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iPod vs. high-end audio

so, tell us,
are welisteining to our ipod on our stereos?

I am - although it’s nothing great - denon receiver and old mirage speakers. 
compariong the cds to the ipod i mostly don’t hear a difference.

but what about you audiophiles? is your ipod a walkman or an integral part of your home sound system?  Anf finally, does having the dock make you more prone to using it on your stereo or not?

Posted by Daddo on January 25, 2004 at 12:53 PM (PDT)

Steve Jobs talks iPod, iTunes and the recent HP deal

You have to have an ego. You have to be 100% sure your right, the best and know where you are going. Steve is a good leader because of his ego.

Posted by Paul Rusheleau on January 25, 2004 at 12:43 PM (PDT)

Steve Jobs talks iPod, iTunes and the recent HP deal

If I was worth 2.5 billion and was the CEO of two companies considered leaders in innovation I would have a big ego as well.

Mike

Posted by Mike on January 25, 2004 at 12:14 PM (PDT)

Steve Jobs talks iPod, iTunes and the recent HP deal

Steve has such an ego.

Posted by Schiano on January 25, 2004 at 11:49 AM (PDT)

Steve Jobs talks iPod, iTunes and the recent HP deal

Gimme a break, Sam… this is great for Apple.

BTW… I can’t imagine Steve listening to Hip-Hop, can you?

Posted by azdude_15gb on January 25, 2004 at 11:37 AM (PDT)

Steve Jobs talks iPod, iTunes and the recent HP deal

No Steve! Don’t take away the iPod’s integrity by recoloring and rebranding it! NOOOO!!!

Posted by Sam on January 25, 2004 at 11:30 AM (PDT)

Get your iPod mini (cutout)

The dimensions are a little bit off (at least according to those on Apple)

Posted by qwerty on January 25, 2004 at 10:23 AM (PDT)

Get your iPod mini (cutout)

This thing is awesome.  You will not know how small this this thing is untill you make one.  I want one even more now.  Warning: Dont buy the rio nitrus.

Posted by nate on January 25, 2004 at 10:19 AM (PDT)

DLO announces new Jam Jacket mini, Action Jacket mini and TransPod insert for iPod mini

anybody what, agree with you? no, no one does,go to bed.

Posted by bk on January 25, 2004 at 10:06 AM (PDT)

iTunes Music Store Europe held up by red tape

Acutally it has nothing to do with the EU. Clearly it is the Record Labels themselves that are holding up progress. “A maze of licensing contracts, music release dates that differ by country and incompatible billing systems” Lets see, billing is nonsense as all of Europe takes visa (as does the rest of the World), so we are talking when the labels get paid. Music release dates is just nonsense. The real reason is “licensing contracts” i.e. money and how much goes to who. Nothing to do with the EU and the trading therein. A lot to do with lots of greedy, entrenched recording industry interests.

Posted by John on January 25, 2004 at 9:40 AM (PDT)

Lajo announces exo3 thin case for 3G iPods

Snowpodder,
That above photo is of the exo3, not exo2, so it is not false advertising.

Posted by gbarton13 on January 25, 2004 at 9:31 AM (PDT)

iPod vs. high-end audio

Sometimes it is difficult to recognise the best sound quality when you listen to an unknown song or piece of music. Listen to music you are quite familiar with and you might have great chance of admitting the superiority of even a relatively cheap HiFi system.

Posted by ga on January 25, 2004 at 9:02 AM (PDT)

iPod vs. high-end audio

here’s another test
http://www.xciv.org/~meta/audio-shootout/
:D

Posted by kades on January 25, 2004 at 8:33 AM (PDT)

O'Reilly: Five things the next iPod software version needs to have

I disagree that voice commands would cause lots of battery drain. It would only be “on” when a button is pushed and only long enough for it to listen and find what you are looking for. Maybe three seconds to 5 seconds at the most. Besides. Those that don’t want to use it would notice anything.

WMA - ABSOLUTELY NO!!!!!! There is nothing that you can’t get or can’t convert from WMA to MP3. It would not do Apple any good to do this at all. WMA is HIGHLY restrictive (AAC IS NOT). If you don’t like AAC then just use MP3.

Posted by Sabon on January 25, 2004 at 8:06 AM (PDT)

iTunes Music Store Europe held up by red tape

Why dont we all just get US registered credit cards to cut through all the tape ?

Posted by Jon Lewis on January 25, 2004 at 7:00 AM (PDT)

iTunes Music Store Europe held up by red tape

i understand people’s reaction to all the red tape in the european market. but we must remember that the good old u.s.a has plenty of red tape itself the hurt eurpean products here.

Posted by tadpole on January 25, 2004 at 6:22 AM (PDT)

iPod vs. high-end audio

Here is an independent audio quality test:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/consumer/20020712/2u4u-05.html
Such tests are a bit more void of emotion…

Posted by richters on January 25, 2004 at 6:05 AM (PDT)

An idea for iPod - user removable battery

“its only obvious!.....they’re all commies over there at Apple!!”

Surely Apples behavior is more akin to fat-cat capitalist bastards than communist!

I think a user replaceable battery would be a great idea.  As to all those naysayers, Trent’s article was merely an idea and surely the design gurus at Apple could come up with a solution - if they were inclined to.  The naysayers should be less quick to criticize in such a negative mannor.

Posted by YYWWVV on January 25, 2004 at 5:10 AM (PDT)

iPodminibattery.com offers replacement batteries for iPods

Is there a huge market for these batteries (especially the 3G model?) After all, I expect only power users are beginning to see failure on their 1G and 2G models and I’d be VERY surprised if people were already cracking out their 3g batteries for replacement.

Posted by Jack on January 25, 2004 at 2:51 AM (PDT)

iTunes Music Store Europe held up by red tape

lol

& Fenn is exactly right. Why can’t the imbeciles in charge (!) see that? They deserve to be ripped off if it wasn’t for the effect it had on the artists.

Posted by bobsyerunkle on January 25, 2004 at 2:01 AM (PDT)

Updated: Audio Outfitters looking for beta testers for new iPod product

I got the survey and couldn’t edit the info in ms word 97 . where you would normally put data there are greyed out boxes that say {FORM TEXT} I cant add anything! anybod know why? maybe it won’t work with word 97

Posted by kuta on January 25, 2004 at 12:12 AM (PDT)

Updated: Audio Outfitters looking for beta testers for new iPod product

Big deal. Why is everyone worrying about the possibility of someone stealing your personal information? I doubt any of you gave anything other than standard contact info.

You do this every day when you sign up for prize entry forms and a host of other internet services. Big deal. If it turns out to be a scam the worst that can happen is more spam.

The guy has made an effort to dispel the conspiracy theories in here so give him a chance.

I would like to comment on a possible idea for an iPod product. If someone would make an adapter that takes the firewire signal from DV camcorders and inputs it to the iPod for hard drive recording, I would buy it in a snap if it were reliable and iPods had larger sizes.

My 2 cents…

Posted by Chris Koehn on January 24, 2004 at 11:04 PM (PDT)

Korean iPod clone released

Where’s Jeremy Horowitz, our resident Intellectual Property lawyer, when we need him?

Posted by azdude_15gb on January 24, 2004 at 11:03 PM (PDT)

Korean iPod clone released

two players
iPod vs. NHD-150D

it looks different, I think
http://www.nextway.co.kr/bbs/free_view.asp?page=1&id=346&searchby;=&keyword;=

Posted by totoful on January 24, 2004 at 10:48 PM (PDT)

CNET: Canadian MP3 player tax challenged

There’s nothing sane about silly taxes.  There is no rational basis for the Canadians taxing MP3 players.  Next thing you know, the Canadian iPods will have to have at least 1/3 Canadian music like their radio stations do!

Posted by coonass on January 24, 2004 at 8:06 PM (PDT)