I live in Colorado, and to my knowledge they were made in late 2009. I'm really worried about replacing it again since this hard drive problem has popped up twice already. It's like the iPods weren't even switched, same sound and same problems.    I really want to like the iPod, but the...

I bought an iPod in January. The sound initially was thin, harsh, brittle, irritating. It also had a hard drive problem, where it clicked and sounded like it was starting up, then it "died" out.    I exchanged, and guess what? Same sound, same hard drive problem.    To expand on the...

The reason I'm asking this is that I've been disappointed by the iPod Classic 7th gen.'s lack of bass and prominent thin, irritating treble.  I'm wondering if the sound of the player actually affects the sound coming from an amp. As in, does the player interfere with the good sound from an amp?