So Much Music!

[chorbalan]

Ok, this is not necessarily a bad thing at all, but I have so much music I have not listened to and so little time. I bought Epitaph by Necrophagist and Celestial Entrance by Pagan's mind 2 weeks ago and still haven't had a chance to listen to them due to schedule and because I've been listening to Dream Theater as well as been busy with the recording of my own music for a demo tape (wish me luck!)

Then I get completely blindsided by A Matter of Life and Death by Iron Maiden and when I got that I also picked up Black Water Park by Opeth, Stupid Dream by Porcupine Tree as well as a John Mclaughlin album. I have way too much good music and way too little time to listen to it all.

Discuss how one would deal with such a thing or if you've had the same trouble ever?

[TojesDolan]

Yeah. I carry my CD player everywhere and listen to them. That way I don't leave music out. :D

[Permanent Solution]

ipod!

No but really, my ipod is on almost anywhere i go except when i'm actually in class. i listen to at least 8 hours of music a day i'd say.

[MRDuCran]

I'm having this trouble right now. The I have loads of albums that I haven't listened to properly, download or bought. The only time I listen to music is down here at the computer but I get distracted too easily. Any other time, I'm playing guitar, sleeping/eating or out.

[Luc2142]

ipod!

No but really, my ipod is on almost anywhere i go except when i'm actually in class. i listen to at least 8 hours of music a day i'd say.

iAudio!!

iAudio > Ipod.

and iAudio had the name first, Ipod stole it.

[LostChild]

so much musicThat's the opposite of the problem I have.

[repcak]

i have the same problem, but my biggest problem is that i don't like "new" music; let me explain on an example:

when the new Kalmah album (the black waltz) came out i listened to it and it was: ehh... they changed their style, its not 100% kalmah anymore i don't like it... i haven't listened to the album anymore. till yesterday! and hell, wow... this album just kick ***... its amazing!! i love it.

and its not the first time that this happens to me... so i just decided i won't buy an album that isn't older than 3months :p

do you have this problem too?

[Shattered_Future]

I got the same problem: too many albums, not enough time.

I still have yet to find a solution to the problem. :lol:

[Mazeppa]

I used to have that problem, but now I've managed to balance the ammount of new cds I buy. That being said, I still have a couple of cds that I need to listen to properly.

[Magicaltroll]

I know what you mean man, I've been a little better at that lately though, since I've had school, and I can listen to all the music I want in my school.

[chorbalan]

i have the same problem, but my biggest problem is that i don't like "new" music; let me explain on an example:

when the new Kalmah album (the black waltz) came out i listened to it and it was: ehh... they changed their style, its not 100% kalmah anymore i don't like it... i haven't listened to the album anymore. till yesterday! and hell, wow... this album just kick ***... its amazing!! i love it.

and its not the first time that this happens to me... so i just decided i won't buy an album that isn't older than 3months :p

do you have this problem too?

I had this happen to me with Are You Dead Yet, it did not appeal to me right away, but I like it now.

[Shred Danson]

I have 300 CD's and never know what to listen to at the moment.

I suck.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

There are some albums that I haven't really payed loads of attention too, but I wouldn't say there is nothing in my collection that I haven't listened to at all.

[Perhaps Crickets]

I got the same problem: too many albums, not enough time.

I still have yet to find a solution to the problem. :lol:
You could warp time, 'tis my advice.

[Benzum]

I have approx 500 albums, but seeing as my iPod broke (surprise surprise) I need to find a suitable replacement, because I literally find it hard to go a normal working day without music :mad:
for now I use my CD player, which is ok

I usually listen to an album at a time, usually one which I either havn't heard before, or not in a long time, a good method

[Shadius]

ipod!

No but really, my ipod is on almost anywhere i go except when i'm actually in class. i listen to at least 8 hours of music a day i'd say.

When do you actually have time to talk to people?

lol, seriously though, I listen to hours of music a day, while on the computer/watching music DVD's or doing something non-social like waiting for people/buses, also while playing my own music. During the holidays on days I don't have much to do I could listen to like 8 hours I guess tho.

[the2stranger]

ipod!

No but really, my ipod is on almost anywhere i go except when i'm actually in class. i listen to at least 8 hours of music a day i'd say.
That's me, except replace Ipod for a Zen.
If I buy new cd's I listen a few times to it on my normal stereo, to get the big lines and after that I play it on my Zen and everywhere where a cd player si actually.
I have trouble fully appreaciating an album if I listen to it on my Zen at first.
Traffic souind and all makes it harder to 'get' the album.
So first time listening an album while out stands for loosing a lot of detail, whcch sucks.

[Lord Abortion]

Never buy an IPod, those things are overpriced and have crap all space.

Get a Zen 30gb instead, for less than the the price of an 4gb Ipod, you get almost 8 times the space and it doesn't break, because it's made of, you know...stuff, and not dry twigs, which is what apple use for their products these days

[Meatplow]

I listen to at least two new albums a week on my Ipod. I have to walk around to get places so its useful for me.

[the2stranger]

Also, Zen has a better battery.
I have a 20 gig Zen and love it. :D

[Benzum]

Never buy an IPod, those things are overpriced and have crap all space.

Get a Zen 30gb instead, for less than the the price of an 4gb Ipod, you get almost 8 times the space and it doesn't break, because it's made of, you know...stuff, and not dry twigs, which is what apple use for their products these days

iPod's are amazing, if you don't get a faulty one
The video ones are great, I just ordered a 60GB Black one :D

SIXTY GIGS!

[Bartender]

The headphones for my Zen 60GB just recently finally gave up and broke. More than a little annoying, they were pretty good.

[Benzum]

Zen...what a fitting name, if you get me...

Do you mean the headphone insert?
that's something I've heard Zen's have problems with

just buy better headphones

[Lord Abortion]

I get through a pair of headphones every couple of months.
Either the wire where it connects to the earphone itself frays and then loses sound, or it happens where it connects to the machine, weaker at the joins I guess.

...and it's probably got something to do with the fact I'm cheap and buy the least expensive ones I possibly can each time.

[Benzum]

...and it's probably got something to do with the fact I'm cheap and buy the least expensive ones I possibly can each time.

Ditto...
This time, I'll take better care of them instead of practically taking them out the pack and putting scissors to them (same thing)

[Bartender]

Zen...what a fitting name, if you get me...

Do you mean the headphone insert?
that's something I've heard Zen's have problems with

just buy better headphones

No, I mean the earphones themselves have just come apart, from use. They've both, at various times, lost their fuzzy covering, and now the plastic covering all the wirings and such has split and started coming apart. They did last me nigh on two years, though.

I'm looking for new earphones, but I'm not all that sure where to look.

[Egggo]

Artists - 9403 - 232 (played)
Albums - 8193 - 256 (played)
Tracks - 40787 - 1589 (played)
Length (h:mm:ss) - 3519:42:21 - 133:58:56 (played)
File size - 284.13 GB - 11.57 GB (played)

hehe

of course the played statistics are completely inaccurate since i have only recently installed this tracking program =(

[Lord Abortion]

I mended mine with polystyrene cement, when that happened, I'd had them for only about a month though:p

The fuzzy coverings last 24 hours if I'm lucky.

[Benzum]

how the **** can you have 9403 artists on your machine?

that's plenty o music

[Lord Abortion]

I have 30.01 Gb:)

[Benzum]

Noice...you are ahead of me by a few gigs...
I don't burn CD's I already own onto my computer though :)
it's all nu-metarial

heh

[Apocalyptic Raids]

...and it's probably got something to do with the fact I'm cheap and buy the least expensive ones I possibly can each time.
get yourself a quality pair of Sennheisers!

Unless you are talking about the little earbud ones in which case I don't have a clue.

[the2stranger]

I always spent a nice dime on earphones, that way I always have good quality, they last me 1/1,5 years and I use them every day. :)

[repcak]

the best headphones i ever had, i got when i bought my first discman when i was 14/15yrs old. last year the broke for the first time! they were fantastic... and i'm 20now... 5yrs duration!

the discman still works, though he felt down on the floor several times... at least from 1metres high!! he still works. you can do anything to my discman, you cannot ruin him. i love my discman!

last year i bought an mp3-player and after 6months i gave it back cause it broke...


/hail to old-school-discmans :p

[Knifeboy]

I, on average, listen to two new albums a day.
I have enough music (as mp3, and cd) to play music for 160 days straight without playing the same song twice.. And I've listened to atleast 90% of it..

And on the topic of headphones.. Nothing beats my Sennheiser HD280 pro

[the2stranger]

I have Sennheiser MX 500.
Pretty good stuff.

[Shattered_Future]

Never buy an IPod, those things are overpriced and have crap all space.

Get a Zen 30gb instead, for less than the the price of an 4gb Ipod, you get almost 8 times the space and it doesn't break, because it's made of, you know...stuff, and not dry twigs, which is what apple use for their products these days

iPods break WAY too easily. I have a Mac though, so I need an iPod. :smash:

[Flesh Crawl]

I have an ipod too but i have too much music and not enough space on it...but i listen to it quite a lot, and i switch the songs around so yknow, i manage to listen to it all at some point or another and i always revisit old bands..

[Permanent Solution]

When do you actually have time to talk to people?

lol, seriously though, I listen to hours of music a day, while on the computer/watching music DVD's or doing something non-social like waiting for people/buses, also while playing my own music. During the holidays on days I don't have much to do I could listen to like 8 hours I guess tho.
All the other time besides sleeping which is like 8 hours or so. I get up at 9/930, throw on music till i start class at 1040, turn it on between classes which can be 1-3 hours, turn it on after classes and study for 2-3 hours, socialize and make/eat dinner etc, and listen to 2-3 CDs before going to bed.

On the topic of ipods: they break easily, which is great because it means I buy a new warranty and get a brand new ipod for the price of that warranty. I'm on my 4th and i upgrade to the latest version each time they break, started on 3rd gen, now have video. $50 per upgrade, roughly. Not a bad deal.

[Egggo]

iPod's are amazing, if you don't get a faulty one
The video ones are great, I just ordered a 60GB Black one :D

SIXTY GIGS!

umm ipods suck unless you really have no idea what is going on with the DAP market

[Lord Abortion]

umm ipods suck unless you really have no idea what is going on with the DAP market
Well said.

iPods really are pieces of crap.

[loathed]

Whaaaaaaaaaat...?

My iPod has been really good to me, but i think i have to get the battery replaced soon.

[Lord Abortion]

I can't believe I just agreed with something Amit said.
That didn't involve how awesome Ravi Shankar is.

ipods are overpriced, fragile and probably the worst space/money deal you can get.

[PinkFreud]

I like my iPod and could care less what anyone else says about it.

I have 159.09 gigs.

[Permanent Solution]

I can't believe I just agreed with something Amit said.
That didn't involve how awesome Ravi Shankar is.

ipods are overpriced, fragile and probably the worst space/money deal you can get.
Disagree. Well-made products don't break while they're still covered by warranty and thus aren't cheap to replace.

[loathed]

Disagree. Well-made products don't break while they're still covered by warranty and thus aren't cheap to replace.

exactly.

[Aronax]

Never buy an IPod, those things are overpriced and have crap all space.

Get a Zen 30gb instead, for less than the the price of an 4gb Ipod, you get almost 8 times the space and it doesn't break, because it's made of, you know...stuff, and not dry twigs, which is what apple use for their products these days

Zen's are ****ing terrible, I broke 3 of them in 1 year (all dropping them about 3-4 feet, the piece of ****). I have dropped my 30gb iPod at least 6 times from around 4 feet (where my hand is) and it still works perfectly. Had the same iPod for half a year now, dropped it twice as much (once on my kitchen floor, which is harder than concrete) yet it still functions and looks as if it's new. iPod's are made of metal, Zen's have a ****ing plastic case. Good thing those idiots from Creative fixed/gave me new ones for free when the piece of plastic broke. Good thing I bought an iPod.

Don't buy a Zen, the cheap price equates to it's terrible design, massive size, and plastic backing (whereas the iPod has METAL backing). My friend has also had a 1st generation iPod since it came out (around 5 years) and his works well. Moral of this post: Zen's are cheap and poorly made. iPod's are more expensive, and are better.

**** Creative, make a decent mp3 player before releasing a tank sized plastic water bottle mp3 player.

[Lord Abortion]

The size makes no difference to me, and I'm just going by reports from people I know about the fragility of ipods.
My Zen has been nearly a year without trouble that didn't arise from my own stupidity(it crashed every time I accidentally used my minidisk cable to connect it to the PC, as they look the same)

The size/space thing is my main concern anyway.

[Aronax]

iPod > Zen Plastic Waterbottle Mp3 Player

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[Cocaine]

Never had a problem with iPods. Had a 20G clickwheel, now I use a 60G Video. Zero complaints.

[chorbalan]

I have a 60 gig video and but any time I get to listen to music is on my way to and from school and on the weekends. Otherwise I'm either in school, band practice, playing guitar or football practice.

[loathed]

but the price for a good iPod is rather...cool...as well

[Bartender]

Zen's are ****ing terrible, I broke 3 of them in 1 year (all dropping them about 3-4 feet, the piece of ****). I have dropped my 30gb iPod at least 6 times from around 4 feet (where my hand is) and it still works perfectly. Had the same iPod for half a year now, dropped it twice as much (once on my kitchen floor, which is harder than concrete) yet it still functions and looks as if it's new. iPod's are made of metal, Zen's have a ****ing plastic case. Good thing those idiots from Creative fixed/gave me new ones for free when the piece of plastic broke. Good thing I bought an iPod.

Don't buy a Zen, the cheap price equates to it's terrible design, massive size, and plastic backing (whereas the iPod has METAL backing). My friend has also had a 1st generation iPod since it came out (around 5 years) and his works well. Moral of this post: Zen's are cheap and poorly made. iPod's are more expensive, and are better.

**** Creative, make a decent mp3 player before releasing a tank sized plastic water bottle mp3 player.

I can tell you pretty much exactly the opposite; I've found my Zen (all my Creative mp3 players, actually) to be extremely reliable, despite having been dropped more than once, and I've found iPods drop apart as soon as I look at them. Finding several dozen people to back both positions wouldn't be a problem; preference just seems to be whichever works properly for you first.

[Perhaps Crickets]

I have a case on my iPod!

[Shadius]

Zen's are ****ing terrible, I broke 3 of them in 1 year (all dropping them about 3-4 feet, the piece of ****). I have dropped my 30gb iPod at least 6 times from around 4 feet (where my hand is) and it still works perfectly. Had the same iPod for half a year now, dropped it twice as much (once on my kitchen floor, which is harder than concrete) yet it still functions and looks as if it's new. iPod's are made of metal, Zen's have a ****ing plastic case. Good thing those idiots from Creative fixed/gave me new ones for free when the piece of plastic broke. Good thing I bought an iPod.

Don't buy a Zen, the cheap price equates to it's terrible design, massive size, and plastic backing (whereas the iPod has METAL backing). My friend has also had a 1st generation iPod since it came out (around 5 years) and his works well. Moral of this post: Zen's are cheap and poorly made. iPod's are more expensive, and are better.

**** Creative, make a decent mp3 player before releasing a tank sized plastic water bottle mp3 player.

Stop ****ing dropping things, you clutz.

:p

In all seriousness, I've only dropped my mp3 player once in a year, and it wasn't even that far.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

I've never had any problems with my iPod, although I should have got a case for it. There's a load of scratches on the back.

[loathed]

I've never had any problems with my iPod, although I should have got a case for it. There's a load of scratches on the back.

yea, same here. but well, i guess scratches here and there are inevitable.

[naboo]

You sound just like me. Over the past summer and spring I bought SO many CD's. I actually have a small box on my desk right now with about 15 albums in it that I'm going to slowly open over the Fall and Winter. I think this happened mostly because they're mostly black metal and I don't like listening to a black metal album for the first time in the summer. Whenever I listen to music for the first time it usually seems to have a connection to the time of year that I do.

[Shadows Within]

Anyone have an Iriver I heard those are decent my friend bought one because he said it's better than Ipod, im too poor for wither, or waste what money i have on Instruments/equipment and the occasional game.

which reminds me I gotta get my pre-order of Company of Heroes :p

[Knifeboy]

Don't buy a Zen, the cheap price equates to it's terrible design, massive size, and plastic backing

Uuuh.... http://www.grumet.net/weblog/archives/images/mini-v-zen.jpg ... No plastic, no massive size.. .. Terrible design? that's prefference

[Amit]

cowon x5l

35 hours of battery life

that thing shits over any ipod and many of my friends who used to be ipod fanboys (until it became too expensive for them to continue to do so) are now cowon advocates :cool:

[Benzum]

I like my 30 gig Black iPod Video, it's a decent piece of kit
It's good to escape from annoying people on the train and watch a music festival, or some TV shows....
I'm not bothered about battery life, because I have a charger anyway, plus playing music does not drain the life too much, that's only for video podcasts

[loathed]

My battery lifespan seems to be going down...i think i might have to get it replaced. anyone knows how much it would cost? i have an ipod nano

[Quiksilver26]

I know exactly how you feel dude, unless i'm listening to my music 24/7 i don't have enough time =\. It wouldn't realy bother me as much.. but i like to listen to albums star to finish.

[Benzum]

My battery lifespan seems to be going down...i think i might have to get it replaced. anyone knows how much it would cost? i have an ipod nano

you have to send it off to apple, it's not really worth it
the smaller the model, the more unreliable they are
my ipod mini i had a few years back was terrible :mad:

except for the 1.8GB ones, those are great

[Amit]

hehe silly people

rechargeable batteries always go down in battery life

[loathed]

rechargeable batteries always go down in battery life

of course, i would just like to know how much a battery replacement costs.