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Before the iPod, I thought these were the future. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]TheEllimist 16 points17 points ago

There were MP3 players before the iPod, just like there were smartphones before the iPhone.

[–]eastshores 8 points9 points ago

Years before the iPod I had a harddrive based MP3 player called an Archos Jukebox

[–]rasherdk 1 point2 points ago

They're still rocking!

[–]eastshores 1 point2 points ago

HAHA! That's awesome. I did replace the firmware as soon as RockBox became available. It was much nicer.. and they managed to add battery life to it which was a big deal.

[–]f0rcedinducti0n 0 points1 point ago

I had a Nomad Jukebox, but yes the Archos was another choice I considered.

There were flash based Mp3 players then too.. they were just really small.

[–]cerva -2 points-1 points ago

Hahahaha! That device is just too funny for words! You early adopter you.

[–]eastshores 3 points4 points ago

Well it looks like it may have been around the same time the ipod released too, but my device held around 40gb which at the time was unheard of.

[–]Kemuel 1 point2 points ago

Not to mention tablets before the iPad. That people forget this shows just how overwhelming Apple's marketing machine is.

[–]TheEllimist 0 points1 point ago

It's also a testament to their engineering, but yeah, much more so their marketing.

[–]dins24 4 points5 points ago

it's gonna be may.

[–]damaedge 3 points4 points ago

And before that

[–]Eazye91 3 points4 points ago

OH MY GOD...allofmyfeels

[–]bacon_taste 5 points6 points ago

Yes, because paying $5 for half a shitty song is definitely the future. Wait, nevermind. With Itunes shitty bitrates, it definitely is.

[–]andersson2 1 point2 points ago

I think it's hilarious how people will downgrade in quality and force themselfs to use clunky software (iTunes) just so that they can call themselfs legit.

[–]DrLeper 1 point2 points ago

BUT BEATS BY DRE!

THE SOUND OF THE STUDIO.

Beats Pro headphones sound so good because they put back the quality lost in modern-day file compression. That means you’re really hearing music the way it was originally heard by the artist in the studio.

thats an actual fucking quote from the website

http://beatsbydre.com/beats-pro/beats-pro-master,default,pd.html

[–]Cornholioh 0 points1 point ago

ENHANCE!

[–]DiddlyDooDiddle 0 points1 point ago

but i wanna be a good person!:(

[–]centerbleep 0 points1 point ago

no sense of quality. (software OR sound)

[–]Sneakyferret 2 points3 points ago

I had one of These The sound quality from one of these was amazing and the battery power wasn't too bad!

[–]Draders 0 points1 point ago

I had an md player as well, the software was pretty terrible for it, but the player itself was great.

[–]Sneakyferret 0 points1 point ago

Luckily, the player I had was just drag and drop onto the disc when you plugged it in via usb. Was awesome! Lost it in a car accident once though and I always been sad that I did.

[–]Draders 0 points1 point ago

I had to use this POS sony software that had some annoying DRM things like being unable to "check out" a song to disc more then 3 times (easily circumventable by copying and pasting the song to a different location) it was also very unstable and crashed all the time.

[–]n17ikh 1 point2 points ago

The MD player I had was still one of the best pieces of hardware I've ever owned. Solid-feeling, great UI, cool remote with LCD, tons of features. Definitely the "old Sony" at work.

[–]Rayna19 1 point2 points ago

I have a friend who still has hers. She asked me if I still had any I'm like, "No! I don't know how the fuck you kept up with that thing so long!" Lol. Mine was lost a looonggg time ago.

[–]Jcrivs 1 point2 points ago

It revolutionized the way we listened to music..

[–]psybermonkey15[S] 6 points7 points ago

30 seconds at a time.

[–]Yavyyav 1 point2 points ago

Holy shit this ruled when I was a kid.

[–]spermracewinner 0 points1 point ago

This could have been more popular if it wasn't just one fucking song. Like if they had an entire album, I'm sure it would have taken off.

[–]Axeral 1 point2 points ago

nothing like listening to a crappy partial song in one ear

[–]necropaw 0 points1 point ago

...I had forgotten all about those things. Holy crap.

[–]marcie89 0 points1 point ago

Holy chiz. Memories as a kid.

[–]f0rcedinducti0n 0 points1 point ago

Were these really before the iPod?

[–]orkid68 0 points1 point ago

I never heard of these when they were around. And now that I know they existed, I must say...

[–]bearshy 0 points1 point ago

I was just as excited to have these as any other kid, but in hindsight those things fucking sucked.

[–]Candylandsings -3 points-2 points ago

My best friend when I was little had one, and I loved it. I tried to steal that thing so many times...

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