Audiophiles still love iPods and so do I

The iPod is making a comeback in the audio world. Why?
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[@jat9926]

No fucking ads on an iPod.

[@1TechCritic]

I pay for music cause I can't stand them.. Lol. Love the iPod idea. I have 158GB mp3s from over the years. Bu it sounds like absolute Shite compared to my tidal or Apple Music Lossless, with about 98% of all those tracks on Apple Music. I have some FLAC but like only 20% of it. Does this software allow you to download from Apple Music app? or Tidal App? That would be great for that. My music collections not so hot quality.

[@proffessasvids]

No adds on my tidal either xx

[@trenthaynes3461]

@@1TechCritic I have several thousand CD's that I have been slowly ripping to FLAC for the last year. I love the iPod idea for a lot of reasons. I'm curious if the sound quality on a sub $150 DAP (about what I would spend modding my ipod) would be better and would it have as much storage?

[@Omar_ZX]

We love em because an aussie guy reminded us on how great these are

[@francisco3343]

Person of culture, i see

[@felixliepratama1144]

UGH MY PKCELL

[@soon4829]

these dinguses do be really good

[@Chulu.10]

Damn that Aussie with his pet snake and his green iPad cover...Dragging us back to the stone ages 😅

[@wathog01]

5 bucks off from CASHIES

[@dragons_advocate]

I have 3 of them, but only use one -- in my alarm clock with the old-school iPod dock. Which was such a neat idea, i miss things like that. But for personal carry, I converted my old phone into a DAP by removing and disabling everything but a single music app. Suddenly it had a surprising battery life left in it.

[@anachronismic]

Shoutout to you for this, hadn't thought about using an old phone but it makes total sense.

[@dragons_advocate]

@@anachronismic Apart from perhaps a better DAC, the insides are the same.

[@anachronismic]

@@dragons_advocate Yeah, imma have to have a dongle dac in my case, but given I have both that and a phone sitting around it seems like it's easy to try out.

[@Text.__.]

@@dragons_advocateas long as the dac has enough power to drive your headphones and no distortion it honestly makes no difference.

[@bearpitrock]

I did this with my old Galaxy S10E. Compact size, SD card slot and a headphone jack! Using a HiBy FC1 dongle for higher audio quality when I prefer it. I use Productivity Launcher for a minimal DAP-like experience and disable all other apps other than audio apps installed.

[@manaceschavez7165]

Extremely delighted to see Everything Everything as the artist being played on the iPod

[@theacademyisntt]

Ditto what a pleasant surprise!

[@retrovertigo.505]

Indeed. A man of culture

[@SilhouetteLifter]

only reason I clicked on the video is bc i saw it in the thumbnail lol

[@adame52]

I love my Classic because it's a musical snapshot for me from when I got my 3rd gen in 2003 my junior year at college to 2017, the last year I had loaded anything new on it. I started really using it again last year after a couple year hiatus and it's still great even in stock form.

[@muonswitch]

yes

[@CJDilag]

I love my iPods back then. Had a couple of "Classics" and a Nano. Those along with several early portable Fiio amps via the line out were golden for me then.

[@bradavon]

Recently picked up an early 2000 Sony MiniDisc Player. I love it. It forces you to be discerning with what music you'll take out.

[@judenihal]

People who listen to music on MD, DCC, MP3, Spotify and KZbin have hearing loss because they are incapable of detecting the loss of captured sound from these terrible formats.

[@manieartis2687]

I love minidisc bro! It's awesome!

[@judenihal]

@@manieartis2687 The minidisc is low quality just like the iPod, Spotify and KZbin. CDs and WAV files sound so much better because they capture all the sound.

[@NolanEgbert]

@@judenihalOr people just enjoy physical media or free access to music

[@judenihal]

@@NolanEgbertthe Compact Disc is the way to go then

[@shaned7793]

I still love my 160GB Classic. It is the jukebox in my old car.

[@K9V1]

That's what I want to use mine for, but there's a lot wrong with it and I don't really know exactly what. Tried to pry it open but I have the model that has like 50 clips around the edge which makes it nearly impossible to take apart, at least without damaging or scratching the exterior...

[@shaned7793]

@@K9V1 Take it to an Apple store and get it looked at. I took in a broken one and they sold me a new (rebuilt one) for a good price, although that was in 2017.

[@philrfranklin]

Am I seriously about to dig out my old iPod classic from “that bin” and do this right now?

[@mensrea1251]

lol me too… same thoughts 😂

[@luukje]

definitely worth it, give it a shot!

[@dumbdesigns4941]

Did u? >.>

[@alekstube_]

lol same

[@AndrewWardell]

Rockbox? Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. Glad to see they’re still going ❤

[@xtianubec]

I remember the sansa clip+ days

[@8h24a10s]

I just installed Rockbox on my sansa fuse+ they're sill going

[@HiFiInsider]

can you please make video on how to install Rockbox OS.

[@didgineil]

Totally great idea, I give this a big thumbs up please DMS 👍

[@MrNikVadik]

bro it's all out there on the rockbox official site

[@MultiWirth]

You download the rockbox utility, run it and follow the onscreen instructions.

[@cacoferr]

Please

[@keithl817]

I attempted to install Rockbox in my resurrected iPod Classic (installed 500gb SSD and new battery), but it was unsuccessful. Kept getting an error message.

[@metal571]

"love" is in the title. That's how you know it isn't an Andrew video

[@DMS3TV]

Pffffhahahaha

[@chickenpie9698]

Honestly, I'm super happy with using Tidal or just shoving a load of my own files on my phone and playing stuff over a BTR5 - feels like the most convenient option for my use case really. After digging out my old ipod touch a few weeks ago, I'm not sure I get why everyone is raving about using these old devices. If anything, the main enjoyment I've had out of digging out my old ipod has been listening to some old songs I had on there which I hadn't heard for the best part of a decade in some cases and definitely not on nicer gear. Between my desktop DAC and my little dongle playing high res files and the stuff on my ipod played out of that, I much prefer the former so that's what I'll be sticking with. My goal for the future is to build an offline library on a home server which I can either access online through something like Roon or by copying files across onto different devices. I suppose a dedicated music player could slot in somewhere in the future but it feels much easier just to spend a bit more on a phone with a tonne of storage for my music when I'm on the go.

[@Luke-cp2jz]

Same here. As much as I’d love to be one of these people who can leave the house without having their phone and go running at the park with nothing but an iPod in their pocket, most of the music I love I’ve not physically bought yet and streaming it is the only way I can listen to what I want on the go. I have 20 ish albums on CD that I could put on an iPod but I’d easily wear those out and the cost of getting an older iPod + getting physical copies of every album I could ever want to listen to would cost a whole lot of money. Some would mention pirating and I’m not above that, but risking prison time or extreme fees just isn’t worth it. I’ll stick to streaming.

[@dandiehm8414]

@@Luke-cp2jz Total opposite here. I have over 34000 songs downloaded to iTunes (the VAST majority of which I have purchased). I still use my iPod Classic everyday, but am thinking of getting a modded one with at least 500GB of memory to hold my whole iTunes collection. I don't really stream anything.

[@SimonPepper]

iPods, umm have 2 of them. A 20G Gen3 B&W and a 60G Gen3 Colour. The 60G is still in the car glovebox and only recently stopped serving as CarPod duties, attached to a BMW OEM head unit, in an ‘03 Coupe. Since Roon ARC was released this has been my go-to source, running on a iPhone Mini 12, I have access to my entire local library in whatever format & version I have stored it in, plus all of Tidal, at either CD, MQA or now FLAC HiRes. Dongle is a Ztella Pro MQA and IEMs are MP145 for mobile listening, and the iPod integration in the car, gives upto 24/48. Local library is circa 9Tbytes of music, 110k albums but over 63% in 24-bit. Don’t see the need for the older tech here, unless you want to be nostalgic.

[@TheElly750]

I have a collection of ipods and other old music players that i've modded myself. I started because i wanted something to listen to while writing but without any possibility for distractions. And then i decided that one was not enough and that I should definitely have a bunch all with different types of music on them. Last one i got (and probably one of my favorites) is my Zune Halo edition. Either that one or my second gen iPod. Big bricks of music.

[@TtimeXP]

I found an old ipod and been looking up what some people have done, from changing usb C, adding bluetooth, and now hearing this software. Exciting stuff

[@RocketLauncherwithInfiniteAmmo]

This was a BRILLIANT video, please do more like this!

[@Iesous27]

Oh man, iPods we're like a status symbol when I was in high school (back around 2004-2008). I had an iPod nano 2nd gen. After digging it out after so many years, I found the screen to be completely broken. However, my wife's iPod nano 4th gen still works like a charm and is almost in brand new condition, so I'm starting to use that. I hope this thing lasts me a life time lol.

[@hudsongale3724]

I've been using a DAP of some form or other for around four years. Had I got an iPod classic back when they were still prevalent, it'd still be using it today. I see they have a lot of merits, like repairability and recycling and price, something that is somewhat of a grey topic with modern DAPs, not many guides as of yet on the repair side due to the niche area. Software wise, that all depends on what your library is mainly comprised of, rockbox is great if you can set it up right (personal experience hasn't been the best) to make it a stand alone device. The main draw backs I've seen is the dated connection port and I can see people would like having bluetooth connection ability. There has been a project called Moonlit which has a new case back that circumvents both problems that I'm hoping to personally test at some point. If that proves to be a good deal, a modded iPod will become my travel DAP, better to lose something that can be kit bashed together than a modern device worth a few hundred more.

[@AngelChris-e7h]

stil using my 160GB black one LOVE IT

[@zytoses9223]

I started with my ifi zen dac paired with philip fidelio x2HR and I remember I genuinely teared up when I booted up my first tidal song. The instant shock from the clarity and sound stage that I experienced was incredible having come from cheap wireless earphones. since then I've grabbed quite a few more bits. Fiio KA13, Letshuoer S12 Pro IEM's, Shanling M3 Ultra Dap, Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2DS (I love these) and my newest addition the Fiio BTA30 pro (for my 4k player). Unfortunately it's an expensive hobby as you don't want anything less than the best sound possible, I even paid to replace the windows driver to provide LDAC bluetooth. I wouldn't consider myself an audiophile, I don't dare get into the technical or tinkering of sound, I just want to appreciate music how it's intended to be heard.

[@rtyt2007]

I have a 120gb iPod classic 6. It’s been fully thrashed and abused. I bought it with the original box in 2020 for $65. It has chunks of the metal torn out of the faceplate and it’s full of dents and scratches . You can barely see the text on the back. Despite that the original 120gb hard drive still works perfectly. I’m gonna use it until the battery or hard drive dies then I’ll fix it up a bit. I love the feeling of the hard drive spinning up. It’s like a little clockwork music player. I love it. I have it hooked up to my hifi with an apple universal dock. Sounds fantastic

[@ThatOneGirlThatPlays]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the iPod classic sixth gen because I still have mine with a laptop drive in it, and I’ve been thinking about either going towards the 5.5 general or just getting an SSD to install into this. Your video has helped sway my decision towards just getting an SSD for my current iPod. Even for what it is, with just the bare bones mid tier JBL headphones I have from 2016, it still sounds so wonderful. My favorite artists to listen to on it are the Beastie Boys, Bob Dylan, and The Aquabats! and mostly because the Beastie Boys have a song that is listed with sound testing in universities. I always tell people if you can’t hear both the bumpin bass and the high keyboard note at the same time in Beastie Boys “Brass Monkey”, then your setup needs help .

[@TorontoJon]

I love and still use my 160 GB iPod classic 7th generation mp3 player (as well as my 120 GB iPod classic) and I transferred hundreds of CD albums onto it (and bought the odd album or song on iTunes too several years ago). :)

[@markignatovich3379]

everything everything thumbnail LETS GOOOOOO

[@manaceschavez7165]

lets go indeed

[@theacademyisntt]

Hell yeah

[@tokyojon4344]

I've got the iPod Mini. Use it daily. New battery, 256GB SSD, and Rockbox, it's the greatest MP3 player on the planet. I argue it's better than the other iPods only because it has a metal external case that, to me, feels amazing to the touch. Not some piece of cheap plastic. Also, the Mini is easy to take apart and work on.

[@snughug1181]

Whilst I didn’t own an iPod classic in its heyday, I have a fondness for them due to how simple and easy it is to use and modify. I own a 5th Gen that got Frankensteined with a 7th gen front and hard-drive whilst getting a new screen and battery, but I haven’t touched it since iPods blew up again (thanks to the dankpocalypse (no shade, I was happy they got the recognition they deserved)) but seeing this video makes me want to dabble in the missing stuff again. Like putting flash storage in, or shove a Taptic Engine in for a little umph in my music choosing experience. Loved the vid man! Thank you for showing off your cool iPod too 💪

[@Legato-2057]

It’s not an iPod, but I use my Sony WM1Z all the time. It works great with my ADX -5000 headphones and my 64Audio N8 custom IEMs as well. I love having an all in one device that works anywhere

[@Jacob1451_Kapnobatai]

I love my A306!

[@Mr1stcat]

Still rock my WM1A 😎👍

[@MarlonOwnsYourCake]

Sonys are SO MUCH better!

[@redacted1462]

Everything everything spotted! Absolutely elite album and band.

[@stratelite1337]

I love mine. I have had a 20GB iPod 4G for a while because of the darker WM8975 DAC. But once Dankpods started blowing up, I started a collection and got a 60GB 5.5G , ipod mini 2G and installed a 256GB compact flash card, and a 1GB nano 1G. I replace the batteries as needed, and just ordered a 256GB SD conversion for my 20GB iPod 4G. I rip CDs to iTunes using lossless ALAC and it sounds amazing, one of my favorite ways to listen.

[@kasrakh86]

Beautiful ipod. Love the all black look. Im on the fench of going back and using an ipod again

[@RadoDani]

You sold me on the DSP/EQ features in Rockbox.

[@francisco3343]

Love so much to watch DMS's videos The way this guy talk about audio nerd stuff with so much passion is awesome

[@lordluisluzi2771]

I have 3 ipods still in use! Including one in my car. Yes, Love them! They are still wonderful

[@RichardLionheart12]

I currently have Astell Kern's budget DAP which is called Activo CT 10 and I really love the music quality that Activo CT10 provides.

[@thatbigee7971]

Awesome video!! I have an IPod 5th generation and I installed many of my favorite songs and artists on it as well as some videos with copytrans. I’d love to check out more on rockbox or even try installing it to do more, cause man listening to my favorite songs without interruptions is the best feeling. Also I absolutely love Everything Everything!! Get to Heaven is the best album in my opinion

[@christophdunger91]

1:28 does anyone know the name of the theme please?

[@AriFerrari-2]

I just found it, its Themify!

[@christophdunger91]

@@AriFerrari-2 same, but thanks! i just recognized how shitty the layout is xD i am using adwaitapod now which is amazing

[@YungStinkyWinky]

Never stopped using them since the first one I got new, the iPod Mini 2nd Gen. I've had an iPod in my pocket pretty much constantly for 20 years now.

[@mndlessdrwer]

I wonder if they have a theme that is just classic iPod coverflow. Because, not gonna lie, coverflow is legitimately my favorite way of browsing albums. I still miss that feature from my iPod days.

[@thedarkknight1971]

I KNOW it's NOT small, but... For a while I used an LG phone (I bought 2nd hand cheaply) that has the Quad DAC. I then installed 'PowerAmp' - my favourite music player (it IS a powerful app for listening to music with), and then loaded all my music (100Gb) onto it, and it was a great setup (WAY better sounding than my Motorola phone!!) 😏👌 😎🇬🇧

[@Chris_Hruska]

I have 9,000 full albums on my 1TB iPhone. I like having everything all on one device. 🤙

[@burtburtist]

im no audiophile but im attached to these and liked my experience modding a nano, but nano was stuck at 8gb so i replaced ol reliable with a classic with iflash. ipod from the same year as my car, feels good bros.

[@lissybug0176]

I never owned any of the iPod classics growing up and I love the one I put together. It’s a 5th Gen with custom front and back plates, 512GB storage. The only prebuilt and Modded iPod I would be a Bluetooth 7th Gen with USB-C, and 1 or 2TB of storage.

[@Casiochaos]

How did you get this iPod modded?

[@Joniyah444]

Elite obsolete electronics

[@DanielS2001]

I know a lot of people are getting into iPod. I myself, along with a few others, are Zune users. Zune isn't actually half bad. I wish there were hardware mods like there are for the iPod, but I'm still glad to be listening to music on my Zune.

[@damienhatfield7296]

Many thanks, that was really good. I've got the last generation Classic and you have motivated me to use my IE600s on it as well. I love the design. I've got A&K SP3000 with HiRes music and a walk around SR35 but the Classic is a beautiful standalone.

[@KimLee-lf2ls]

I have loads of iPods, mainly Nanos, and 3 Classics (5th gen and 2 6th gen). Love them all and use them all.

[@robertobuatti7226]

I've purchased a couple of Ipod Classics ever since they were first launched in the early 2000's but sold them all except for one, they were neat for the time but there was no proper 10 band EQ setting, just the terrible built in EQ presets, I still have fond memories of me enjoying so many songs on one tiny device which for the time was cutting edge in the early 2000's, but now is pretty standard.

[@danadirectmarketing]

Interesting review. I have one with a more robust battery, but the unit itself was now way too light for me. Felt like a feather. So the tech guy added lead to give it a more satisfying weight.

[@talon2SA]

Who’s your tech guy? I’ve broken the battery connector off the board and would love to get it repaired.

[@ShaferHart]

I'm so glad that RockBox is still around. I thought this was going to be about iPods with stock OS, didn't expect it to be about RockBox. I remember buying a used iPod nano back in the day and being shocked at how hard Apple was working to stop them from being usable under Linux. They routinely and purposefully thwarted libraries that made it work. I got tired of that cat and mouse game and installed RockBox on it. It was awesome, freed my iPod in so many ways. After a few months the iPod died and part of me blames RockBox honestly but I still wouldn't have used it any other way. I also learned that I'm not compatible with Apple and to this day I've never felt the need to get another Apple product and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

[@sukoonsharma1477]

My allmost 20 year old ipod classic still sits in my desk. It hasn't worked in 10 years; something about a corrupted hard disk, and no one in India seems to be able to be helpful. But I still have hope it'll work.

[@КонстантинСавка-з9г]

Nice keyboard, ceramic keycaps are amazing

[@BenceNyitrai-df2tt]

i have bought an ipod mini and irealized, it is so easy to hardware mod. You just slide the internals out and BAM you hae the option to put a new clickwheel, battery, ssd and all that sort of stuff

[@axonn101]

I have collected a 4th gen mono and photo, a 5th gen, a 3rd gen nano, and I already had a 4th gen nano. I have spent a decent chunk of change trying to get good audio out of my phone over the years. I find the BTR3 is pretty good for me, but the iPod classic 4 and 5 especially sound better still.

[@kambojsbTech]

Use a classic 120gb with the iPod doc and a pair of HD599s for casual listening experiences and studying. Much less distracting

[@AkhilSharmaTech]

what keyboard is that

[@SMNFXCN]

If you've done a battery mod I think rockbox lets you set the amount of mah it has, might help with the estimation

[@jeremiahgonzales8212]

we would like want to see how you inserted the SSD in this ipod classic. ♥️

[@WarriorsPhoto]

I'd get an OG iPod to add an SSD. That's the only reason for one of these. I often wonder how good the DAC in these were?

[@Gravy_Jones22]

How long until apple deems it retro and produces more. My 7th gen is still going strong but always nervous that today could be the day.

[@EarphonesFin]

iPod with powerful headphone amp for high impedance headphones and lossless Apple music, that would be awesome. I would pay alot of that!

[@ericwilson9457]

Another good option for a cheap dap is a old LG G8. Runs Android 11. Has a quad DAC . 3.5mm jack. Takes micro sd cards. 1440p screeen. Flagship at the time Snapdragon 855 processor.

[@JohnSmith-oe4bw]

I have an ipod 5.5 video. The H/P out D/A converter isn't very good, and the built in EQ presets were terrible except for "Latin" & "Rock" (which were both close to what I like). Any modern music, mastered loud, would digitally clip with the EQ presets. I had to make copy of all my audio files, and gain them down 4-6db, so I could use the EQ presets. However, I loved the Sony MP3 Walkman's that came out in the late 2000's. I then got a Fiio X3 which was nice, but pain to use, and then finally just started using my smartphones.

[@MrBasssman59]

I have an iTouch 7th Gen. I have a lot of my own customized music on there that you can't find on streaming sites, so it works very well for me.

[@m009bt]

what pushed me to get back into iPods was scrolling though my spotify and finding some of my favourite songs unavailable

[@busywl69]

The strict itunes/applemusic thing always was a dealbreaker for me. I like full control of what I put on my player. Plus no mini SD card slot. BUt there (were) plenty of great alternatives around thank goodness.

[@kaushikchakravarthy3275]

I have rockbox on mine... haven't switched out the hardware or anything, but it works well. I just wish Apple would bring back the Classic in a 1TB variant with no bluetooth nonsense. And I wish it can support 24/48 and higher as well. I have some really hi-res files that I've been purchasing from HDTracks and stuff, and call me crazy, but I do hear a slight difference from CDQ.

[@quinto34]

I still use two ipod classics with wadia170 transport..only changes the batteries works great, very convenient

[@RainbowSun0529]

Does this Rockbox firmware allow Ipod to play flac files?

[@AlainSTO]

It does from what I remember back in the day.

[@DMS3TV]

Yes it does

[@Some-guy-on-the-internet]

The first gen Shuffle is still really good. Only problem is that the storage goes up to a measly 1GB.

[@kiwibruzzy]

These would be so sick with bluetooth! Sucks u have to use a dongle or pay alot for the moonlit market stuff tho

[@MarcoLemmetti]

Over the years, I have collected every single classic iPod for some reason or another. I don't know why I just love those modals. I may just use one of these mods to fancy up one of my classic iPods

[@HieronymusChockvivantvanit]

I replaced the 160 Gb hard drives in my iPod Classics with 768 Gb of flash and also replaced the original battery with a 3000 mah battery. All my music now fits on my iPod and my battery will get me through that 20 hour flight to Korea. I used an iPod Touch for awhile, but the interface on the iPod Classic is so much better than that on the Touch.

[@STAYPROPER]

I love the classic I just got simple for the amount of storage you can get

[@Garythefireman66]

I carry an iPhone and a Pixel, both with .5 TB storage so I always have my music with me, but seeing that iPod makes me feel like it would be cool to have one again

[@MarksterC]

yooo I'm an iPod modder/refurbisher and I just wanna throw out there: there is BARELY a difference in the dac quality between the 5th and 6/7th generations. Ive found most people tend to agree with my opinion on it but: Cirrus (6/7): Great and tight instruments and detail Wolfson (Most iPods 5th and older): Nice warm and wide soundstage.

[@EmoExperat]

i love my 7th gen so much

[@eltuercas4092]

I just have a question where can I get the music it’s not like before like the old ways now is no places to download music do you know some website ? Thanks

[@mybloodyvacuum]

not a wesbite, but a programme, soulseek.

[@waszqba]

I wish you could provide more info on the mods. I’m trying to revive my old piece for 2 months now and I’m still completing the parts list so it’s a one time operation. What adapter/storage combo did you use? Do you have original battery or an upgraded capacity one?

[@fin_alinea]

I love it, back in the day, I owned a redwine modded iPod which the battery died, I would try this out.

[@parawizard]

Did you preorder a Tangara? I think it's a pretty cool project as it's all open. I've got a couple classics as well. One with microsd. Transfer could be quicker and I wish they had bluetooth transmission.

[@Hanna1968]

I just use my Samsung S10+, Neutron Music player and James DSP mod. And of course I am playing Flac. The most important part is not the hardware, and it's definitely not the format/container. Downloaded DSP files with 200mb per track and it sounded like... crap. On the other hand I listen to KZbin channels with opus files, and get eargasm. The most important part is the quality of RECORDING and sound processing. If you have a really good mastered peace of music it will sound good on nearly any device. (Ok, your headphones shouldn't be a pair of tin canes).

[@johnt1877]

Two of my iPods are newer iPod Touch models. There is a photo adapter (dongle) that lets you connect to a USB cable and bypass the headphone jack. I connect the USB to an external dac and then to a headphone amp. It sounds great using high-end headphones. I'm not sure if the internal dac is bypassed (I think it is).

[@GHSA1994]

Hello. Can you share some more references on this cable? I'm interested in getting one. Thanks

[@MrJester831]

I think you're wrong about this one and the reason why is because you've yet to experience the Questyle CMA 18 Portable. While the Questyle M15 is truly spectacular, the CMA18 is on an entirely different level altogether and is the kind of product that redefines the portable listening experience in a way that makes you never want to go back. I pair this with my Audeze LCD-5's and it makes all the difference in delivering a punchy bass

[@Naminorite]

Lover the iPod! Would really be super happy to be able to have one where you can have all of your CDs loaded on but non-compressed and listen in the best possible way. I still have many of my iPods in various drawers around the house. Apple just doesnt' support them so they end up in the drawer unfortunately. I have thousands of CDs and prefer listening to my own music - not a stream service guy

[@jaden_shah]

I love the idea of them, I just don’t have the music collection to justify an iPod (or any dap really). I mostly just listen to music on my phone with iems and a dongle dac.

[@liujun050612]

My question still remains for DMS. You recommend DCA E3 for portable headphones. What pocket friendly DAP can you drive for DCA E3 for best sound quality?

[@john-wiggains]

I wish I could do this kind of treatment and upgrade to my iPod nano 2GB. I love that little device and being able to make it a 128Gb with a new battery would be amazing. But everyone online said it’s not possible. :(

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

I concur. These times are so weird. People just seem nuts to me. I loved the iPod. I had the original, up until they discontinued the touch. I love the original. The battery is dead, but I still own it. I’m a painter, so it’s covered completely in oil paint. It’s a beauty…

[@sergioserramusic]

Rocking the same, the latest iPod 160GB. I got it for my 18th bitrthday

[@GrackAlaciN]

I have a Mini in a drawer somewhere, and at some point I'll get around to changing the battery, and replacing the HDD. But I am a bit scared to take it apart because I don't wanna mess up the lovely pink outsides.

[@augustriandyrizkymaris2894]

where did you get the hi res offline song?

[@firaonoyus2112]

I love iPods and use a 30GB iPod Classic but I just found out that Audiophiles love iPods? As far as I know, they have strict categories about what devices fall into the audiophile world.

[@ChoaYeon]

i found my old iPod Classic 6.5 (2008) and i really want to revive it so i bought a charger again and hoping it works still. and i already have parts on my aliexpress cart ready. but im switching to the iPod again cause spotify is getting expensive per month.

[@navboi12]

Honestly, I just use a Huawei P30 as my dedicated music player. Android OS, decent sound/headroom, extensive file support and an exceptional camera as added bonus ;)

[@Rowrin]

I've still got a 2004 iPod classic that I travel with.

[@codywlsmith]

Since no one else has commented about it and DMS won't answer the people who asked: The green Spotify like theme he shows in the video is called "Themify".

[@zanychelly]

Some people say the Sony Walkman is pretty good. Would like to see you guys try it.

[@CThienV]

i still got mine, has been idle since 2 years of usage. i had it filled with Music Videos

[@antoniofilipe70]

Hello very nice vibe. can you please make video on how to install Rockbox OS.