Quote: Originally Posted by JWolf gdg have you tried going the line out fromt he iPod? Since you have the amp, you don't need to use the iPod's built-in amp. Give it a go and then let us know what you hear. J, I use a Cryodock into a Hornet. I just checked the variable out to...

Quote: Originally Posted by FaBoLoUsRmX Lets put the past behind us and all have fun with Rockbox, cause on the iPod thats where it's at. Someone should create a rockbox smiley for the forum I wish I could. I think my Ipod has is very sick. I'm getting nasty HF distortion and...

Quote: Originally Posted by kwkarth Although it's far from the best source available, the iPod is capable of stunningly good audio performance, all things considered. I have the K701 and the RSA SR-71. To get the best from your iPod, you need properly mic'ed, properly recorded...

Quote: Originally Posted by VR6ofpain ha ha, well guess what I got for our anniversary, a bottle (750mL) of Johnny Walker Blue Label (~$170). Excellent scotch. Got a bottle when I graduated from college and loved every sip of it. Now I have a new one! Well it turns out she thinks the...

One thing that I misdiagnosed was the fact thath it seemed that after about 2 hours the perfomance of the Ipod fell off a cliff. I couldn't imagine what was causing this so I assumed it was a battery or heart issue. I believe I've isolated the problem. The E500s appear to slowly slide out of my...

Quote: Originally Posted by warrior05 listen to FLAC files on a Rockbox'd RWA iMod'ed iPod > Hornet > K701 and you'll change your opinion on what the iPod is capable of. Warrior, It may well be I'm not getting the best from the Ipod. It's certainly gotten great press over the...

Quote: Originally Posted by GIGANTOID I'm sensing a pattern with this guy. After posting I thought this might be a more appropriate place. I also noticed a separate issue that I wanted to bring up. They are not the same posts and even if they were what difference does it make...

Quote: Originally Posted by nelamvr6 I just noticed that your iPod is a 5G. I haven't yet heard a 5G iPod, I suppose it's possible (probable?) that they sound different. But I can't comment having never heard one. I wonder if my Ipod is toast. It would be just my luck.

I should make it clear that this is not an ongoing issue of continously obviuos high frequency distortion. This is something that occurrs sproradically and at specific points in a recording ie 2:36 into "Spies" on Coldplay's Parachutes (right channel). It did not occur when the same ripp was...

Quote: Originally Posted by nelamvr6 Are you using line level outputs or plugging into the headphone jack? What format files are you listening to? As I type this I'm listening to VBR - Highest Quality encoded mp3's that do not exhibit what you are describing. And I'm listening...

Quote: Originally Posted by wnmnkh Or actually due to poor recorded source... Most albums producers set the volume too high while recording, and it causes distortion in high. I thought of that. I trouble shot the issue with exactly the same recording/ripp with my Benchmark Dac1...

I just got my first Ipod (5g 30gig). With decent headphones like my AKG K701s or Shure e500s driven by the RSA Hornet (m) I can, at times, hear actual distortion in the high frequencies. In addition the sound quality seems to fall off a cliff about as the battery drains. Has anyone else noticed...

I was under the impression (from reviews) that the Ipod was quite a decent source but running high quality headphones like the AKG K701 through the RSA Hornet just reveals the flaws. I was surprised to find, not just weaknesses in the Ipod, but actual (and fairly pronounced) high frequency...

Quote: Originally Posted by Chef Medeski Well, I would think RW would replace it since that means it was something to do with their soldering work... most likely... so it would seem they should take responsibility. Chef, I'm sure RW would stand behind their product 100%. It would...

Quote: Originally Posted by Chef Medeski Plus it only works with 4G. . I have been thinking about this exact aspect or the Ipod. It really dawned on me when I compared the Hornet (via the Crydock) to the variable output directly into my e500s. There was very little difference...

Quote: Originally Posted by tomb Bass transients take lots of instantaneous power, so those need large caps. However, as caps get larger, they get slower (charge time). Banks of caps are used along with smaller caps to somehow get the optimum compromise. A lot of it is black magic + best...

Quote: Originally Posted by dknightd Either that, or, you are calling me a liar. That is OK, you probably wouldn't understand my answer. Obviously we are not very good at communicating with each other. I'll let somebody else try to help you. Have you turned off soundcheck on your ipod...

Quote: Originally Posted by dknightd Yes I've tried it. I think Brent has answered your other questions. Thank you Brent. Aparently I was not able to explain well enough. I'm not sure what you mean that "you've tried it". Itunes can't automatically retag WAV files with artist and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Brent Hutto Yessir, to the limits my understanding of iPod stuff that's the deal. Just one thing that confuses me a bit. When I manually add the artist and title of the cd in Itunes (so that I can organize the library) the info must not get stored in a...

Thanx Brent, I think you've provided the final piece of info that both explains why I heard a difference in the 2 formats (WAV/ALAC) and reconciles the fact that in theory there should be no difference. Instead of operating on both, "sound check" was only being implemented on the ALAC file...

Quote: Originally Posted by hoosterw Well maybe for what it is worth, I have a 4th gen colour and 5th gen video iPod and play WAV on both of them. never had any problem or pausing. They both play flawless. What I do have noticed with iTunes ripping CD's is that sometimes the...

I think I misunderstood what you were saying. I thought you were saying that the "volume" information was contained in the origonal tag that is created when ripping to FLAC, AIFF, ALAC etc etc. If you mean the Itunes evaluates the volume of each song and then adds this info into the ALAC tag...

Quote: Originally Posted by dknightd Nope, when you use iTunes to convert WAV to ALAC it adds the tags for you. . I don't think so. Have you actually tried this?... and if so could you answer the following: 1) If Itunes can add the tags when converting from WAV to ALAC then...

Quote: Originally Posted by Febs Because with modern encoders, MP3 can achieve transparency with most listeners. I'm curious (and this is a genuine curiosity so please don't take this as a flame) how you can judge the quality of MP3 if you have never used it? I base this decision...

Hi D, From what you are saying I had soundcheck essentially turned off because all my files start off as WAV (ripped to my Slimserver library using EAC). I then transfer into Itunes, add artist/title info manually for each CD, and convert to a different format there . That means the tag info...