iPod and Home Stereo

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by mark

Know a few people who detest iTunes and use Media Monkey for everything.
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Thanks for the tip on Media Monkey. I will give that a test drive.

Obvious next question: Which iPod/mp3 players are people using?

[Aleks]

Originally Posted by Oscar

We finally installed some speakers on the back deck. I have a rack of CDs but a CD player that only loads 5 CDs at a time.

I was thinking of finally biting the bullet and getting an iPod and plugging it into the home stereo system. Then loading the iPod with all of our current CDs plus new stuff. What really hapens here is that the 5 CDs never come out of the player unless we rent a movie.

What is the sound quality of playing mp3s through the main stereo sysem? Would I be severely disapointed? If this works at home I would look at changing my music system in my truck.

FWIW I use the iPod for everything. I have a Belkin dock that runs right to my receiver (and most receivers nowadays have interfaces that control the ipod) at home, and I use a Pioneer iPod interface with my Avic Navigation in my car. No reason to ever use CD's. And I don't use MP3's below 192kbps bitrate.