wife wants an external hard drive for christmas.
any suggestions
where to get one?
i don't even know what it is
i'm a computer loser
my computter knowledge
*click*click*porn*
thank you
flomo
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wife wants an external hard drive for christmas.
any suggestions
where to get one?
i don't even know what it is
i'm a computer loser
my computter knowledge
*click*click*porn*
thank you
flomo
I heard the western digital mybooks are good, check em out at newegg.com
i love my 500gb mybook
Western Digital ftw. Having a big holiday sale on their website too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Renton
I have 3.
Western Digital is the way to go. ALthough I hear some of them have been acting up recently.
what the others said. here's a link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136025
thank you guys
i will be ordering one this afternoon :D
and my christmas shopping will be done
You must download a lot of porn to ever approach filling up a fucking terabyte.Quote:
Originally Posted by zook
ha, I knew I'd get that comment. 800gb of lossless music ftw. 4 friends and I ripped all of our large CD collections in lossless wma format and shared them. It's pretty sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by euphoricism
Running an mp4 video library hooked up to a media server connected to a TV also takes up a bunch of space. The Terrabyte isn't what it used to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by euphoricism
If I were getting an external drive I would go to someplace like TigerDirect and buy a case. Then you can put in whatever drive you want. The benefit of this is you get eSATA, Firewire and usb connections instead of just usb like most.
Cons are size, portability and cost.Quote:
Originally Posted by AHiltz
and i don't know what the hell he is talking aboutQuote:
Originally Posted by bigred
lol. just get the one at the link i gave. it's a great deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by flomo
ordered it
done
thank you again
Wait...are we sure this is what your wife meant by external hard drive? Maybe she needs someone else to satisfy her while you're daydreaming about Lukie?
you could be right, i've screwed these things up beforeQuote:
Originally Posted by bigred
Lukie is HOT---just look at his watch
Why is that? Same size as any other external drive you'd buy off the shelf, but it gives you more connection options and allows you to select the drive you want.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigred
eSATA transfer speed 2500, Firewire 800 and USB 400. Not really a decision to be made if you ask me.
you're right hiltz. the only difference is price really and even that isn't a huge difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by AHiltz
is there a noticeable difference between whatever u ripped the music at and say 128kbps?Quote:
Originally Posted by zook
i'm considering ripping everything again, esp. since i'm getting some new balla headphones, just wondering if it's worth the effort?
I haven't done extensive testing, but I can tell a difference between stuff ripped at 128kbps and 192kbps. We did it in lossless because a) my friends are audio geeks, b) memory was cheap enough (and much cheaper now even), c) we didn't want to ever do it again. Do some tests ripping in different formats/bit rates and see what you think. I'd be curious to hear.Quote:
Originally Posted by phantom_lord
to me lossless is negligible to 192.
def a difference between 192 and 128. I thought supposedly 192 was perfect quality, until the lossless came out recently
Might be dumb question but Amazon sells mp3s for like 256 kbs? Is that lossless?
Not lossless, but getting closer. Lossless files are still about 3-5 times bigger than 256kbps mp3s. But I bet your average person would have a really hard time telling them apart. Another reason the Amazon mp3 store rocks iTunes. And sometime soon their catalog should be expanding big-time.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigred
Quote:
Originally Posted by Renton
max vbr ftw
probably realistically around ~224kbps on average.
but be sure to put EAC on 240kbps vbr mp3[you'll get best possible mp3 quality this way], (might even try 150 kbps mp3pro, dunno if itunes supports those)
but all this quality is a moot point if you listen to your music with $5 cans. you are gonna hear real differences if you are listening through a pair of these.
I was thinking of getting a pair of these:
http://www.bose.com/controller?event...adphones_index
anyone recommend anything else?
Very interested in everyone's opinion and yours on this. I never understood why someone would pay so much for headphones. I know nothing about headphones though so I am really curious, not being an ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by phantom_lord
cause i'm making $$$ from poker and i have to blow it on something! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kmind
srsly tho, the difference in quality in sound is huge between cheap headphones and cheap ones. Cheap ones have a really thin, distorted sound, and the sound gets even worse when u turn up the volume.
good headphones have a really clear deep broad sound and it gets better the louder you have them, i have a decent set of sennheiser headphones that i picked up for only about €50 or so, and people are blown away by the difference between them and the ones they have.
plus the noise cancellation ones cost more.
with a good set you'll hear stuff in the song that you never heard before as they deliver a much wider sound. I don't think I'm explaining this very well, i dunno, if you go to a shop and try out some different sets you really will notice a big difference.
it's defo worth spending at least $50 imo.