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    Surprise! HF-1 (Head-Fi 1)!!!

    Hi, How can I order? I'm quite keen too!
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    Can of worms: iPod sound quality question

    Update! Alright, my 60gb arrived, and it sounds great. I guess the previous 30gb one must be the dud
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    Can of worms: iPod sound quality question

    It really depends on what you listen to, I mean for pop songs... it is probably ok. But for music, it is pretty bad.
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    Can of worms: iPod sound quality question

    Quote: Originally Posted by bangraman arribadia, the Photo may be the problem. It's my opinion (although I haven't been able to do an A-B comparison so far) that the Photo is noticeably worse than previous iPods out of the Headphone Out. I use a headphone which gets around much of the...
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    Can of worms: iPod sound quality question

    Hmm.. alright, I guess I'll get another 40GB unit to try and see how it is like. Hopefully my 30GB was a dud
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    Can of worms: iPod sound quality question

    Hi, What's "bass roll off"? I happen to have an iPod Photo 30GB that sounds absolutely heinous (to me) and it is not like I'm THAT much of an audiophile. The sound is... muddy.. and the sound stage is flat.. and it just sucks to the point where the iPod sits more on my desk than on the...
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    New to EAC

    You can either use FreeDB or if you are using the EAC > Image > iTunes method, iTunes will tag it automatically for you.
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    New to EAC

    If the CD is really banged up you might want to try burst mode. It is counter intuitive, but hey, I had a couple of scratched CDs which took forever to rip on secure mode, and still have audible clips, but they rip fine on burst. You just gotta try your luck
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    AAC & ALAC crackle... Hey, BlessingX!

    Quote: Originally Posted by viator122 Can you explain a little bit about how to create a virtual device? Thanks. There are quite a few.. for one there is one that came with Microsoft Powertools, not sure where to download it, but it came with "Autopatcher XP" Then you can try...
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    PC Mag Says that Ipod shuffle has best audio quality!

    Quote: Originally Posted by blessingx Read your own thread idiot. Woah! Go easy there buddy, it's fine to be a fanboi, but asshatism isn't really nice! I reread my own thread, so what's the ****ing point? Idiot.
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    PC Mag Says that Ipod shuffle has best audio quality!

    Do you own that iPod? Perhaps then you will be able to speak for yourself, instead of your fanboism
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    PC Mag Says that Ipod shuffle has best audio quality!

    Sigh.. but unfortunately the 30GB Photo is ****te
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    Recently got a iPod Photo 30GB (from a 4G 20GB).. sounds TERRIBLE!

    Hmm.. just checked my iPod and mine is version 1.0. I hope the new firmware will fix it.. or perhaps the first batch of 30GB Photos are bad
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    Recently got a iPod Photo 30GB (from a 4G 20GB).. sounds TERRIBLE!

    Quote: Originally Posted by Brown Cow So wait: Either the iPod has a fault on some of it's unit (again) or it has less bass than before? Or maybe it needs burn-in? Or maybe Apple shortchanged the amp? :lol I'm not sure, but knowing Apple... if I bring it in to Applecare they'd...
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    Recently got a iPod Photo 30GB (from a 4G 20GB).. sounds TERRIBLE!

    Quote: Originally Posted by waltermeyer Do you have an amp? You dont want to just run headphones out of the line out. If you said you have an amp and I missed it, Im sorry. Erm, would it be any worse than now? Trust me, through the current headphone jack it is really bordering...
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