I'm no audiophile, but running my iphone into the aux port and firing up pandora radio sounded as good as anything else on my bike. I don't think with the wind and all the other noises that any differences in fidelity would be that apparent, but again I'm no purist.

 

I have noticed that some stuff just doesn't cut through the mix on a running bike. I'm a big fan of blues and play guitar, but blues guitar doesn't seem to sound very good on my bike. Stevie Ray Vaughan is totally disappointing to listen to when riding.

 

SRV was such a versatile artist - arguably the best guitar player of all time.

You're absolutely right, though, if you're trying to listen to some of his more subtle tunes (Lenny, Tin Pan Alley, Riviera Paradise). Crank up the volume on Testify or Pipeline and you won't be disappointed.

 

I am unable to burn songs from iTunes that I purchased in mp3 format. Can someone tell me how this is done?

 

If you go in to Itunes and adjust the output volume of your songs it will be extremely better quality!

 

I use my Garmin to play alot of my music. You may wish to consider this investment as opposed to an IPOD. I find it is superior in quality and sound to my CD.

 

+1. I don't need tunes in the twisties but they really help keep me alert on superslab.

 

My nano sounds better then cd’s and with the volume turned all the way up on the Ipod I don’t have to turn up the radio headset as far to get the same sound volume as just radio-cd.

 

Generally MP3 players don't produce the same sound quality as a CD....one way to overcome this is when you rip songs from a CD to your computer. I use media player to convert CDs to wma files, so I can't speak for iTunes. When you are going to rip a CD to your hard drive, in the media player tool bar, under the rip tab there is an arrow for a drop down. If you click that, one of your options is bit rate. set it to burn at 192 kps. It produces the best sound. It takes a little bit more room, but well worth it IMO

 

I'd like to mount my iPod Classic or my iPhone on the bars - anybody do this?