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Best Portable Digital Device

I currently use a Palm Pilot (Tungsten E) to listen to music when traveling on a plane, but it's not very handy to use while exercising. So, I'm thinking about buying an IPOD Nano (4G) - $200. I've got hundreds of CDs but can't imagine loading more than the 1,000 songs that the Nano supposedly stores. Is there a better product out there than the IPOD that's less than $300?
And I'm IT challenged; so, what software program should I use to download the CDs onto my computer to the device? I currently use the standard software that comes with a Dell computer. My headphones are Entymotic Research ER-S4s. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
rockyboy

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jax2
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The best thing you can do to improve the sound of portable digital is to go to either a lossless, or uncompressed file. Unfortunately that means your songs will take up a whole lot more space. Try this with one of your favorite selections; rip it from the original CD as an mp3 (probably the default on your current Palm), and then try ripping the same song in a lossless format (Apple Lossless or WAV or whatever the lossless version PC users have). Listen to each, one after the other, and see if that makes a difference for you. If it doesn't then go with a Nano or other smaller iPod. If it does, you may want to rethink your selection to something with greater storage capacity. I use a 60gb iPod Photo (now iPod Video) and have all my music in either lossless or WAV. I'm sure the earbuds you have are up to the task.

Marco
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