IE Audio bootcamp - opinions?
I am thinking of buying these, just thought I would get a review from someone here who may have them.
Are they a good review? Easy to listen to? Accurate?
15hrs for $100 seems like a decent deal.
Are they a good review? Easy to listen to? Accurate?
15hrs for $100 seems like a decent deal.
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Overall, I would say its a pretty good deal. For the cost of about 2 books, it looks to cover a lot of topics and fairly decent depth.
Obviously its not a main learning point, but its not supposed to be. Its a nice way to study while on the drive to work, or at the gym, or while sitting at work but tired of reading
They also threw in some tokens for rack time which was pretty sweet.
So far, I would give it my recommendation to anyone doing CCNP or CCIE R/S.
I initially found some of the pauses by Brian annoying... but I eventually got used to it. But I still get annoyed by the "will be covered in the advanced audio series" statements. When is coming out!!! WHEN!!! When is the Advanced Audio Series coming out!! WHEN!! ARGH!!!!
Scott's audios from IPExpert have lots more content and are my favorite -- but also has a bigger price tag.
I would for sure recommend them to the CCNP track for people who have the budget for it.
Hmmm I wonder if Scott will be doing any work on the audio classes for IE now.....
I guess the IE Audios are the better ones to start with -- they are in nice bite (or study) sized chunks. Then use Scott's audios (or DVD COD) later.
Plus you can listen to them online in a java audio player or download zips of mp3s and put them on your MP# player, phone, ipod, etc., or burn them onto your own CDs.
I finally figured out I could speed up the playback on my PC a little to reduce the length of the pauses (without making Brian sound like a chipmunk) -- but then I also realized that at normal speed the pauses would give me a chance to pause the audio and jump on a router to check something out immediately. Plus after listening to them for a while, I found myself doing a "mental review" during the pauses. So while the I was annoyed by the pauses initially -- I consider them a "feature" now.
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Let me know how they work out for the NP studies for you once I get around to starting mine I may pick these up from all the recommendations.
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thx
i guess i'll get them anyway as i aspire to at least the written exam after NP and IP.
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