[quote user="elephant"] What rate did you encode at ... I used 192 kbps at 44.1 khz ... I am not looking forward to re-capturing 500+ CDs [/quote] I encoded at ~256kbps (I used the lame program on mac and used the --standard switch - Early on, I did some comparisons between iTunes MP3 and Lame MP3, and found that Lame sounded better). To my

I would buy the BS5 again. I kept my BS9000 - actually, my wife will not let me get rid of it, and I'm not sure that I want to. I've had no problems with it whatsoever. MOTS works pretty good - very good sometimes. I upgraded from a BeoPort + Mac, as this was getting too fiddly - somewhere along the line my iTunes library got screwed up so the

Yes, you just drag from iTunes to the BS2. I think there is some button sequence that causes the BS2 to rescan the card to find new music... or you can delete the index file (although this has the potential to change the sequence of music on the card... I haven't done this for while... let me try it and I'll let you know the exact steps.

I worked for a police radio company at one point in my career so I know enough about this to be dangerous . It is my understanding that higher frequency is not necessarily better. Although, much of this depends on your definition of "better". The lower frequencies (800MHz - 2.4GHz) actually travel through materials better than higher frequencies

[quote user="danezro"] if you already have a PSTN base or full BeoCom 6000 / 2 then it is compatible (I'm not sure about ISDN). [/quote] This is not what my dealer told me. He showed me his "BeoCom 5 FAQ", and it specifically said that the BeoCom5 operated at 1.9GHz (or was it 1.8GHz?) whereas the BeoCom 6000 / 1 / 2 operate

You should be able to downgrade IF a) you can find the previous version archived on the net some where. Apple doesn't normally provide access to older versions and b) if this upgrade did not upgrade your iTunes library or metadata. Typically, point release do not, but I don't know about this exact one. I was able to do this a few years ago by

To continue on the off-topic sub-thread: I also prefer the A8s to the Sure E3s. I own and use both. I use the E3s on flights and the A8s pretty much everywhere else... The E3s have better bass, but don't "sparkle" to my ears like the A8s. Oh yeah, I also vote for the BS2 (it's everything I need and nothing that I don't and ruggedly

1) You can really only create 4 playlists. It is rather easy to do (navigate to the song using the wheel, hold GO until you get a menu that says "Add to favorites" and pick your color and let go), and easy to navigate (as there are only 4). IMHO, one of the main points of MOTS is that you don't *need* to create playlists - it creates them

Sometimes the covers are embedded within the .mp3/.wma/.acc. I'm not 100% sure, but I do not think iTunes does this (I'm away from my system so I cannot look). If there is no image imbedded in the music file, then you can place a file called "folder.jpg" in the folder that contains the album on the BM5 and this is the image that will

You can definitely hook the BS1 to an AE. I used to do that... you just need a mini-jack to DIN cable (or I'm using mini-jack -> RCA -> DIN ), and remember how to turn on AUX (I usually hit the A.TAPE button on the beo4). I eventually moved to a wired approach because the music would drop when my wife talked on the phone (a lot). Stan