Asa,

I did the first mainstream review of it. He sold out quickly.

IW

That’s pretty amazing about the iMod…I had to go look up an old Stereophile article to see what that was about.

I just charged both players (third one is DOA) and they both sound like shiz. Lol. Not surprising given the cheap IEMs they came with and trying to have them drive some BD DT 770s…not gonna do it!

Back in tech storage aka. ‘nostalgia box’ they go. Thanks for the memories!

Asa,

I had the first 3 or 4 generations but the iMod was in a different league sonically. I was driving Grado and AKG cans with it and loving life. Zunes was an interesting product. Weird design.

IW

Funny as I never owned one. While APL had excellent designs, I did own an iRiver mp3 player…mostly because it was agnostic on file types, supported higher bit-rates (OGG Vorbis, etc.), and had a few other little tricks up it sleeve. It also had a spinning HD.

I also owned Zunes…both iterations (second one was a 120GB). I and my better half worked at MSFT for a time and got them for free or next to nothing. They got dismissed by the media at the time as ‘also-rans’.

Amazing how time flies and what’s changed just in the last twenty-five years.

ORT,

Apple is releasing its first touch screen laptop this week. I thought they called it the iPad but I digress. The iPod is sadly no longer on their hardware radar. They already got our money.

IW

Apple needs to release a genuine homage to this greatest of all DAPs. They are stooooopid for not doing so. I think I need to find my Firewire charger and cable…

ORTacles of Thebes