[MacDEF]

I just saw this story on the web; evidentally, the iPod has been temporarily taken off the market in France because it plays too loud

http://news.com.com/2100-1040-960211.html

 

[Mystyler]

LOL
What'dey gonna do, add AVLS?

Funny law that. Only in France...

 

[Magicthyse]

Perhaps it's because some people were replacing the phones with lower-impedance phones and also there's no overrideable AVLS (Sony's way of complying with the regulations - not that their amps are anywere near powerful of course).

Knowing the French they'd probably have a daft rule that a device must produce less than 100 decibels no matter what headphone is stuck to it...

 

[lextek]

One of the Mac rumors sites said they pulled the iPod because ipod translated to French meant something dirty. I don't speak french.

 

[joelongwood]

The only song that a French iPod is legally allowed to play loudly is the Jerry Lewis version of "Rockabye".

 

[andrzejpw]

um, yeah, lol. So, when are they pulling every single speaker/amp off the market too?