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Zune Sales Not So Bad After All
pyrbrand writes "Despite the iFanboy jabber that Zune sales were horrific, CNN has a story to the contrary. Turns out Zune was the #2 Digital Audio player in its first week of sales. Not a bad start for the challenger to the iPod throne. As others have pointed out the Amazon sales rank may have been thrown off by Zune sales being divided between the three colors."
Umm, yeah, and Windows has a lower TCO than linux, I got that.
There are 16 other MP3 players, a mix of iPods Sans and Creative players, ahead of the only Zune on Amazon's top 100 list, the black one which is currently at 63.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/
An excellent point with only two minor flaws.
1) Does anybody really care about radio reception much at all beyond the pre-teen set? (*Many* existing players have FM radio and it has made no difference to their sales.)
2) Zunes Wi-Fi "feature" sucks, and sucks hard.
3) The Zune is _already_ done.
Oops, that was three, sorry, my bad.
"You can't fight in here, this is the war room!"
How about the fact that an apple sleeve accessory is destroying it by over 30 slots?
Because the sleeve accessory is a lot cheaper?
Was anyone with a brain actually listening to all these Ipod fanboys? I don't think I was the only one who realized all the Ipod fanboys rejoicing over the Amazon sales records meant nothing. Call it what you want but Zune only HAS one player. AND are brand new to the DAP market.
Despite the iFanboy jabber that Zune sales were horrific
[off to burn] Ok, so if those people are iFanboys, and some pretty and unpretty another dozen names some people can conjure up every now and then, then how shall we call this guy ? My glass has just gotten full with zealotry remarks. Also, I find it harder and harder these days to refrain myself from slapping every oh-never-mind-he's-just-a-*-zealot dismissers. [/off]
I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I can think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.
NO, it's not. Warmer means the entire wave is present, not just a sample of it. Digital tends to thin recordings because it's hard to sample low end waves due to their "size". With vinyl, the entire sound wave is represented, literally, on the vinyl itself. Sure. the equipment, being analog, will have problem such as wow, flutter, distortion and hum--but I submit that all of these things actually add to the character of a recording. Believe me when I say, once you listen to good quality vinyl on a good sound system, you're sold on it. It simply blows away CD in "sonic presence". Analog has natural compression, too. It's very possible to go "over zero" in analog. With digital, you simply can't do that, so to make something "louder" one has to destroy the dynamics of the recording by slamming all of the frequencies against a digital wall. The end result? One lifeless recording that makes someone fatigued just trying to listen to it. Seriously, if you ever get the chance... get a copy of something on vinyl and on CD (the same recording) and compare, on a decent stereo. You'll be sold on vinyl instantly. It simply SOUNDS BETTER.
i'm sorry but I don't remember mentioning that the Ipod is doomed I believe I was just being more realistic in pointing out that Microsoft has released a quality product that relatively stacks up quite well against the Ipod, in QUALITY AND SALES. Just as this article is saying. However, predictably the trendy Ipod has a large following with many of its followers/sheep/hipster wannabe users instantly bashing Microsoft for attempting to provide some competition/innovative features against the Ipod and even attempting to challenge a device you have already voted for with your wallet. HOW DARE MICROSOFT? And bravo to you for coming to the rescue of the Ipod so eagerly. As if you needed something more than the informed masses and every second person on the subway wearing white headphones to justify your undying, unconditional love for it. Keep on keepin' on sharpshooter.