He's not a sap; he's a fella who has a different take on the gear needed to enjoy music than you. Evidently he's enjoying music as much as ever, that hardly makes him a sap. Indeed, I'd say the fella is very astute; he has what he needs, no more and no less.
Calm down, I was half joking.
What I meant was that if he wanted to go the route he did there are better options. Better DAP's, better headphones, and better DAC's. And all for less. So he is a sap in the fact that he fell for marketing hype and bought not well received gear instead of better received gear for less.
Also, he thinks lossy mp3's sound great...well...maybe with his low-fi gear he can't tell the difference between lossy and lossless (not that he probably ever compared the two)...but he's obviously not exactly an expert on what sounds good (no, neither am I, but I mean come on lol).
Also, why attack me? The OP, in effect, called him sad. If you have problem with me, PM me about it, don't take it out in a thread.
Vintage gear sounds better, has lasted 20, 30, even 40 or more years and with a tune up will last that long again. His I pod will bee a non working peice of crap inside 5 years. So IMO if a guy wants to spend upwards of a hundred dollars every few years just to have convenient mediocre sound; he is a sap.
Ipod's, imo, are mediocre at best brand new. And not at all worth the cost...maybe half the cost. And even then there are better sounding options with better features too at the same price.
But I don't think that any DAP is just going to not work in a few years, even an iPod. I know several that have old DAP's that are still going, and I have one that is 4 or 5 years old and works fine. And, for portable use at least, they can sound really good, much better than my old portable cd players I used to use (which still work) and much more convenient (hundreds of songs to access).
