I Used This iPod for a Year and It Changed My Life

[@macsarcule]

So much peace. It’s not just owning your music, it’s owning your whole music experience. And as you found, when it’s yours, the music stops being wallpaper, it’s an engaging experience now. ✌️😌✨

[@SunnyGoesIn1D]

I found you a month or two ago, right after watching Digging the Greats’ 4 week iPod series. Watched a handful of other people’s videos on why they made the switch to DP and iPods. Maybe I’ve secretly been a Philistine for a while but nonetheless I’ve had a great phone addiction since… basically the days when I got one. After a weekend that totally almost put me off the grid I felt better than I had in over a decade. When the birds sang outside, I felt like a Disney character who wanted to join in instead of grabbing the nearest stone. (Ok, that’s extreme but you get it.) I really like when you go into your philosophy behind things and how it affects your real life and the way you see the world. I’ve got an iPod now, and currently I’ve been debating which phone I could switch to. Here’s to reclaiming my mind, life and energy. ❤

[@spencers-adventures]

Welcome! I’m glad you’ve found solace in disconnection :) that Digging the Greats series was awesome too - I really enjoyed it!

[@FullaEels]

Listening to a whole album in a single sitting really is a nice way to relax. Particularly the classics. Ive found myself buying albums even if i like just one song, and slowly liking the rest as they play a role in the wider picture if the album.

[@Kitsunebyanothername]

I've been doing the same thing with my music but with the MiniDisc format. I use a stereo unit at home and a portable player for when I'm out and about. The discs are small, the sound quality is great, and I like customizing my discs with labels to make the music more personal. They're also rewritable, so I can reuse the same discs over and over.

[@PGBlanks]

Remember when we had to buy entire albums and listen to all the non-singles? I feel like with streaming it focuses mostly on the singles which is like 10% of the music of the artists. I remember when my favorite songs were all of the unknown songs that no one really listened to (and I didn't care), but nowadays I feel like I listen to more mainstream music because the recommendation algorithm is a bit more suited to what's popular.

[@ambiarock590]

When I was on Spotify I found that when it comes to the metal bands I like, I did take the effort to go through their discography. I'm currently sifting through Beyond the Black's discography to find the gems. This band is so good.

[@Nicobreizh]

This is the most important point with physical format 👍

[@spencers-adventures]

I'm with you on that too! I can see the benefit of a mixed approach to streaming/ownership, but for sure more intentional choices need to be at the heart of whatever approach.

[@BrittanyWood-e8n]

Man I love your videos! I feel like I’m stuck in this rut of always leaning towards streaming services. I’m tired of paying for something I don’t own. They make it seem like it’s a necessity when it’s not. I want to go back to iPods and BlackBerry phones or the slide phones with a keyboard. I’m tired of the endless advertisement bombardment and the constant need to be with your phone at all times. I want relationships, communication, and to be in control of my time and money. Thanks for sharing your tips and helping us to see the other side of things!

[@SunnyGoesIn1D]

I’m in Canada and we still have the network to support Blackberry phones for the most part. I think other non-US places like Europe and Asia might too. I just got one off eBay and am now waiting for it come.

[@spencers-adventures]

I appreciate the comment :) I wish they still made phones with the slide out keyboard! Like you said, it's definitely time to disconnect and turn away from the bombardment of constant connectivity.

[@GoufinAround_]

Your comments about the spending on spotify is my biggest reason for ditching them. I watch so much youtube that I had gotten youtube premium to have no ads across all of my devices and it comes with youtube music premium so I have music streaming/discovery covered. I do prefer having cd's and find that the albums that I own are the ones that I'll go back to listen to when I am streaming. Also, from an iem fan, I laughed when you showed the Zero: 2 and said "high quality"

[@anthonyL68]

I've been going off all streaming services and back to physical media with dvd/blueray and am now doing the same with my music as well 😊 Really happy that you showed where to get music for your ipod Thanks!! It's not physical media on an ipod but you can curate your collection without distraction as you said. Love your videos 👍

[@spencers-adventures]

Exactly! Yeah I have been doing a lot more digital and DRM free music buying over physical these days, just to eliminate physical clutter, but I have a core collection of fav albums on vinyl, and that’s my physical fix for now. I think just keeping in mind that a curated collection we own is important, and we shouldn’t give everything up to streaming. Certainly a balance can be struck, but I’m glad to hear people are getting back on with physical media again :) thanks for the comment!

[@realkmn]

Bro, I had the EXACT same IPod for years before I ever had a cell phone, it was my only mobile device and I put it through the ringer. Held a mountain of media and it took every blow it was given and kept on rocking. Thing was awesome. Unfortunately it met its demise eventually, and I moved on, but I still miss my dear old friend greatly.

[@emeraldknight143]

Great video, I've been using an iPod since 2020 and definitely agree with your points. I find myself listening to so many more full albums than I would've done before.

[@wizzy142]

I bought an iPod Classic back in February of this year for $40 (60gb model) from 2005 that was marketed as the first iPod to play videos, so it's got a bit of chonk to it which I love. I've used this device every day since I got it for the last 6-7 months and I have never looked back. Immediately unsubscribed from Spotify, starting buying my music, and realized not only did it sound way better but it was also immensely satisfying AND I'm saving money. I still consider it the best purchase I've made this year. Absolutely love my iPod.

[@MattDRobertson]

I'm watching this video while ripping CD's I just bought, because I'm feeling the same way. I'm looking at getting a HiFi Walker though, because I want bluetooth for AirPods and working with my car's music system. But that internet-disconnected, tactile music experience is what I miss from fifteen years ago, listening to my iPod Mini walking to and from classes at college. Thanks so much for making this!

[@scmcarthur]

Love the video and I couldn’t agree more I want to own my music. I’ve been buying cds and ripping them to my computer and buying digital downloads so I can put them into my iPod.

[@hejrafa]

Thank you for sharing your experience. I started using an iPod classic at the start of this year for one simple reason-stop being distracted at the gym. I always listen to music while working out, but I found myself starting to write people or scroll social media during my breaks between sets. Making those breaks way longer and my overall experience to train bad. Now with only bringing the iPod my workouts are focused and I also started listening to music and albums more focused. This is such a journey and I love seeing stories like yours on KZbin. Cheers mate :)

[@spencers-adventures]

Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad to hear the iPod has been helpful to you in the gym too! Last time I visited a gym I noticed how many people were just completely lost in their phones. I hadn't been a member of a gym since probably 2012, so the shift was pretty shocking.

[@haguilar84]

I'm lucky to own an iPod classic 5th gen 30 GB and touch 4th gen 8 GB. I realized that I don't really need to have all my music collection with me when I'm outside the house, so I create several playlists to upload. Doing this, I find that I am having fun selecting what songs to put on the iPods, creating themes with the playlists, and even uploading cover art on the playlists. Also, I haven't totally abandoned Spotify, I just don't pay for a subscription. I still find it useful to keep up with my favorite artists when they release new music and check out new artists. If there is something I like, I can just buy it and add to my collection.

[@ambiarock590]

I like adding the track information manually. It lets me get to know my music more. Instead of "This song's pretty good." it becomes "'Welcome To My Wasteland' by Beyond the Black is so good."

[@TheRetroStuffGuy]

I pretty much agreed with everything you said, apart from the earphones. I've never been comfortable with in-ear earphones...small earholes I guess. But I do love my chunky Sony wireless headphones I use in the gym when I listen to music via Spotify. So, I purchased a bluetooth adaptor which i can plug into my iPod & now use my Sony wireless headphones. It's a bit of handful carrying around in your hands & it's another object you have to make sure is charged, but i'm glad I got it.

[@bobodeng1784]

Which Bluetooth adaptor you ended up buying?

[@ambiarock590]

"If you're an avid music listener, why would you pay for music you don't own?" is definitely one of my upsides of using iPods. Any song you like can just be removed from streaming at any time and you have no say in the matter. I also gravitate towards the same playlist of metal songs over and over again. I have to be in a certain mood to want to go looking for new music. I've been building up my CD collection as well and it looks nice on my shelf. Artists also get paid next to nothing via streaming so buying CDs compensates them much more. I love using cabled IEMs and with those you're not gonna have to throw them away someday. There's no battery in those so you can just keep them and run them for as long as you look after them. As Dank Pods has talked about several times good headphones from the 70s are still really good headphones today. Headphones don't go out of date, so getting a good high quality of headphones makes everything you plug them into sound better, and they'll last for decades and decades. I've been in the iPod/cabled headphones camp and I doubt I'm gonna switch back anytime soon. With the way big tech companies are acting these days I'm getting away from smart tech, streaming, and hosting data on servers. I want more control of my content and especially music as an avid power & symphonic metal enjoyer.

[@spencers-adventures]

Love this comment! Agreed on getting a good set of quality headphones and taking care of them 👍 my Audio Technica ones I got years ago for film school are great for home listening on my iPod!

[@lilPopper]

No more need to rely on data or the Internet all the time to listen to music when on the go. Not to mention the amount of money you saved from the bleeding expenses of subscription services. Sometimes going backwards on tech is good.

[@matthewh7419]

I always wanted to do this but I think the main problem is not being able to discover music as easily. I use the discover weekly playlist every week and I really enjoy that aspect. Keep up the great videos bro!

[@spencers-adventures]

Yeah I think there’s definitely an argument for an approach that utilizes both streaming and ownership! Appreciate the comment :)

[@rockcaholic]

I felt the same after I canceled my Spotify subscription. I found so much good music from that feature. But over the past 6 months, instagram will randomly pop up sponsored music in my feed. I’ve bought 5 singles so far lol. You could also just ask friends, family or coworkers "what’s your top favorite albums of all time"

[@YungStinkyWinky]

Listening to albums the whole way through was alsosomething I really noticed myself doing more once I came back to my iPod (after 2-ish years on Spotify)! Never expected to enjoy listening to everything an artist had to say in that piece of art, not just the hits/marketed songs.

[@Bsidheq]

Honestly this was a shocker. These types of videos can never get me but this is making me wanna get my old Ipod out. definitely subscribing also hope you figure out what you wanna do youtube wise with the whole “offline” thing

[@spencers-adventures]

Glad you enjoyed it :) thanks for the comment!

[@scarpulla11]

Losing my iPod Classic years ago was one of my greatest life tragedies. Had about 20,000 songs built up on there.

[@MikeSparksMusic]

I love when people say streaming services have everything 😂… clearly they are missing somethings due to licensing issues. It always feels accomplishing when you find those albums or compilations at secondhand stores that aren’t on any streaming services.

[@Natsugami45]

I’m genuinely surprised to see this as a new trend these days. I could never get into Spotify because I didn’t have a consistent cellular connection ( lack of funds + nyc underground transit ) and my music taste primarily being Japanese music. So I had to buy/pirate all the music I have so I always had an offline playlist . Now a days my music taste is accommodated in iTunes so now if I really want a song I can buy it.

[@chickenpie9698]

I've been working on building a decent offline music library for months now and am making good progress. For me, the idea is to hopefully move towards fully cutting the cord from music streaming services as I've been a Tidal customer for a few years now but simply can't rely on it to consistently work. I want a big library on my PC which is also backed up in the cloud which I can just store either in it's entirety or in chunks across multiple devices. I do like the simplicity of streaming my music, the algorithm lead music discovery and having access to so many songs. It's just not working well for me sometimes and I'm longing to just be able to properly own my music again.

[@fdmjiv]

I am an oddball in this area. The one thing I have that most don't when it comes to streaming is iTunes Match. Essentially, for $25 a year, I can have my ENTIRE music library synced to my mobile device, other computers, etc. So everything I own is available, on my phone. It is nice to have, but I also find myself listening to things on spotify and paying for premium. I own 2 ipod video 5.5s, the good ones with all the features and the best DAC, but neither work. I think I might want to rebuild one, up the storage and have it around to listen to when the power is out, or even connect it to my car to listen to through the Bang and Olufsun system.

[@KageMinowara]

I actually still use an Ipod, I still have the same one I bought in 2008. I never went in for smartphones, so I never got into subsciption services. Though my Ipod has become difficult to use as the battery is almost dead. I have a docking station that I need to keep it in, and if the backlight stays on for more than 20 seconds it runs out of power and wont play. I wish I could just change the battery. I do prefer owning my music like you talked about in the video, and I've been carrying this thing around for so long I've grown sentimentally attached to it.

[@lexj1042]

I'm old enough to have lived through records, 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, and digital with a growing collection repurchased all along the way. I've recently been going back to my old iPods because I got tired of the shuffle that Spotify and other services have been feeding up. I still buy music every couple of months because I occasionally DJ for small events, but I'm very selective of what I add to my collection. I'm currently down to about 27k songs from 50k. Recently I've been listening to whole albums and looking for some Barber Beats and Vaporwave to live with for a while.

[@ReaganScottPhoto]

Love it, man. A great direction for a more mindful and slow life.

[@aryanbarbate6483]

You got too inspired from Nicholas Grafola ( looks , beard , the way of talking , the pause in speech , long hairs , and your old video intros which is here we talk about simple living 🙃) and your obvio minimalism vibe but we still love it , DESERVE A SUBSCRIBE ❤

[@calebdoerksen2]

I got an iPod Classic (5th gen) from an eBay auction this month after not having had an iPod since I got rid of my iPod Nano (7th gen) and having majorly listened to music on my iPhone with either my personal music collection or KZbin Music, and so far, it’s been doing me a ton of favours with the authentic music-listening experience and without much distractions. But since it’s still running on an old 30GB hard drive and the battery has been declining with age, not to mention that I want to make it look even more modern, my goal is to modify it with higher iFlash/SD card storage, a new battery, a new design, and maybe even RockBox.

[@rynomclaughlin1595]

I've been collecting iPods and Vinyl for years now and it's really saved me money on paying for subscriptions and changed how i listen to music by intentionally listening to albums front to back and appreciating all the CDs and LPs I own.

[@FubarMike]

0:28 that spot on your screen looks like what happen when your battery starts to swell up. Typical issue that happens with old ipods but if that is indeed what it is it's only going to get worse and destroy the ipod or worse.

[@afterlabor]

Yeah was about to say, please look into replacing that swelling battery or you might lose your iPod and songs!

[@spencers-adventures]

I appreciate the concern! I think it’s just an air bubble under the screen protector (it’s been on there since 2008) but I will keep an eye on it. I’m hoping to do some mods on it this fall/winter so the battery will be likely updated soon!

[@willm5032]

Glad I got my ipod before the prices spike because people are realising spotify is dogshit

[@derekprospero]

I love these insights. Bravo.

[@adamwragg4606]

I need to get mine sorted out that I got a few months ago, which was down to watching your videos! 😅 I will give it a go tonight. Do the wires in those headphones stay strong? I find if I'm walking alot for my job, wired headphones eventually die, due to the strain on them I think, pulling and things. I started collecting cds again a while ago to combat being able to own music again 😊

[@spencers-adventures]

Glad to hear you’ve been collecting some music again Adam! The headphones I got have replaceable cables actually 👍 they all come apart so they be replaced easily

[@adamwragg4606]

@@spencers-adventures oh nice! I will have to try and find them online then! Can't beat getting thing physically, I personally hate digital 😂

[@decomicverzamelaar]

I'm still just playing cd's to listen to music, mostly whole albums. I don't use my phone for it, nor have I ever used spotify. I do occasionally check out music on youtube. So my way of listening is pretty old fashioned.

[@SpartaRemixFan1]

My kind of music is just on KZbin, so you can't even find it on Spotify! And I just download everything so that I don't need the internet to listen/watching it. I have a probably very rare music taste (but I also make my own and upload it to KZbin). And btw I also watched a lot less netflix for some time now since 1 of your videos!

[@coolerking7427]

Great idea. If I personally love a specific band I usually buy there greatest hits albums. Or if I have a decade or year I like I will buy all the music of that period.

[@spencers-adventures]

That’s a good way to go!

[@potatoeskimos]

Though I find streaming media, convenient, the issue was I never really owned the media that I consumed. This means that even if you paid for a service or "buy" music online, companies can really take it away from you if they wanted to. Therefore I had always made an effort to own my media be it physical or digital. I own personal digital mp3s, AACs and FLACs music catalogue in my Walkman and laptop, and cassette tapes that I recorded for my Walkman TPS-L2. My dad owned turntable and music records so I can use that too. People should really own their stuff instead of streaming aka borrowing from companies.

[@nickelbackisokay]

Other cool thing to do is to use a YT 2 MP3 converter sight to download.

[@AudiophileTommy]

APPLE needs to bring it back 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@neoinfinity]

One of your previous videos about using an iPod instead of streaming (I use Amazon Music) got me to dig out my old iPod. The first worry was will It boot up OK? After charging it on my old dock it booted up first time, everything was just as I had left it years ago. Yes the battery has degraded over time and I know there's a whole modding scene to replace them and the HDD which I may look into but I started going through my old playlists and albums and listening to music I hadn't listen to in years. Some of the music on there isn't even available on streaming platforms.

[@DavidHand-z6i]

I love iPods and I have almost 10 of them I'm kind of a iPod nerd (people who know me would know) and maybe you should try fixing the screen because there are signs of something people call "the spot" or "the black spot" where the battery expands and puts the lcd display on the frontplate

[@ronniesunshine1163]

I've never thought to calculate my spotify expenses before. Turns out i've spent just under $1500 CAD.

[@EggTamago7]

For context: I'm an album listener, and I always have been. I hate the radio, usually don't care for any algorithmically generated playlists I encounter, and only really listen to songs outside of an album context when I'm making myself a mixtape-style playlist (a habit that harkens back to when I was a kid and needed some way to condense my favourites from several albums onto a cassette for listening to on the go). I went through an exercise a while ago - I looked at every album I added on Apple Music since I started using it when it launched, filtered out everything I added on a whim but didn't really listen to that much (ie. "I love this album and still listen to it regularly" is the bar for inclusion), and calculated how much it would cost me to just buy each of those albums outright on iTunes (averaging it to $10 CAD per album). I don't recall the exact number anymore, but it was just shy of $20k, or a full order of magnitude more than I spent on an Apple Music sub in the same amount of time. So... by the numbers, streaming has been very good for me. It's also really encouraged me to check out genres I never bothered with in the past, and has definitely broadened my tastes for the better. But, I'm here for a reason - there are things I miss about "The Olde Ways". I do like how needing to buy an album just slowed things down and let me spend more time on each album. It all just felt a bit more special back in the day. I'd spend my allowance almost entirely on a new CD or two every month, and I really made sure to enjoy them. In the early 00s, I had a 5 CD changer, and those albums were what I listened to at home. I also had a MiniDisc player with more or less the same stuff on a MiniDisc to listen to on the go. Even when I got an iPod and had access to my entire collection at all times, that habit remained, because the UX was very neutral and didn't try to push me towards listening to anything in particular. I just spent a lot of time with those albums. Now, I frequently find myself forgetting I'd added something I absolutely loved but only listened to maybe once or twice. I still have a separate folder on my HDD full of the music I actually own and plan to give my old iPod some love (and a storage upgrade) so I can load it all up on there again. But, at the same time, I can't deny the upsides of Apple Music, and I know that's not going anywhere for me. So, personally, mixed feelings lol.

[@spencers-adventures]

Thanks for sharing your experience! I agree with you honestly - I think there’s pros to streaming/renting and also ownership, and it doesn’t have to be exclusively one or the other. I think a lot of people are missing that point right now, that there can be benefit in using both methods of media consumption, one offering what the other cannot. I appreciate the detailed comment!

[@EggTamago7]

@@spencers-adventures Yeah, I mean what I like about your channel in general is that it prompts people to actually just think about this stuff. Kind of that whole "intentionalism" sub-genre of minimalism, I guess. I could see just like buying the odd album/song outright being cheaper and/or more satisfying for a lot of people. iPods are definitely in, and even if people don't switch to them full-time again, clearly there's a reason for the renewed interest (beyond just nostalgia) - it's worth examining why and what they offer.

[@hannanathan564]

The principal that applies to every facet of modern life: why pay endlessly for things you can’t own? Streaming anything and everything is a cool novelty, but it will never replace ownership.

[@thektalks190]

Hoping the cd collection shown at the beginning was yours.. So after watching a few of your vids and Digging The Greats, I finally bought a iPod Classic 160GB and noticed the difference in my life which was great.. but one downside.. Bands like Iron Maiden and Wolfmother.. the distortion sounds bad, especially compared to playing via my phone. Have you found this as well? Or am I missing something in the settings or even the track settings directly on iTunes?

[@spencers-adventures]

The distortion sounds bad on the iPod? That’s odd - perhaps it’s a setting issue? I have cranked RATM on there and never found any issue with the heavier stuff. Yeah that CD collection was mine! It was either Number of the Beast or Van Halen’s 1984 that was the first CD I ever bought

[@thektalks190]

@@spencers-adventures I know it's really weird and gets weirder.. So at first I thought it was an issue with my Sennheiser Momentums which I was using with their provided cable. Then I switched to my Heavys headphones which, as the name suggests are geared to more of a metal type sound. That seemed to sort the issue with the distortion (a little bit) but then added a lot of reverb on non-metal tracks.. Whereas the Sennheiser was great for stuff like Soul, Funk and most 60s-70s stuff. Now in the car.. even tracks from Kings Of Leon and The Killers with a tad of distortion/overdrive just sound really high pitched but if I played the same tracks via my phone, they work fine. Not giving up just yet. I remember back in the day using JVC Gumys with my iPod nano and first iPod touch. So going to try those and then maybe the ones you suggested in your video. Also remember playing with the EQ on iTunes back in the day, so going to try that too. Ok your first CD whether it be Number Of The Beast or 1984 was definitely better than my first.. which was Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing (although some good tracks for nostalgia..)

[@thektalks190]

Quick update. Tested with some old Aux speakers I had kept and a pair of JVC Gumys and works just fine :)

[@calebA22]

Do you think apple would ever remake iPods again? A more advanced and up to date version of iPods with a more sleek design with music streaming service and podcasts capabilities ?

[@haguilar84]

They have that right now, it's called an iPhone. I know that answer sounds like I'm being a smartass, but it's true. Apple has no desire to make single-purpose devices like iPod especially when they're trying to sell you on the subscription model with iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Arcade.

[@SunnyGoesIn1D]

Just depends on demand.

[@ambiarock590]

@@haguilar84 I use my iTunes account with MP3s and CDs on it to sync music to my iPods and my iPhone. Works fine for me.

[@Subilon]

I guess it’s like physical media in that there is a niche market for this so they are still made. Perhaps iPods will get a new release for the niche market of those who still want and value them

[@Subilon]

The ultimate scenario that Im absolutely convinced can and will happen eventually is that when the internet goes down for several months all the media relied on from streaming platforms will be inaccessible and people are going to wish they had kept their physical media including iPods. Maybe we are laughed at now but when it happens (and it will) who will be laughing?

[@skies988]

Pirate🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@sivapetit1]

Does it have speakers and FM radio?

[@bryan_ferrer]

Are hdtacks FLAC files? How do you sync to iPod if they are flac?

[@spencers-adventures]

You can download other formats from HD Tracks also 👍

[@kaybee46]

How do you download music onto your ipod

[@ryanjbeattie]

I keep wanting to cancel Spotify, which is £16.99 a month (Duo plan) and instead just buy the songs I like on an individual basis. Amazon and iTunes both have pretty much every song ever for 99p each. I too use my liked songs as my main playlist, which has about 60 songs, plus add in any other miscellaneous songs, brings me to about 100 all in. I could realistically cancel Spotify, splash out £100 buying all the songs I am likely to listen to, then buy new ones as and when I want them. Even 10 new songs a month would be a saving, plus id own them, plus I wouldn't lose access to all my other songs if I didn't pay any money that month. Im also considering buy an old external CD drive for my Mac to rip all my old CD's in the loft. Why won't I cancel Spotify? Well, to drop down to a single plan (which my wife would use) only lowers the price by about £3, meaning that for £3 I don't have to worry about the hassle (When technically, Im actually halving the full cost with her, its a technicality but I'm allowing it haha) really should cancel it soon though..

[@nickthompson4978]

What kind of earbuds did you mention in the video

[@spencers-adventures]

I linked them in the description! Linsoul in the brand 👍

[@Sakurasan2023]

Great video 📹 👍

[@SIMONK479]

I’m someone who likes a lot of different music so streaming is worth it someone who just listens to 20 albums or a 100 songs for a year makes perfect sense

[@spencers-adventures]

Yeah I agree there is definitely a place for streaming, despite what people may think I believe. I think forgetting about ownership completely is problematic, but there can certainly be a balance between the two. I can’t argue that streaming is a good deal if you dabble in a lot of works! Thanks for the comment :)

[@SuburbaniteUrbanite]

My guy, your pod needs a new battery. It's got the screen smash.

[@spencers-adventures]

I’m fairly certain it’s just bubbles in the screen protector, but I will be doing an iPod overhaul this winter! I appreciate the concern for my iPod though!

[@quas3728]

tbh I prefer getting 2nd smartphone and then delete all other app and using it as a music player.

[@mypalpronto4646]

Joel Plaskett!

[@nifftbatuff676]

I just stopped listening music. And I feel better.

[@spencers-adventures]

That’s one way to go!

[@junelopez9520]

Hi Spencer bro could me on

[@OttoTalksAi]

Most people wouldn’t pay they’d use Spotify for free!

[@chloemarie7069]

Spotify sounds awful

[@lilPopper]

The problem with Spotify -- even if it's free -- is that you'd have to keep relying on the Internet to use the service. Using an iPod means you don't have to rely on the Internet when you want to listen to music. Sometimes disconnecting from the Internet is necessary and healthy for you.

[@ambiarock590]

@@lilPopper When I had spotify I relied on locally stored files cuz what happens when you lose signal for a second? There goes your listening experience. Switching back to MP3s (like the old days when I was broke and didn't have a job) and CDs is way better. I need to get some Beyond the Black CDs at some point to compensate them as I love this band. I listen to this band a lot.

[@8123mymail]

to play 320kbps you need premium account

[@grzegorzdziedzic9592]

Not ipod, but a tiny mp3 player jolike m5, and it has exact same advantages as ipod, plus bluetooth , it's just satisfying to listen to it while waiting for the bus, walking or just chilling

[@spencers-adventures]

I looked that thing up, it’s very cool!