

I use a pair of 280pro's daily. next will be the (expensive) upgrade to the hd-25.


I just received my first Ipod. I signed up with a bank, and a month later UPS delivered it to my door. It was completely free (2gb 2nd gen. nano)

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Only thing I'd add Ted, is that they're relatively heavy compared to other similar headphones. But I take that as a good thing - perhaps a sign of quality build.

Either way, they sound great, IMHO!

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2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

i hate the earbuds, they dont stay in my ears.. i must be special or something

I also love my ipod. I purchased a 30 GB one about two months ago.

A few tips for some of you:

1. if you really want high-quality sound, make sure that you convert your CDs at the highest possible rate. I didn't do that, and now have to "reconvert" over 39 days worth of music so it'll sound good enough for my home stereo.

2. Regarding headphones, I'm sure the Sennheiser PMX60 sound great and I'll probably end up buying a pair. But the earbuds also work well when you're using your ipod on the train or in an environment in which you don't want others to also listen to your music. So keep the earbuds for those listening times.

3. Buy a good quality protective cover as soon as possible. I waited, and now have a few scratches on the surface. Yes, it scratches quite easily!

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2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

http://reviews.cnet.com/4323-6531_7-6509085.html

They'd do fine - that's what I use them for as well. They fit snugly and don't jiggle around. It's just that compared to some others (Sony, JVC), these have some mass associated to them. But, like I said, probably a good thing!

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2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

My girl friend gave me an I Pod for my birthday this year and I'm nuts about it. I sit down in my Eames chair, plug "Poddy" into my ears, and open a good book, and I'm in heaven. It's the next best thing to being with her!

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Rat Shack sells an attachment for the stock ear buds that makes them a much more palatable earphone. I think they're around $20 but frequently go on sale. They are a plastic channel with a rubber sheath at the end.

I have used the Rat Shack in-ear-phones (Koss makes them) with foam ends for years and I'm perfectly happy with them. They're no Grados or Sennheisers, but if I wanted portable unltra-hi fidelity I'd be using a CD player rather than an iPod anyway. To me, the appeal of the iPod is that it can be stuffed in a pocket, so I like the fact that I can do the same with my earphones.

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1992 300D 2.5T
1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)

HA! Yep, the earphones will def. build up your neck, lats and pecs!

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2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

One of my friends has a gizmo that he carries with him and can set the FM dial to a certain station and access the thousands of cds and mp3s that are loaded onto his hard drive at home. This seems a lot less cumberesome, ect.... than having the ipod hanging out of the dash. If you want, I will find out what it is called.

That mental image disturbs me.