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Audiophiles still love iPods and so do I

Audiophiles still love iPods and so do I

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The iPod is making a comeback in the audio world. Why?

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  1. I concur. These times are so weird. People just seem nuts to me. I loved the iPod. I had the original, up until they discontinued the touch. I love the original. The battery is dead, but I still own it. I’m a painter, so it’s covered completely in oil paint. It’s a beauty…

  2. I love mine. I have had a 20GB iPod 4G for a while because of the darker WM8975 DAC. But once Dankpods started blowing up, I started a collection and got a 60GB 5.5G , ipod mini 2G and installed a 256GB compact flash card, and a 1GB nano 1G. I replace the batteries as needed, and just ordered a 256GB SD conversion for my 20GB iPod 4G. I rip CDs to iTunes using lossless ALAC and it sounds amazing, one of my favorite ways to listen.

  3. I've got an iPod Touch 7G and I absolute love it! Why?
    The battery lasts a while and I can listen to music wherever and whenever I want, no internet connection or subscription needed! And no matter what people say, iTunes is an awesome app for organizing your music!
    I tried to replace it with my phone but Kies (Samsung) absolutely sucked (doesn't get updates anymore anyway) and I actually prefer having a device for music that's not my phone because I can still listen to music when my phone is low on battery (which happens much more often with my phone than it does with my iPod).

  4. Pretty interesting, i dont listen to music much but im thinking about getting an ipod to change that. What would be the best to get? I saw the 5.5 is recommended a lot on reddit but havent found any locally that are in decent shape

  5. Awesome video!! I have an IPod 5th generation and I installed many of my favorite songs and artists on it as well as some videos with copytrans. I’d love to check out more on rockbox or even try installing it to do more, cause man listening to my favorite songs without interruptions is the best feeling. Also I absolutely love Everything Everything!! Get to Heaven is the best album in my opinion

  6. I have a 120gb iPod classic 6. It’s been fully thrashed and abused. I bought it with the original box in 2020 for $65. It has chunks of the metal torn out of the faceplate and it’s full of dents and scratches . You can barely see the text on the back. Despite that the original 120gb hard drive still works perfectly. I’m gonna use it until the battery or hard drive dies then I’ll fix it up a bit. I love the feeling of the hard drive spinning up. It’s like a little clockwork music player. I love it. I have it hooked up to my hifi with an apple universal dock. Sounds fantastic

  7. I've got the iPod Mini. Use it daily. New battery, 256GB SSD, and Rockbox, it's the greatest MP3 player on the planet. I argue it's better than the other iPods only because it has a metal external case that, to me, feels amazing to the touch. Not some piece of cheap plastic. Also, the Mini is easy to take apart and work on.

  8. the rockbox battery issue is likely due to you possibly not calibrating the battery after installing a replacement and installing rockbox.

    You could try this again by popping it open, unplugging, then replugging the battery, then going through the conditioning stages where you charge for several hours to ensure you're at 100%, then let the ipod completely discharge to 0% dead will not turn on, then charge back up to 80% and you're good, then the display should work correctly

  9. I replaced the 160 Gb hard drives in my iPod Classics with 768 Gb of flash and also replaced the original battery with a 3000 mah battery. All my music now fits on my iPod and my battery will get me through that 20 hour flight to Korea. I used an iPod Touch for awhile, but the interface on the iPod Classic is so much better than that on the Touch.

  10. I started with my ifi zen dac paired with philip fidelio x2HR and I remember I genuinely teared up when I booted up my first tidal song. The instant shock from the clarity and sound stage that I experienced was incredible having come from cheap wireless earphones. since then I've grabbed quite a few more bits. Fiio KA13, Letshuoer S12 Pro IEM's, Shanling M3 Ultra Dap, Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2DS (I love these) and my newest addition the Fiio BTA30 pro (for my 4k player). Unfortunately it's an expensive hobby as you don't want anything less than the best sound possible, I even paid to replace the windows driver to provide LDAC bluetooth.

    I wouldn't consider myself an audiophile, I don't dare get into the technical or tinkering of sound, I just want to appreciate music how it's intended to be heard.

  11. i have bought an ipod mini and irealized, it is so easy to hardware mod. You just slide the internals out and BAM you hae the option to put a new clickwheel, battery, ssd and all that sort of stuff

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