Hi all,

I'm using this IPOD Nano 2G 2GB here and I have some questions regarding the stock earphones and the preset EQs.

Apparently, using anyone of the preset EQs would result in quite a bit of clipping and distortion with the stock earphones. This happen throughout my entire collection of mp3s. Turning the EQ off improves them tremendously but the stock earphones are pretty bad in sound reproduction in my opinion. Not that there's any configurable EQs to compensate. I understand that these are not real EQs but rather distortions carefully and purposefully introduced into the reproduction to trick the brain into thinking an EQ is applied - physco acoustics.

Anyway I tried using the EQs with better earphones, the clipping and distortion seems lesser but its still there depending on the level of music on a certain volume.

So has anyone experienced this before with their IPODs on their stock earphones? Or is it a case of too high EQs being applied? Or is it better to leave the EQ off and rely on better earphones? Are there any settings that I might mistakenly turned on that could introduce the distortion?

Well if this is a genuine problem with my IPOD I might want to send it in for a checkup. But anyway, I'm getting a pair Sennheiser CX300 to better complement the IPOD. Any comments?

Thank you for your time.

David

The reason Nano 8GB is priced similarly to the Video 30GB is because the former is based on flash memory while the Video 30GB is obviously based on a mini HDD. 8GB of flash memory on a such a small device do cost some money since there aren't much space for more flash modules other than to utilize high capacity ones.

As a result, the Nano could be very power efficient for its incredibly slim size since it only needs to power the flash and system electronics while the Video 30GB apart from other electronics, still have a spinning HDD to manage. Reliability for the Nano is improved since there's no spinning mechanical devices. You could drop a Nano and still operate within its normal parameters. Of course the Video 30GB should be able to manage a short fall, but anything exceeding that it would be disastrous.

Then there's the 'anti-skipping' feature which is natural for flash based mp3 players. Some people say they can't jog with a Video 30GB but that depends.