Weight Loss and MP-3

You should probably consider whether you will be thinking about the sound quality or not while you are huffing and puffing away. Anyway - in my experience with the Nomad II, it sounds like crap. I ran the nomad II into my line3 against spdif out from comp/through proc3 and i couldn't believe how awful it sounded.

The Nomad sounding like crap is a very interesting point. I have a somewhat pricey, $600 ish ? portable head phone amp purchased from Head Room. In my dealings with Headroom, they have been very helpful, suitably obsessive, and seemingly unbiased as they are quick to recommend even things they don't sell. They think the Nomad personal jukebox sounds "as good as a portable CD player". Of course, that doesn't mean much. It seems like little MP=3 players SHOULD sound like crap, but I sure wish someone could tell me otherwise. Good music would relieve the huffing and puffing considerably.

Maybe you could take up a sport. Running sucks as much as portable mp3 players. Or get a foldable treadmill and slap it in the sweet spot. Both would cheaper than $600, unless you like hockey.