For me, each medium is very different from the others. iPod is an iPod, and vinyl is vinyl, etc. I think the iPod is great, but in no way is it the same way as listening to music on vinyl, or CD. A different experience altogether. I think what happened to my original iPod is that I put too much music on it. I became a music hog! Vinyl is more minimalist (not physical space-wise of course) and simple life. There is side one, and then there is side two. The world is perfect again!
On the day that Apple discontinued the 160gb iPod classic (in like 2016 or something) I hopped on marketplace and found one brand new in the box being sold by someone who had won it one a cruise ship contest and had no use for it. I think I paid $120 for it. Well worth it, what a relic of great design!
Also, as a musician, finding workarounds and hacks to get my own music on my iPhone can be frustrating at times and absolutely inconvenient.
Yep - there’s a reason vinyl and CDs and even cassette tapes(!) are making a kind of “under the popular radar” comeback. Great post!!
For me, each medium is very different from the others. iPod is an iPod, and vinyl is vinyl, etc. I think the iPod is great, but in no way is it the same way as listening to music on vinyl, or CD. A different experience altogether. I think what happened to my original iPod is that I put too much music on it. I became a music hog! Vinyl is more minimalist (not physical space-wise of course) and simple life. There is side one, and then there is side two. The world is perfect again!
On the day that Apple discontinued the 160gb iPod classic (in like 2016 or something) I hopped on marketplace and found one brand new in the box being sold by someone who had won it one a cruise ship contest and had no use for it. I think I paid $120 for it. Well worth it, what a relic of great design!
Also, as a musician, finding workarounds and hacks to get my own music on my iPhone can be frustrating at times and absolutely inconvenient.