Re: [microsound] iTunes iSux

[Paul Shuler <paulshuler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Look in to the Cowon iAudio
D2<http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2007/04/cowon-iaudio-d2-review.php>supports
Flac, Ogg and everything else except crappy .m4a, has great video
capabilities and and SD card slot. Excellent sound quality. Everything is
drag and drop. And there is a great user community developing skins and such
at www.iaudiophile.net.
Happy user here. No need for iPod.We this supports everything can even
record in 256 kbs through it's biult in Mic. love it. -Paul


On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There are some very extreme bugs within iTunes when dealing with
>> .aif(f) or .wav files.  The problem is that iTunes runs its DRM filter
>> on all files to see if they are "burned from an cd or bought from
>> iTunes"; the issues resides in that their DRM filters breaks direct
>> links to files, then they will not show up in iTunes, the files more
>> than likely still exist.
>>
>>  and this is why I refuse to ever buy another iPod to use as a mp3 player
> or use iTunes for anything but casual net-radio listening
> next mp3 player I'm getting is a Sansa and so I can drag my mp3's onto and
> off of it rather than using iTunes
> gawd what a piece of crap
>
> and don't get me started on Apple Mail
> I hate it even though I use it daily
> sheesh!
>
> I'm considering buying a cheap used Dell and loading Ubuntu onto it for
> office admin work
> some things Apple does well (example: FCP) while other apps are still
> trying to join the 21C of computing
>
>
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