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Damn, Sandisk is lame...

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  • KrakKrak New
    Odd. I've never had an issue with my headphones, and I am even using the ones I got with my iPod Mini well over a year ago (I have the 30gb iPod w/video now). I use my iPod every day at work, and my job is no easy task, the headphones take a shitload of abuse.

    I crawl in attics, run wire, and all that good stuff (I install security alarms). The cords on the headphones are always getting caught on something and tugged on, thrown about, I've even stepped on em a few times. They are actually pretty durable. I have an expensive pair of Sony's that I use when not at work, I would never consider using them at work, the Apple ones are much more durable.

    Perhaps your friends have a bad batch, are they all from around the same time. I am in the US, maybe they are UK? Different materials or something. My battery is still 100%, and the Mini that I sold to my brother has had a shit load of abuse. I've dropped it a few times, out of a moving van, down the stairs, etc.. Still going strong, its had a lot of use and its battery is still 100% also.

    Its just myths, and over exaggeration. But, react and choose how you will. Doesn't put a hole in my boat.
  • BergamotBergamot
    edited May 2006
    The only audio signal that really screws up speakers is heavy clipping.

    I could make a case that the volume on most recent music is cranked so high that it clips straight off the CD. I could further suggest that common lossy compression techniques can make this problem worse. Add that to the iPod's notorious "Darth Vader" volume cap and there certainly is the potential for speaker damage.

    However, it is important to remember that headphones are fragile, that they're constantly mistreated, and that one speaker usually dies first. So lots of headphones are dying from natural causes, and in roughly half die right-side-first. Then those people read the digg and say "hey, I have an iPod and a busted right earphone!", while the rest of the people (those with busted left earphones like mine, or those with working headphones) keep right on going.

    So, I'm just a little skeptical.
  • KrakKrak New
    "the iPod's notorious "Darth Vader" volume cap"

    Thats UK only. Suckers.
  • BergamotBergamot
    edited May 2006
    Actually, I was referring to the higher-than-normal cap everywhere but the UK, which could potentially put more power behind the already-clipped audio signal.

    Then I made a silly Back to the Future reference.
  • NickENickE New
    Well maybe it is how they use them, but I've never had any trouble with any of my head phones all the while I've had them, and it still seems odd to me that so many people have had trouble with the same headphone on the same mp3 player. Hype or not, I'm still not getting an iPod.
  • gigingergiginger New
    I love my iPod but I hate iTunes. Useless piece of shit that software is. Can't handle 100gigs of music it seems.
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