Topic: iPod upgrade for better audio?

[F0CKER]

Not sure why all the hate for the ipod.  I've owned two and have loved both...well at least the second one.  The HD failed in the first one so I bought a 4GB solid state mini next.  Not a lot of storage but it works flawlessly and is perfect for going to the gym, short flights etc.  I wouldn't use the ipod as the primary source component for my home stereo, but it's a quite a nice piece of equipment to have if you're on the go and wanna bring some music along.  I'll upgrade again when they introduce FLAC natively and can provide me with solid state memory in a much larger capacity.  Larger HD models are doomed with a short shelf life IMO.  The only downside...outside of no FLAC support.

[Church-Audio]

Not sure why all the hate for the ipod.  I've owned two and have loved both...well at least the second one.  The HD failed in the first one so I bought a 4GB solid state mini next.  Not a lot of storage but it works flawlessly and is perfect for going to the gym, short flights etc.  I wouldn't use the ipod as the primary source component for my home stereo, but it's a quite a nice piece of equipment to have if you're on the go and wanna bring some music along.  I'll upgrade again when they introduce FLAC natively and can provide me with solid state memory in a much larger capacity.  Larger HD models are doomed with a short shelf life IMO.  The only downside...outside of no FLAC support.

We dont hate the ipod. We just want them to make a sound burger  NO MP3 required. Just good old vinyl!

[F0CKER]

mmmm iBurger....mmmmm

[pmonk66]

Not a lot of storage but it works flawlessly and is perfect for going to the gym,

 

[F0CKER]

gym.  it's a place where people go to exercise.  sorry pmonk, masturbation is not a form of exercise...unless you're using the stranger technique.

[pmonk66]

gym.  it's a place where people go to exercise.  sorry pmonk, masturbation is not a form of exercise...unless you're using the stranger technique.

Well, some people do need two hands 

[F0CKER]

 

[stevetoney]

You guys crack me up. 

I get plenty of excercise.  The fatter my ass gets, the more I excercise to lug it around!  I call it pumping lard.

[Jammin72]

I don't know what these cats are hearing but a Nano with a good set of IEM's can sound pretty darn good.

Try loading up some of your favorite recordings at 320 or lossless and stick an SE530 into the Nano.  I think you'll be pretty darn happy with what you're hearing.  Not like a full home system to be sure but I can hear things on that little setup that i can't on my big rig, the level of accuracy and resolving power of the SE530s is pretty amazing and the Nano does a good enough job as a source to make that happen. For the footprint it really is something quite amazing.

On an enjoyment and image scale give the speakers or my full size Sennheisers of course but don't go too quickly to the trash with the iPod can until you've listened with an appropriate set of quality transducers.