the Ipod as high end
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As I write I am listening to Los Indios Tabarajas "Jungle Dream".
Source is an Ipod playing through my Quad Esl63/Gradient based system.
I have to admit it doesn't sound half bad and am wondering what would
it take to make the Ipod a truly High End source.
Ipods are true CD quality devices which means that in a rational world, they
are already capable of "high end" quality *if* you load them with the right
music files.
Stay clear of low bitrate lossy-compressed recordings and hook them to a
suitable reproducers, and they are fine.
The same is true of good quality far lower cost completive devices such as
the Sansa Clip and Fuze.
Devices that attempt to put a high end gloss onto iPods by bypassing their
internal analog circuitry are mostly there for lightening the pocketbooks of
people who are easily scared by hype.
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