Audio

Gnomie Ryan Hall writes:
Hey Chris,
I don’t know if others have emailed you about this, or if you’re experiencing this problem, but after you turn off the iPod, there is audible static from the headphones.
From what I’ve discovered from various forums, this only seems to affect the 80 GB iPod class — not the 160 GB [...]

XtremeMac’s Tango Sound System for iPod is a smart, sophisticated, and stylish docking speaker system for all iPods with a docking port.
The Tango is fully-functional with two Neodymium-driver speakers, two tweeters, and an independent downward firing subwoofer all working together to create a sound seemingly to big for its small body. Tango is more [...]

The Apple iPod touch 8GB revolutionizes portable media players with its interface, features and versatility. The iPod touch utilizes the same multi-touch interface that has made the iPhone famous.
View your favorite media on the stunning 3.5″ widescreen display while the Wi-Fi Web browsing capabilities will let your surf the web with Safari, watch YouTube [...]

Griffin Technology’s iTalk Pro Voice Recorder for iPod Video and nano attaches securely to your iPod via the dock port. Now you can use your iPod to record memos, lectures, and personal journals as well as play them back.
The black color iTalk Pro also has two high-quality omnidirectional microphones built in for optimal sound [...]

Do you remember when the first generation of iPod shuffles were called small? When Apple’s designers were dreaming up the iPod shuffle 1GB MP3 Player 2nd Generation, they had one thing on their minds: how can we make this small and compact 1GB player even smaller? The next step in the shuffle generation is 1/3 [...]

Browsing the Apple section on Digg, I came across this interesting entry describing how Microsoft’s lack of competence forced the author to buy an iPod rather than a Zune:
“It’s been over 7 years since I got my first MP3 player. I started with the 6 GB Nomad Jukebox back in 2000. Upgraded to the 40 [...]

I normally don’t write about the whole iPod hype, but in this case, I thought this was something worth mentioning.
Apple created a special edition iPod nano in the color red. Apple donates $10 of the purchase price to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa!
Apple, I’m impressed; very, very good stuff!
[tags]red ipod, apple, global [...]

SRS Labs Inc., a leading provider of surround sound, audio and voice technologies, today announced the availability of a new consumer software product, the SRS iWOW plug-in (iWOW) designed specifically for the iTunes platform. The iWOW software brings Mac users a richer, more powerful and brilliant audio experience when they listen to music, movies, videos [...]

iPod Hi-Fi! As the Web site states: “Fill your home with sound, not stereo components. Keep your music collection at your fingertips, not in countless CD cases…”
I am very interested to hear how this thing sounds. For the $350 price tag, it had better be good! I am sure I will get one to [...]

I have become very fond of new sound utility I discovered last month called Sound Grinder. Sound Grinder 2.5.1 was developed by a company called Monkey-Tools. This handy little program started out as a simple audio conversion tool and has blossomed into much more.

Since the launch of the extremely popular iPod nano, there have been lots of complaints about scratches on the screen. If you follow multiple threads on the Apple discussion forums, you see lots of complaints there.
So, it finally happened. Apple got sued because of this scratching problem. The lawsuit charges that the iPod nano should [...]

Dear Mr. Steve Jobs,
Let me introduce myself. My name is Kumar Verma and I am an Apple consumer - more appropriately an iPod mini consumer. I will make this e-mail brief as I am sure we are both busy individuals. As you can tell I was quite dismayed when my iPod suddenly stopped charging. However, [...]

Kent Pribbernow of Digital Media Thoughts writes:
As some of you may already know, I’m an iPod user. To be more specific, I own a 10GB third generation model that I purchased about three years ago. Since that time my experience with the device has been nothing but pure joy. iPod has served my digital audio [...]

My wife and I each have a G3 iPod. We love them for the sound, size and choices they give us. For spring break my daughter flew out to visit us in Washington and we drove over the pass to Seattle to spend the weekend. No trip to Seattle with my two favorite women in [...]

I love writing articles about great Mac software. You might remember the one thing I’ve always felt about Macs was that the software, whether commercial, shareware or freeware is head and shoulders above the PC programs. I looked at another quality piece of software from another unique, and imaginative company. Rogue Amoeba just keeps improving [...]

I have an iTunes/iPod problem. In August I created a library on one of my
computers with about 150 songs. I then created another library on a different
computer. I now want to put my old songs from the first library back into my
iPod. So, today I opened my first library and hooked up my iPod. For [...]

My wife left early yesterday to visit our families back in the midwest; I’ll fly out for the holidays in a couple weeks. The bad news was that not only did I lose my wife for two weeks, she took my TiBook with her. I was prepared for being without my laptop, except for one [...]

After announcing on Wednesday that the Canadian iTunes Music Store had been
postponed, Apple has quietly launched the store. Apple CEO announced the
Canadian store would open in November at the iPod event in October. From Yahoo! News:

“With the opening of the EU store last month, the Canadian store this month
and of course, the United States, Apple [...]

Clarion Corp. is the latest to step up to the plate with iPod support. Thursday, the
company announced plans to unveil a new in-dash DVD player/monitor
for automobiles that will feature full iPod integration. Clarion also
announced plans to introduce a new CD receiver with similar capabilities.
Both new products will debut at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) [...]

Have you ever wanted an iPod radio boombox? If you have been looking for
a solution, then fear not. Digital Lifestyle Outfitters created a
boombox-like setup and all you have to do is attach your iPod and go. This
will work for all iPods except the new Photo iPods. The features of this
new device sound promising with a [...]