Just thought I would toss these comparisons out there since I happen to own them all. If anyone needs more info on one of these older players let me know. This is all subjective of course.
Used some Apple loss-less files, The Beatles, Beethoven, Bjork and Alice in Chains. Straight to Grado SR80. If you use an amp from the "line out", much of this could be different.
I thought the iPod Nano 2g was the worse of the lot. I only A and B'd it against the others for a moment before giving up on it. Giving it to my 6 year old daughter to play with from now on.
The iPod Nano 3g was noticeably better than the 2g. I don't think it's really worth using for head-fi, but not a bad player though for less than head-fi environments.. I plan on using it to run with. (ok bass, ok mids, ok detail, but not really great at any of it in my opinion)
The Mini 1g surprised me. It is the oldest of the iPods, but I think I can hear details more clearly in it than any of the others; however, it was really lacking in mids and bass. The Mini also had some lag in the software(it is pretty old...)
The iPod touch 2g was not quite as good with portraying detail as the Mini 1g, but it was fairly close. The mids and bass were both far better though making this the best player out of these four.
....the things I do when I am bored...
edit: changed mini 2g to mini 1g
Edited by my2crazy - 7/22/11 at 1:37am
) and I'm hoping to upgrade to a better media player soon (perhaps the Cowon J3).
