OT: Buying an iPod in Toronto: recommendations please

[James Knott]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 02:07:59PM -0500, James Knott wrote:
>   
>> Considering the source is MP3, how much will a kickin' set of headphones 
>> improve sound over a decent pair?
>>     
>
> Well that depends.  It takes a lot to get decent bass out of something
> small, and mp3 has no problem encoding bass.
>
> As for decent, well a decent pair would be much better than a crappy
> pair which is what is included.
>   

By headphones, I don't mean those ear buds, which I don't care to use.  
Once you hit a certain quality point, spending more only means you can 
hear the distortion better.
> mp3 isn't that bad actually, while a lot of cheap speakers/headphones
> really are that bad.
>   

There's a lot of poor quality hardware around that I can't stand to 
listen to.  Why do some people think a portable "boom box" is an 
adequate sound system for a large room?  All you get is lots of noise!  
I've been in many stores etc., where the sound system is so bad that I 
don't like to listen to anything, not even my favourite music.  Then 
there's the phone hold "music" that's bad enough on a regular phone, but 
torture on a cell phone.



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