Apple makes a half decent MP3 player. I own or have owned several different Apple MP3 players. However, I feel that there are better choices available. There are other MP3 players out there that are easier to use, that give you more for your money, and that still have style and class. The problem is many people do not know what else is available. I talk to many people who think an iPod is their only choice. This is why this website was started, to show people their alternatives and to educate them so they are able to make their own informed decisions.

With the iPod there are no decisions to make; you give up your right to choose. You are just another face in the crowd, with the same player and the same service. With other MP3 players you have the right to choose from several different services and with those services you are able to choose which player matches you as an individual.

This website is dedicated to individuals who can think for themselves. Individuals who can make a decision based on the facts, not what corporations or the media dictates. Individuals who do not need TV to tell them what to do, how to think, or what to buy. This website presents the other options so that you can make an educated decision. You choose what fits your lifestyle, not a mass-branded lifestyle given to you by someone else.

Think for yourself. Be an individual.

abi>> in the Press

• Top 100 Undiscovered Sites or 2007 - PC Magazine, August 2007
• Can the New Zune Beat the iPod? - Newsweek, October 2007
• Protecting Your MP3 Player... - New York Times, February 2006
• My Songs, My Format, New York Times, October 2005

The abi>>crew

Grahm Skee

Editor / Gadget Pack Rat / UI Zealot

something will go here.

Martin Sägmüller

Headphone Correspondent / IEM Pack Rat / MSC Zealot

Martin Sägmüller, better known as DFKT to his mom (and on the web), is a musician, producer, remixer, DJ, media artist, and web developer. He produced tracks for several labels and shows for national and web radio. Originating from the electronic side of music (Computer Music at the Institute for Electroacoustic, Experimental and Applied Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna) and digital arts (Digital Media at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna), he nowadays prefers the more hands-on approach of abusing the bass guitar with his band mates in Dystopian Dub Developments.

DFKT dislikes anything that doesn't sound good. His collection of headphones and earphones is constantly growing, thus the need to share some insight about these phones with the valued readers of this web site.

Andreas Ødegård

News Correspondent / Portables Pack Rat / DIY Zealot

Andreas Ødegård is more commonly known as Cptnodegard or Captain Ødegård and can normally be found on a number of forums around the web. He's currently attending a course in Economics and Administration at Lillehammer University College which according to a lot of people leave him with way too much spare time. This time is often spent in the basement throwing together some sort of mutant device made by wood and/or leftover electronics. His purpose in life is to get gadgets to work the way he wants them to and not settle for anything in between, even if it means thats some DIY work is needed - functionality over design every time. He hates anything stationary and prefer things that can fit in a pocket or a bag as long as it has a purpose.