[Wayne Luke]

1 GB is what 250 songs? Multiple media sticks for different song lists. Don't know about the quality. Never really looked into the sound quality just going by what I can see any. Personally, I can't tell the difference between fidelity, hi-fidelity, Dolby 5.1 or THX except for speaker direction so it probably wouldn't make any different to me.

I have spent $500 on speakers for my entertainment center and $25.00 on speakers for my computer and really cannot tell any difference in sound quality. The entertainment center just has more speakers for more ambient noise and is capable of higher volumes without ruining the sound.

Oh and you can get up to 2 GB of memory on the Memory Stick Duo. That is twice as much as a iPod Shuffle. Two of them take up less space than a Mini or a Nano.

I should add that I don't plan on buying either. I don't like Sony's proprietary media formats and I don't like Apple restricting you to their music service only. I can see the business reasons for both but as a consumer I don't have to agree with them.