Anyway I brought that up because the only way I would be interested in an iPod is if it had a built in amplifier. As it stands now though it's audio quality, though okay, is nothing that stands out. No where near that of a Fiio stand alone MP3 player with a built in DAC and headphone amplifier.
If the iPod didn't have a built-in DAC and headphone amplifier, you wouldn't be able to attach headphones and listen to music.
What you're saying is that you'd like this to be infused with all sorts of audiophile magic and marketing; I get it.
Now, unless the iPod has a completely different DAC from the iPhones of the last few years, its output is cleaner and more accurate than most "audiophile" standalone DAC/headphone amp combinations.
Note that most perceived differences in audio quality are actually the result of not matching levels: a dB or two in overall volume will lead to perceived "better" sound. It is virtually impossible for a non-professional outside a laboratory setting to achieve perfect level-matching.
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Further the iPod doesn't have that stand out feature, if it's meant to be a music player than I would have liked to seen Apple go after the audiophile by using a built in DAC with headphone amplifier.
As mentioned, they do — by definition. It wouldn't be able to play music if it didn't have a DAC/amp.
Unless they have something in reserve, Apple missed the boat with the iPod touch refresh. A MUCH more compelling, profitable product would have been an iPod touch Plus: a larger screen, and a Touch ID button for use with Apple Pay.
So the iPhones shouldn't be considered iPhones because they have had different screen ratios?
I don't see aspect ratio bearing any weight on what Apple would do.
If anything, Apple should make the entire iPad family 16:10/16:9 ratio to go along with everything else they make. The iPads are actually the oddballs in the computing family.
Unless they have something in reserve, Apple missed the boat with the iPod touch refresh. A MUCH more compelling, profitable product would have been an iPod touch Plus: a larger screen, and a Touch ID button for use with Apple Pay.
And using what exactly to connect to the transaction servers? Your iPhone…er. Let's ponder that for a second.
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Anyway I brought that up because the only way I would be interested in an iPod is if it had a built in amplifier. As it stands now though it's audio quality, though okay, is nothing that stands out. No where near that of a Fiio stand alone MP3 player with a built in DAC and headphone amplifier.
If the iPod didn't have a built-in DAC and headphone amplifier, you wouldn't be able to attach headphones and listen to music.
What you're saying is that you'd like this to be infused with all sorts of audiophile magic and marketing; I get it.
Now, unless the iPod has a completely different DAC from the iPhones of the last few years, its output is cleaner and more accurate than most "audiophile" standalone DAC/headphone amp combinations.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/apple/iphone-5/audio-quality.htm
Note that most perceived differences in audio quality are actually the result of not matching levels: a dB or two in overall volume will lead to perceived "better" sound. It is virtually impossible for a non-professional outside a laboratory setting to achieve perfect level-matching.
Further the iPod doesn't have that stand out feature, if it's meant to be a music player than I would have liked to seen Apple go after the audiophile by using a built in DAC with headphone amplifier.
As mentioned, they do — by definition. It wouldn't be able to play music if it didn't have a DAC/amp.
And they're already among the best.
So the iPhones shouldn't be considered iPhones because they have had different screen ratios?
I don't see aspect ratio bearing any weight on what Apple would do.
If anything, Apple should make the entire iPad family 16:10/16:9 ratio to go along with everything else they make. The iPads are actually the oddballs in the computing family.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/21/9008741/tablet-shape-aspect-ratio-ipad-android?
Unless they have something in reserve, Apple missed the boat with the iPod touch refresh. A MUCH more compelling, profitable product would have been an iPod touch Plus: a larger screen, and a Touch ID button for use with Apple Pay.
And using what exactly to connect to the transaction servers? Your iPhone…er. Let's ponder that for a second.