http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspxThe office space cube farm is a reality of working in this modern 'age of information', but our labors needn’t be completely bleak. Despite toiling in prefab cubes designed with soul crushing off-white fabric that glistens beneath the delicate hue ofenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspx#96468Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:52:24 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:96468ThanosMusic increases productivity?? Nonsense . . . These new ideas never cease to make me laugh . . . Next thing your going to tell me that the Egyptians beat drums because they found that workers seemed to instinctively work with the beat . . . Or ship captain's found that drumming helped the rowers . . . Or that wardens and drill sargeants both figured out that having the men sing songs seemed to keep up their spirits while they were working and marching. . . <br>You can't trust employees with something as volatile as music anyways . . . music only leads to free thinking, and we all know what that is . . . well some of us do. <br> <br>Nice work on the vid Wayde.http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspx#96475Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:40:14 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:96475DrakeI think your going a bit excessive in your iPod setup, but I guess if you're going to listen to it in a cubicle for 8 hours a day it's justifiable and the amp does look cool heh. <br> <br>Awesome quality on the videos btw, glad you didn't go the upload to youtube approach.http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspx#96484Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:09:39 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:96484WaydeThanks guys. <br> <br>Oh and Thanos, do you like movies with Gladiators in 'em?http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspx#96518Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:27:22 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:96518Alissa I think I would die in the 'soul crushing walls' of my cubicle if it weren't for my mp3 player...classical music (emphasis on classical) has actually been proven to increase concentration and foster creativity - skills a lot of people are significantly lacking in the workplace, nowadays. And even working with your favourite tunes of any genre can be a huge pick-me-up. At any rate, it absolutely beats the incessant keyboard clacking that is ever-present in a 'cube farm'. <br>Haven't gone so far as to set up a sound system though. &nbsp;Stock phones are about all i can handle.http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspx#96524Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:03:33 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:96524WaydeWelcome Alissa. <br> <br>When you say &quot;all you can handle&quot; - do you mean volume? <br> <br>High volume will wreck your ears. Better quality headphones using an amp that delivers greater current so the speakers inside your phones reach their full potential can actually save your ears some volume. The headphones will provide greater equalization across the full range of audible frequencies so you won't find yourself pumping the volume because a certain range sounds flat. <br> <br>At least that's how it is with me. I have some classical too. I like lots of electronic music, some of it imitates classical in its scope. <br>http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspx#96537Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:02:00 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:96537AlissaThanks for the welcome Wayde. <br> <br>It's not so much the volume, as the complexity - stock headphones keep it simple, plug and play. I wouldn't know where to start with anything else. &nbsp;But i have to admit, i am intrigued by the idea of amps...maybe i'll be a convert yet!http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspx#96649Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:15:31 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:96649Office Space iPod Experience|Home Theater Blogs|Home Theater ShackPingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.hometheatershack.com/forums/home-theater-blogs/1426-office-space-ipod-experience.html#post10227">http://www.hometheatershack.com/forums/home-theater-blogs/1426-office-space-ipod-experience.html#post10227</a>http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspx#97498Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:23:01 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:97498NokkarI gotta get me a setup like that. Earbuds are a pain in the ear (literally). <br> <br>I like the quality of Apple's lossless compression, but it still takes up a lot of space compared to an mp3... too big to be practical for a Nano and especially a Shuffle. http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspx#97546Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:57:04 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:97546Gizmo Cafe BlogJake Ludington’s MediaBlab has some photos of the two portable MP3 players that are entering into a death-match...http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspx#97714Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:36:45 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:97714WaydeHey Nokkar! <br> <br>There are two kinds of people on this world. Those who accept Consumer Electronics companies invading their aural orifices with their 'buds' and those who would rather die than submit to their torture. <br> <br>I am counted among the latter! Death Before Earbuds!http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2006/08/15/96450.aspx#108123Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:28:22 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:108123Gizmo Cafe BlogWhat happens when you get an iPod full of hi-bit AAC and Apple Lossless files, a hi-fi Tube Headphone...