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Originally posted by law2day
Did you go with the 10, 15 or 30? 10 sounds like plenty of room for my needs, and I am trying to figure out if I really care about a base and remote. Any thoughts?
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I went for the 15. It still doesn't hold all my music (honestly procured), although I ripped at 192mbps. The pricing made the choice difficult, since the 10 is a great value, and the step up from the 15 to the 30 is only $100.
That said, the remote is a plus and a minus. The plus is you can leave your 'Pod in a bag/pocket, etc.. The minuses are 1) it adds a lot of cord, which seems permanently tangled with the headphones and 2) operating using solely the remote is impractical, unless you set up playlists that you're entirely happy with, which I haven't done yet (so I choose an album, and then need to choose another using the controls on the ipod). You can always buy the remote later for $40 or so.
As for the base, it's pretty unnecessary. As someone put it, it's basically an L shaped connector for the power/firewire cord. The cord to the computer plugs in either to the base of the ipod or the dock, into which the ipod goes. It does have a line out jack, which might be helpful for connecting to a stereo. But if you need that, it probably means you need two docks -- one for your computer, and another one for the stereo in the other room.
