Did your iPod decide you didn't have a big enough music collection?

[Derek McNelly]

I had 4 GB of music before I got my iPod.

I now have almost 12 GB.

I honestly thought I wouldn't want more music than 4 GB, but so it ends up, I can't get enough!

Did anyone else walk into their relationship thinking that?

I know that a 6 GB increase in music in 4 months is crazy, especially considering that I have had that same 4 GB since I was 13.

[rooster]

my ipod hasnt really made me increase my music alot but it certainly has made it more tempting and easier. i find myself Dling music quite a bit more than before i had my ipod when i would just go buy cd's.....

[Glorybox3737]

My collection of music was defaintly smaller when I first got my nano. Now it's about 200 songs larger. When I had cd's my friends would always "borrow" my cd's and never return them. Now since my music is on my computer and nano now one can "borrow" my music. Thus leading to me actually having a larger collection of music :) I love digital music so freakin music.

[punk_r0x]

My music collection demands a bigger iPod, as I continue the slow process of ripping it all. I quickly realized a shuffle was insufficient, but now I'm probably halfway through my collection and past the capacity of my 20GB ipod.

[maddMorten]

My internet connection decides that I my music collection is too small. 30 seconds to download a song, yessir.

But yeah my collection have grown, from 800 songs to 3000 in the 2½ years I've owned an iPod.

[urbanlegend]

When I got my 3G 15GB iPod I thought, How will I ever fill this thing? Now, I know when the 3G gives up the ghost I'll buy the largest capacity iPod apple makes at that time.

John

[iPodJon120]

I too went from 6GB of music, to ripping all the CDs I hadn't ripped and downloading a bunch more, now I'm up to 20gigs...Before my iPod I ocassionaly listened to music on my computer using Winamp, and now that I have one and use iTunes, I listen to music every where I go.

[mrdantownsend]

my music collection went from 1 GB to 8.88 GB

[Kristiano]

I bought a 4GB iPod Mini thinking it'd be enough. Now I have around 18ish GB.

When the next gen iPod comes out, I want a 80GB for all my videos and music to fit.

[skruggie]

Since I got my first ipod i've gone from 2,000 songs to about 18,000....the public library is my friend:)

[lobotomy]

Had about 350 songs when I got my 4gb iPod mini, now I have 2257 songs.

[ipodmini868]

when i first got my ipod i had about 100 songs. Now i have 800

[melsmusic]

Yes. :rolleyes:

[iDaniel]

Yes, before my iPod, I say started out at 20 songs or so. Two albums from my favorite band, and I was satisified. I barely even used iTunes and had no idea to work it. That was in November, now, I have a library of 21 GB, including Videos, Podcasts, and Music. My music collection is about to hit 1,000 songs.

[rubbers0ul]

before i had an ipod i had only about maybe 3 GB of music on my computer of random songs but after i bought my ipod my collection ballooned from about 7GB to around 45 GB then i thinned it down a bit and its hovering at about 32GB the only problem is i dont have enough space on my ipod to carry it all around with me

[jmyler]

another guilty soul... i had about 200 songs and i've had my video for about 3 weeks and have over 1,000. i can't get enough, it's soooo nice having your music all in one place, i took my cd book out of my car and it's all in a nice little white package now that i can keep in my pocket. thank you apple!!!

[VipFREAK]

Originally posted by maddMorten
My internet connection decides that I my music collection is too small. 30 seconds to download a song, yessir.

But yeah my collection have grown, from 800 songs to 3000 in the 2½ years I've owned an iPod.

Yeah... it's a fair assessment for me. My problem is I have so much of it that I don't know what the hell I have and don't have anymore.

[chotch2]

I had about 180 songs, then i got a 40g photo, now im up to 8500. I too love the library

[kileak1]

I was going to get the 1G Nano, and then decided I would get the 2G thinking it would be plenty. Now I wish I would have gotten the 4G.

[fuzzyhair]

I was actually right about the size ipod that I need. I went ahead and bought the 20 gig as my first ipod and I am so glad that I did. I am in the process of reripping all of the music in my house. I am up to 1752 songs. I am sure if music downloading was legal I would have about 200 gigs of music, but it isn't and I dont so w/e. Now that I think about it I can't really think of any music that I would want from peer to peer anyway except for a couple of underground bands. I will eventully have to buy a 100 gig when it comes out. Hopefully the battery power is 24 hours on those... oh btw I own a 4g 20 gig ipod.

[chotch2]

Not to say that i havent done it, but fuzzyhair, borrowing cd's from friends is just as illegal (again, ive done it and don't care), just fyi

[fuzzyhair]

Yeah I think listening to music will be illegal one day...

[melsmusic]

Originally posted by chotch2
Not to say that i havent done it, but fuzzyhair, borrowing cd's from friends is just as illegal (again, ive done it and don't care), just fyi

Yeah it is, but we all do it. I don't find it near as bad as putting it up on a p2p network. If I give an album to my friend to listen to I think of it like giving her a book that I enjoyed as she may enjoy it too.

[JazzyMac]

From 25 to 40GBs...mostly stocking up on all the old stuff i was too young to buy at one time...

[mjmoonwalker]

Definitely. When I first got my iPod, I had roughly 450 songs. That was December 2004. Now it's April 2006, and I have 2292 songs/podcasts/videos. This also let me explore different genres of music and different styles. It was a musical epiphany! A revelation!

[deaf_by_ipod]

Acquiring an ipod changes everything....One's collection(of whatever) seem to expand exponentially thereafter and you seem to acquire new tastes for things that can you can do on the go (version restricted).
Of course, my main reason (for getting an ipod) was to free myself from the tether of the CD pouch/carrier and have all my digital music and other files in a small neat package and everything else is a bonus.
I got the highest capacity I could afford at the time (3g 40gigs) which was before decent and good priced, high capacity flash drives for "other" kinds files.
I concede that my relationship with multimedia definitely morphed into something new...

[heppy23]

I'm working my way through my CD's and I am up to about 3,000 tracks and haven't finished B yet.

[derring do]

Another party, broke-by-ipod... :)

We had quite a large cd collection, but the first ipod (a 4G 30GB) was meant to just be the tote-around for our current interest in world music. *BBbbbzzzzzttt!!* As soon as we started to do that, ALL of the CDs (700+) had to be ripped, going back, er, a long time in years, genres and styles.

Of course, with the whole library ripped, the music was too large for a 30GB, so we had to buy a 60. Then the 5G came out, and The Man wanted a 30GB video of his own... which lead to even more purchases of new cds, and a permanent bill with iTunes.

We buy a lot of music again, still in physical form or in digital format, and are closing in rapidly on the 10,000 track milestone.

P.S. I have to put the caveat in here, that if XM satellite radio hadn't yanked both their african and world music stations off the satellite, I might never have moved to the iPod. A continuous, "free" (subscription) source of my favorite genres, in my car, in my house and online was a marvelous way to be introduced to new music. I'm struggling right now to try to replicate my favorite bits of their playlists for both stations. [i]The hosebags.

[QWER]

well, i started burning cds, had around 15 cds. got an ipod, and am up to 3600+ songs. and im freinds with the public library, too :p

[skruggie]

Between the public library and allofmp3 my ipod gets fed quite often...95 gigs and counting!

[huyi]

10,000 songs is quite a lot! i haven't reached that mark yet lol, when i update my ipod next i shpuld have around 2,000 songs all ripped at high bit rate of course.

[ipodphoto30]

when i first got my ipod and installed itunes to load up my music i had around 150ish or so songs.

now i've got around 680 songs. Still not very large but i haven't been getting new songs too lately. It'll grow once i get into high school though.

[wicker_man]

Before I got my iPod, I had about 10GB of songs and a 128mb flash player.

I only got my 3G 20GB iPod a few months ago, but now I have 3370 songs (17.64GB) and could really do with a new one. My music collection is increasing fast! My next iPod is going to be at least 60GB, but being a student with no job, I can't afford one :(