Lornecherry
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OK, hit me now; smack some sense into me ... I must be touched. Let me digress: I hate the SQ of most, if not all, portable audio players, a properly amped iMod being the exception.
But having seen the new iPod Touch and everything non-audiophile that's great about it (from decent games and apps to audio-books), I'm now going to buy one instead of the planned iMod. Heresy, sacrilege and behavior unbecoming of a audiophile? ... my Stax are probably trying to jump off their stands as I confess to joining the i-masses of etched ones and zeros.
A Wadia iTransport awaits sleeping in its box, so I've got the home audio thing covered, but what can I do to bring the generation 7 I-Touch up in portable SQ?
Please suggest the best portable cans for SQ (I hate anything actually in my ear other then sound, so IEMs are out of the question). I currently have the usual stable of PX100s and Koss Porta-Pros and was looking at AT ESW-9s as my next purchase for portable sound ...would the ESW-9s be a recommended match of the Touch? What other comfortable and portable cans are recommended?
If only Red Wine or someone else could do an I-Mod to the Touch ...I think he might be able to sell quite a few. I'm standing in line now.
I never thought being 'touched' by Steve Jobs would hurt so much.
But having seen the new iPod Touch and everything non-audiophile that's great about it (from decent games and apps to audio-books), I'm now going to buy one instead of the planned iMod. Heresy, sacrilege and behavior unbecoming of a audiophile? ... my Stax are probably trying to jump off their stands as I confess to joining the i-masses of etched ones and zeros.
A Wadia iTransport awaits sleeping in its box, so I've got the home audio thing covered, but what can I do to bring the generation 7 I-Touch up in portable SQ?
Please suggest the best portable cans for SQ (I hate anything actually in my ear other then sound, so IEMs are out of the question). I currently have the usual stable of PX100s and Koss Porta-Pros and was looking at AT ESW-9s as my next purchase for portable sound ...would the ESW-9s be a recommended match of the Touch? What other comfortable and portable cans are recommended?
If only Red Wine or someone else could do an I-Mod to the Touch ...I think he might be able to sell quite a few. I'm standing in line now.
I never thought being 'touched' by Steve Jobs would hurt so much.