Re: MP3/iPod questions

> Dean dropped in:
Hey, aren't you supposed to be getting carved on today? What are you
doing hanging around in here?

> I'm pretty sure it's a solid state unit. Not much to shake
> to death, but I'm no electronics expert.

Not all "Solid State" electronics are created equal, and it's the
quality and toughness of the circuitry that I'm wondering about. I can
easily see the shock and vibration of riding breaking tiny soldered
connections internally, stuff like that. I've had particularly bad luck
with the connections to the output jacks breaking when things whack the
RCA plug in use.

> I'm thinking that music while riding hard would be too much
> distraction and could unnaturally affect my rhythm and timing.

I've done some riding with tunes, and quite like it. There are places
where I'd probably turn it off, but it's nice to have the option.
You have natural rhythm? Lucky ***. I want music to help establish
some rhythm.

> I crashed a car once while wearing headphones and I think
> they may have been a factor. That, and fatigue at 3am on a
> 10 hour drive, and the black ice in the PA mountains...

Sure, blame the music...

Tim H

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