July 28, 2011



This is an iPod, currently the world's most popular portable music player. It debuted back in 2001 and has been dominating the portable music player industry ever since.





This is the Microsoft Zune, Bill Gates' answer to the iPod. An answer which got retorted almost immediately. The Zune drifted in and out of the portable music player market between 2006 - 2008 and then disappeared entriely after that. In 2010, Microsoft says Zune has been incorporated into their Windows 7 Phone OS. In other words, they cannot sell a standalone portable music player. Which also means, they cannot rival Apple's dominance in the industry.





This is a hide-a-pod casing for iPods. The case has been delibrately made to look like a Microsoft Zune so as to trick people that you are using a Zune from far. That way, snatch thieves wouldn't give a rat's ass about robbing your pathetic Zune player from you, because it sucks. Oh wait, but you are actually using an iPod. Cloaked in the disguise of a Zune. Inception.





This is an iRiver H10. That is all.





This is my gramaphone, a device which have been invented in 1877 and has brought the joy of music to the world since then.

It is not an iPod.

It is not a Zune.

It is definitely not an iRiver H10.

Actually, it should be the iPod, Zune and iRiver can never be a good, old classic gramophone. The music produced by this chic beauty is pure and enchanting, without the intoxicating bass which have been commercialized in music nowadays. Here is a video of my gramaphone playing a vinyl record.



Nice tune ain't it?





These are some of my vinyl record collection.





Circa 1977. Actually, it is from 1977.





Oh, I see someone familiar.





Its 东方不败 in her younger days!





A CD and a vinyl recording.





In case you don't know, the sound quality on a vinyl record trumps that on a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray anytime.

I love my gramophone.

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