I’ve been considering buying an mp3 player for months now, but I’ve avoided doing so because the only real option I have is a large capacity iPod. I don’t like iPods for one big reason: once you put music on, you can’t take it back off. Sure, tools like Senuti exist, and work well, but it doesn’t work that way by design, and I don’t like that at all. However, there aren’t many >100GB players, and of what is out there, the iPod is the best for my needs. So I caved, and bought a refurbished 160GB recently.
Moving from my main computer with it’s 60GB internal, I’m really really happy with all the new space. Things I’ve had lying around on DVDs can now be readily accessed, and life is good.
On a side note, I have a set of speakers that I bought at the same time I bought my first computer. It was a bottom-of-the-line Dell, and I paid as much for the speakers as I did for the computer. While that computer is now living out its remaining years as a MythTV box, I still have and love those speakers. They’ve traveled with me to college and back – but upon returning home were never unpacked. I just used the speakers that were already set up. I’ve recently set up these speakers, and I’m shocked at the difference I notice when listening to anything. I’m enjoying listening to music again, a hobby I’d taken a leave from for…well…about as long as it’s been since I’ve heard these speakers. While audiophiles might go overboard sometimes, a good set of speakers really makes a world of difference.