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How exciting
By Griswold on 9/3/2007 6:02:50 AM , Rating: 2
Another, newer, MP3 player. That definitely warrants multiple shows around the globe...

Hopefully its something completely different, though.

RE: How exciting
By inflames99 on 9/3/2007 11:14:25 AM , Rating: 2
i just hope they concentrate on increasing the quality of the audio tht comes out of the old pos ipods instead of adding more useless crap.

RE: How exciting
By plewis00 on 9/4/2007 3:29:43 AM , Rating: 1
Typical iPod hater response. The older iPods 3G and before did sound bad. The new ones have vastly improved audio - 4G onwards. The SNR isn't especially high but in terms of accuracy and audio reproduction the iPod isn't actually that bad. If it was as bad as you make out, no doubt it wouldn't sell. If you're talking about listening to an iPod through the Apple-supplied headphones then that is another matter.

I doubt no matter what anyone says the 'bad sound quality' myth will never be cleared up but someone has to point it out to uninformed people like you.

RE: How exciting
By TomZ on 9/4/2007 1:38:44 PM , Rating: 1
The reality is that most iPod users don't care much about sound quality, so it's a non-issue most of the time. Professional reviewers have pointed out many times that other models have better sound quality, and for the minority of people who care about sound quality, they'll probably buy something else.

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RE: How exciting
By kmmatney on 9/8/2007 12:10:28 AM , Rating: 2
The Ipod pretty much sounds the same as all other players, as far as sound quality goes. The encoding format and head phones make the biggest difference. The Itunes encoder was pretty crappy for a while, but is very good in the latest version. You can also go lossless if you want.

