232. Speedo Aquabeat MP3 Player

Humans! Just can't enjoy a swim without music blaring in their ears. Master tried out his new waterproof MP3 player today. Results of the 4.5 mile test: Overall enjoyable. However, a lot of trial and error occurred until he was able to select the right ear buds and connections. He thinks he has it now. Swam 50 laps without a problem until he stopped to talk to another swimmer and took out one of the buds. This reset the problems until he completely dried his ear and blew out the speck of water that entered the speaker in the bud causing a muting effect. Tomorrow is the second test. Apparently the Speedo MP3 set up as advertised without a hitch. He was impressed with the speed of copying music to it -- about 5 albums of songs in about 1-2 minutes. From what I hear, it plays the songs in alphabetical order meaning the songs across 5 albums are pseudo-shuffled. There is also a Playlist application where a specific order can be set. Now he's looking for his notes on the free "tempo" program that inspects the songs and matches it with the tempo (swim stroke) desired. Phew! I just chase sticks and ducks! Really. Is this necessary? According to him, swimming 4 miles with music was like 1 without -- only thoughts are counting and music enjoyment. Show off is up to 59 miles so far this month -- doesn't he know that's torture (almost water boarding).