[Last Visible Dog]

Importing a non-protected WMA file into iTunes automatically converts it to AAC, which can readily be stored on the iPod. You're WRONG again.

If it coverts it to the Apple format, it is no longer a WMA file. Converting compressed files degrades the quality. Don't be a bozo - you are wrong - I said the Ipod does not support WMA files and I am correct.

In this very thread, you quoted $300 for the iPod and $179 after rebate for the Nomad. That's not twice the price.

That is why I said "almost" half the price most of the times I made that comparison. If you calculate the cost per gigabyte the Ipod is 3 times more than my Nomad. Remember the $300 Ipod has half the storage of the $179 Nomad I bought

The only limit on audio formats with a basis in reality is the bar on protected WMA files (presumably because Bill Gates won't license the capability to Apple).

The Ipod does not support WMA files AT ALL! Converting a WMA file to Apple's format makes the file no longer a WMA file and degrades the quality.

[antiRepublicrat]

The Ipod does not support WMA files AT ALL! Converting a WMA file to Apple's format makes the file no longer a WMA file and degrades the quality.

You are, of course, correct*. The best bet is to avoid WMA altogether and go with a better format such as AAC.

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* Unless you convert it to Apple's lossless format. No, not uncompressed, just lossless compressed. It's bigger than the other formats, but I could still put my 7.8 day long music collection on a 60 GB iPod in that format.

[Petronski]

Converting a WMA file to Apple's format makes the file no longer a WMA file and degrades the quality.

I doubt you could tell the difference.