Few things in my life do I use more
often and enjoy than my mp3 music player.
Well, maybe its not all that great,
but I do really love the idea of mp3
music players. I’m so tired of
CDs I could just scream. Sure, they’re
way better than the different forms
of music storage mediums that came before,
but that’s not saying a whole
lot. There’s nothing more frustrating
than putting on your favorite CD only
to hear it skip like crazy during the
best songs.
Even taking extremely good care of
my CDs, they still somehow get scratched
all the time. Furthermore, just trying
to keep all my CDs organized is a
major hassle. I think I’ve spent
many hours putting CDs away in different
folds and organizing the different
CD cases, and while this used to be
kind of fun back when I was in high
school and didn’t own many albums,
now that I’ve got a large collection
it is a total drag. For these reasons
alone, I’ve been a big fan of
mp3 music players since they first
started hitting markets several years
ago.
The first mp3 music players were
ridiculously expensive, but I just
had to have one. Maybe I’m just
a technology junkie, or maybe I had
just finally had enough of CDs. I
do remember the first mp3 music players
came out shortly after I’d had
my main CD holding folder filled with
90% of the music I’d collected
over the years stolen. I’m sure
that also had something to do with
my decision to make the plunge and
get an mp3 music player. I’d
already spent a small fortune rebuilding
my CD collection, so I guess I figured
why not spend another small fortune,
get an mp3 music player, and never
have to worry about stolen or scratched
CDs again?
While I haven’t been worrying
much about stolen or scratched CDs
since then, I have been worrying about
crappy mp3 music players a lot. The
first one I bought was such a piece
of garbage compared to the newer ones,
its not even funny. Fortunately, the
mp3 music player I have now is pretty
sweet. It’s made by Panasonic,
works with my car and has all sorts
of neat little features.
Of course, now that the mp3 music
players have gotten good, Apple just
had to come out with something better.
Their iPods are in fact pretty nice,
but they of course have their own
spiffy music format that doesn’t
work with other mp3 music players.
Isn’t that just so typically
Apple?
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