ipod nano 8GB vs 16GB

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My 5th generation 30GB marvelllous ipod just got broken, because of my very gentle behavior towards it during my ownership of my old, dead, beloved ipod, which is now in about 5 pieces waiting in my drawer to be recycled. But when you lose a beloved one of yours, like your girlfriend, relative, primary school teacher, pet, old house or your portable mp3 player, you need to get over it and move on in your life into new adventures. So I need to buy a new ipod. I haven't used the video option on the old ipod very much but I did enjoy carrying thousands of photos with me and sharing them with friends anywhere, anytime. I have a super-ultra-expensive pair of ssenheiser's PXC 450 and Bose's quietcomfort3, so I would of course like to have a portable music player with superb sound quality. I use my computer all the time and I can easily delete or add musics to the ipod, which means I don't need 160GB or something gigantic like that to carry eeeevery song I listen with me. 8 or 16 GB should be enough. Going through the reviews in the site I found the ipod nano 8 GB (obviously the new one) to be the best buy for me. My question is: does more GB put into the same space mean less sound quality? Does the 8GB ipod nano sound any better than the 16GB? If it does, I wouldn't mind giving away half of the hard disk capacity in order to have a slightly better sounding device. But if it doesn't make a difference at all, why not have twice the hard disk capacity for a not-so-high difference in price?
 

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The capacity of the iPod (whether it be 8 or 16gb) should have no direct impact on sound quality. What will make a difference, however, are the audio formats of your music tracks themselves. For instance, for best sound quality you should set iTunes to import from CD to Apple Lossless or WAV, but these can take up a lot more space that could be at a premium if you went for the 8gb model. Thus, you could import to a format such as MP3 instead to save space, but sound quality will suffer.

So it comes down to priorities - if you have lots of high-bitrate (Apple Lossless, WAV, AIFF) tracks then I'd suggest going for the 16gb, since you'll probably need the extra space. On the other hand, if you're happy using lesser audio formats (MP3, AAC) to import your music into iTunes, the 8gb may suffice. It's your choice.
 

idc

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As Liam19 says, the memory is separate from the DAC, EQ etc and that is what influences the sound. So long both ipods are the same generation there will be no difference.

The bit rate vs space issue is easy to deal with. Just use the check boxes to the left of the tracks on itunes to decide what you want to sync with the ipod. Then when you connect the ipod check the sync only with checked items box. 8gb will still hold a lot of lossless music. But as you both say, why not go for the larger capacity for not much money and convenience.
 
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All my music are on original album cds. I have tried the apple lossless format to import these cds into my itunes library and realized that it does make a loooot of difference in quality and file size. Since you guys have also said that the sound quality does not change with capacity, I think I am going with the 16GB. Thanks.
 

manicm

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All my music are on original album cds. I have tried the apple lossless format to import these cds into my itunes library and realized that it does make a loooot of difference in quality and file size. Since you guys have also said that the sound quality does not change with capacity, I think I am going with the 16GB. Thanks.

I agree, for iPod listening 256kb AAC and decent buds are enough - lossless will be a waste - but when hooking up to a hifi you'd definitely want lossless.
 

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