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http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/index.php?topic=40793.msg364045;topicseen#newI came up with this a few nights ago, its ridiculous but is easily the most effective damping or vibration directing tweak i've encountered.
WAY bigger change than any cable swap IMo at this point....
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...both of these may significantly improve the music reproduction quality of your iPod.But...you have to pay to have your iPod modified.
And iPods are not very reliable - in fact they seem almost disposable after some time.
I had my first 60Gb model for about a year and 3 months before it crashed - hard drive failure.
Fortunately, I bought the 2 year extended warranty and got it relplaced for free.
Now after 6 months, my replacement unit failed last night - hard drive failure again.
Glad I didn't have them modded - that would probably have voided the warranty.
...remember the iPod batteries are not user replaceable.If you take good care of it - say, let your battery run down completely every couple of months or so - it probably will have about a 2 year lifespan.
When the battery dies, you send it in and they replace your iPod with a used one for around $70 (unless you have the extended warranty).
I understand the MSB-modified I-Pods are also supported by the modifier.However, your post raises an interesting question regarding the use of these little wonders.
The convenience of having a large collection of music stored in the modified I-Pod becomes questionable if it breaks down and the data cannot be recovered. This would mean the whole collection would have to be reloaded into a new unit.
> The convenience of having a large collection of music stored in the modified I-Pod becomes questionable if it breaks down and the data cannot be recovered. This would mean the whole collection would have to be reloaded into a new unit.>That really isn't a problem because all of the music is in iTunes on your computer.
I have an external hard drive for back-up in case my computer hard drive fails - that's where the real liability is.
Since I have more music in iTunes than my iPod will hold, I reload the music on it every few months to get a different assortment.
To completely reload my 60Gb iPod takes about an hour. No big deal.
Hi mkuller,you wrote:
"When the battery dies, you send it in and they replace your iPod with a used one for around $70 (unless you have the extended warranty). So it hardly pays to invest in expensive mods."
My iMod customers know that if/when they need a battery replacement or any other service to their modded iPod, they can contact me directly and I will take very good care of them in a very timely fashion. Once their iPod has been modded, I do not charge for any labor if it needs any type of service down the road. For example, if the battery dies, all they would need to do is send me their iMod and replacement battery (or they can order a battery online and have it shipped directly to me) and I will install it at no charge. The same is true with any other iPod part (e.g. hard drive, LCD, etc.).
I have performed *hundreds* of iMods since the Fall of 2005 (many users from www.headfi.com and www.audiocircle.com), and very few ever come back for any problems or even battery replacements. Reliability has been exceptional.
I'm leaving for the HE2007 show very shortly... if you can make it to Room 1533, please stop by to listen :-)
Best regards,
Vinnie
Vinnie,You're gonna flip out if you try the Ultimate Tweak i recomended on A.C...in your circle. this is something that can be A-B'd in 10 seconds, and a room full of showgoers would be a killer test.
It is so gosh darn crazy it'll be weeks before i muster the conscious words in order to wax poetic. All that comes out now is the F word a bunch... or rather WTF
its a big, big Imod tweak...
last night i picked up a new cable from Element Cable. its fantastic right from the start, costs $40.
At this point i'm sending subliminal message to all readers: GET AN IMOD.
no affiliation.
The $214 I spent on my Imod is the best $ i've spent in this hobby. As with all toys, if you mess with Ipod its gonna break....I took advantage of the Apple Care Prot plan too, served me well. I put my 1st 40gb through hell and it did fine 'till becoming terminal.
Just a few months back Apple gave me a new one for free so I sent it to RedWine.
Now that its modded, it only goes in my car or home...not to the gym or out on 4hr long bikes rides!!! So, its all in how you use it.
I, like any other Ipod owner have had issues. Most, if not all, stem from using it in the wrong places over & over... No Ipod with a hard drive should go on bike rides!!! that's what the Nano & Shuffle models are for.
If you or anyone has not heard an Imod, hunt one down, grab a beer and suck it up....these things are monsters of good sound...NOTHING like what your ipod sounds like.Try carting a $5,000 cd player into your car. Sound awful?? Well how about a $214 Imod?????? you'll get the same results.
This is really for the Imod, not the Ipod...but since its the same chassis with the same harddrive, it'll work for a normal Ipod as well BUT the transformation won't be as drastic.have you all never heard of an Imod? www.redwineaudio.com
With this brass weight i'd stick my Imod against ANY cd player. before the weight, i'd put it up against any cdp under $2K.
What are you guys doing on a forum about good music?? Ipod is all about smiles you guys...Imod takes Ipod's convenience and adds an Enzo Ferrari engine to the Ipod's sound.
Don't hate....contemplate.
They are lifeless consumer junk. How does an IPOD need any vibration control? Does the lifeless compressed format loose music from vibration? Why not coat your IPOD in some epoxy. That will shut up all the nasty noises.
...I listen to my iPod - music recorded from CDs in Apple Lossless (compressed but not lossy) through Shure E5c earbuds and I am constantly amazed at the sound quality.Headphones are a very different listening experience than sitting in front of my stereo, but I hear instruments and lines on just about every song I hadn't noticed before.
you will lose your wig....I've had 2 4th Gen 40gb Ipods, one is brand new thanks to the Apple Care Protection plan. $214 later it is a raging musical beast, the likes of which don't exist in this hobby, let alone allow you to take it jogging.
If you like Ipod, you'll luv Imod...
I have the E4c's, selling them to get Bose's $100 pair..that's right, Bose! a buddy has them & they make the E4c's sound like a freshmen attempt.
None of the music on mine is. To listen to some Coltrane while away from the main system (i.e. sitting at a son's baseball practice) is a good thing. The music is what is important.
I was not able to load songs onto my wife's shuffle unless it did compression when loading it. The files are stored as Apple Lossless on the computer but I had to hit a feature to compress the file when syncing to the shuffle or it wouldn't load it.Is that specific to the shuffle?
The Shuffle will support uncompressed WAV files. A 1gig shuffle will hold one or 2 cd's nicely depending on how many MB's the original cd's are. The shuffle will also support MP3 at various bit rates but then you are into compression. My shuffle (1st generation) does not support Apple Lossless files.
Are you saying that if I save them as uncompressed WAV files, then I will be able to put them on the Ipod? I will have to try that. At some point I would like to compare.I was not allowed to put apple lossless on the Ipod but if what you say is true then it seems encouraging. I listened to my neighbor's Ipod fed directly into an Adcom GFA 535II and some modified Ohm Walsh speakers and it sounded much better than it should have. He said he didn't use compression but I was skeptical.
My wife has the latest generation shuffle. I am personally not a fan of Ipods but she loves hers so I want it to work the best it can for her.
What they DO need is a non-spinning disk version for folks who want a higher end gadget. It could double the price but some folks will pay it.
All their Nano models use Flash memory, not a hard drive!!!!
Ipod 101 is that with any of their models you can stick uncompressed, full-sized music files on them (except Shuffle models)...this helps a LOT. so does taking the signal from the dock connector and not the headphone jack...this eliminates a gain stage (volume knob).The coolest thing about Ipods though, is the Imod from RedWine Audio.
last night i grabbed a $40 Ipod cable from Element Cable in canada...oh my gawd is it the right way to 1) build an ipod cable 2) spend $40 on a crazy piece of gear like an Imod.
Imod with the right cable and mount & vibration draining scheme puts out the the best bass i've heard from any source.
But the 8gig nano seems to be what I suggested.
That is specific to the shuffle. It would only hold a few songs if they were uncompressed!!
all Shuffle tunes are 120mps AAC i believe. you pc will do this automatically.
i'm holding a brand new shuffle in my hand, its like a keychain for cryin' out loud.
My wife loves hers. I am surprised she hasn't lost it. Some day I'll compare it to a decent source for kicks.
Bill
The Shuffle will let you down if you A-B compare it to anything...but that's not what its about.I wish the IRS would hand these out at tax time, make this country happy!!!
All my tracks are full-on WAV, a few are Apple Lossless.After doing a lot of A-B listening, the Apple Lossless sounds like a wet sack compared to WAV.
I am digging full-on AIFF these days too, its musical...
I could care less if my 40GB only holds 1500 songs...my computer is 10' away & i just load & unload at will. back in the day i had 6,000 songs on it 24/7, its just too much except for long trips.
ISAIDNT
You are not allowed to post under different monikers.......
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...perhaps you missed the review of the MSB iLink in the latest TAS reviewed by Robert Harley.'Ipod with iLink compared to CDs on my system - couldn't hear any difference' - or words to that effect.
A new, modded iPod and the dock run over $2300! For that much money you could buy a laptop with a far larger hard drive and a nice USB DAC and have all of your music available instead of what fits on your iPod.I'd take the iPod for what it is! A convenient, good sounding (with lossless files), portable music player. Save the $2000 iLink cost for a good computer audio set up instead (you need the computer anyway to get music on to your iPod in the first place).
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The problem of leisure, what to do for pleasure. Ideal love a new purchase, a market of the senses. Dream of the perfect life.
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