Music sounds fine from the DS!! Who are these people??
People who enjoy their music, that was probably ripped from the CD at a fairly high quality instead of donwloading poor quality songs of the GNUtella network.
if you don't max out the speakers/invite unneeded distortion/use a pair of headphones instead of DS speakers then mp3s are fine on the DS. Anyone who says otherwise is just mad they bought an IPOD in the first place.
Actually, the DS sound hardware itself is poor. Granted, if you're using very bad headphones or low bitrate/sample rate mp3s, you won't be able to tell the difference.
Your iPod comment is slightly out of nowhere. Apart from the poor battery life, the hardware used is rather good and provides excellent sound quality.
Believe me...I hooked up thousand dollar speakers through an amp for a local party and it sounded the same as the IPOD that was connected beforehand. Most people forget that sound quailty is relative to the equipment you are running it through...cables and such....
An amplifier will drop sound quality, as you will end up having to clip some of the samples, turning a nice sounding sine wave into a harsh sounding square wave. Of course, the effect is desirable for Electric Guitars. Yes, the sound quality is relative to the equipment you're using. Starting with the DS's poor hardware.
If you really like music you'll miss out if you buy an mp3 player....since you can make music on the DS as well. Beatmapping, sampling...etc.
I agree. There's plenty of fun/useful audio apps. I used NitroTracker a while ago for a mini project.
Stop suckin apples knob people
Nearly everyone who replied to this topic suggested a non-apple product. You also don't really have an argument, and just want to bash apple. At least, that's how it comes across - moronic.
BTW whats easier to use Itunes or drag and drop? (rests case)
Again you're being moronic.
Firstly, you're assuming that everyone with an mp3 player uses iTunes. I've used Amarok to sync my iPod 4G for a while now.
Secondly, I have ~30 Gibibytes of music. When I last used the windows drag/drop interface to transfer large volumes of files to a removable drive, it would take ages, and maybe even stop halfway with a "Delayed write error."
Secondly iTunes is easier to use than many audio managers I've seen. You can drag and drop files into it, and it will automatically organise them. It will sync your iPod whenever you attach it. It downloads cover art. It rips CDs into several formats. It's easy and fast.
If you couldn't be bothered to read my dissection of your argument, then I'll explain one sentance.
You're wrong, and you don't understand.