Comment Re:nah it's a dead cat bounce (Score 1) 269
"Modern" solutions like syncing only a handful of songs you expect to listen or streaming everything is much more difficult than carrying a complete audio library with you.
My current music library is something like 120 gigs. That includes
* regular 256-320kb/s MP3 albums
* FLAC albums
* soundtracks from games
* "bonus" stuff like remixes, instrumentals
* random compilations grouped into hierarchical folders
* stuff shared by friends which is yet to be listened to be deleted or saved
* "souvenir" CDs bought from obscure street bands without proper tags
The only players which can keep my complete music libraries are HDD-based. And the only way I can keep my audio organized is to keep it in folders rather than a single list with 11000+ tracks, 500+ artists, 1000+ albums.
The only portable player capable of carrying all my library was an iPod Classic. I even wrote a script to replicate the folder-based organization into hierarchical lists in iTunes. Being able to instantly play a song you haven't heard in many years, or being able to choose a song which matches you mood is really awesome. Having multiple days of battery life is also kind of impressive.
The only thing wrong with iPod Classic 6G was its audio quality. It seems Apple's vision was for Classic at that time was to be a video player capable of carrying TV shows (and plugging into a TV if necessary), that's why filling it with music made the library completely unmanageable.