Quote: Originally posted by elnero I can never find where these deals are on Apples site, care to provide a link? Click on the Store tab, and then down on the right towards the bottom is a 'Special Deals' bhox with a big red pennant reading 'SAVE' This link may work, but it's...

Keep them both... I did. I use the 2nd gen for portable and the 3rd gen is sat on my desk at work with the line out going in to an amp. The touch sensitive buttons on the new iPods are way too sensitive for portable use. You can't even look at the buttons without the song skipping or the...

Quote: Originally posted by Knocturnal The default it 50% so you can really make it loud by increasing it to 100% Actually, the default is 0%. The scale goes from -100% to +100%

Here's the 1.3 for Windows iPods http://www.the-midfield.com/ipod.aspx It's basically the MAC 1.3 firmware ripped out and placed in the Windows 1.21 updater.

I've always been puzzled by the number of people that complain the volume is too low on iPods. I run all my wavs through wavegain before encoding which usually reduces the volume between 5db and 15db. With my Shure's or my PX100's, one third volume is still plenty loud enough. Anything over...

The dbPower Amp author says he has a beta plugin that will transfer any file to the iPod. His post is over on HydrogenAudio somewhere.

Quote: Originally posted by usc goose Since everyone still seems to prefer etys I'm guessing it doesn't really matter. I sold my er-6's and bought a pair of Shure e2c's. The Shure's are much, much more comfortable... no microphonic issues either The sound differences are...

Quote: Originally posted by austonia Anyone know how to load AAC files onto a Windows iPod? If you figure this out, please let me know. I did see a thread over at HydrogenAudio in which 'Tarod' mentioned he had succeeded. Unfortunately he didn't give any further details.

Quote: Originally posted by williamgoody Nor can you substantiate that the 50 year olds are downloading stuff that they would never buy anyway, even without downloading them. Are you saying that if you have no intention of ever buying a product, it's OK to take it without paying...

Quote: Originally posted by Fuse Finally! Queued playlists! So, has anyone else tried the link besides austonia? I've installed it. The only difference I've noticed is an extra option on the main menu to toggle the backlight on & off. "Playlists to go" are only available on the...

Quote: Originally posted by austonia worked great! thanks... no big changes though. some difference in the settings menu and backlight option is on the main menu. is there a place to download AAC files? I want to see how they sound on the iPod now. austonia, How do you plan to...

Quote: Originally posted by Spad Good news: The new iPod (announced today and for sale by week's end) has a true line out. Where did you see this? There is no mention of a line-out in the official specs. http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html .... EDIT.... Forget it. I've just...

Quote: Originally posted by MacDEF First, the iPod has a digital volume control -- at a certain level, you're getting a pretty much line-level signal. In fact, the iPod's logic board actually has a line-out (it' s just not implemented in a jack on the current model). Any idea...

Quote: Originally posted by wilbur Proprietary file formats are just plain evil. Anybody storing important data in a proprietary file format acts extremely careless and almost certainly will face data loss in due course. That's a riduculous statement! I take it you store all...

Quote: Originally posted by is2us Does someone knows whats the difference between C541 and C541i ? [/B] Here's some of the changes on the C541i courtesy of 'What Hi-Fi magazine':An optical out in addition to the existing coaxial digital out New transport that tracks CDR/RW discs...