$350 then is $550 now. Which is not wildly expensive. Today's AirPods Max are that same price.
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Apple's iPod Hi-Fi Launched 18 Years Ago – and Lasted Just 554 Days
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Still have one hooked up to my TV as sort of a sound bar - It sounds amazing!
I still have mine, and it’s awesome.
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I really do wish I had held onto my old iPods and iPhones.
For all the folks taking pot shots at Timmy, Steve had some trial and error products too.
I have so much old Apple gear in my office! iPods (3rd gen, two Shuffles, and various boxed accessories), Newtons (three of 'em!) Macs (including the Cube) original Watch, and fourth gen (I'm on the 7th gen now). iPhone 3GS, and 5S, original iPad. etc... The list goes on. I just hate to throwing/giving my Apple stuff away lol!
This is my favorite Apple product. It is built like a tank, I don't see it going anywhere. The fact that it has optical port makes it absolutely future proof.
Just a heads up to everyone else using the last gen AirPort Express: the AirPlay2 enabled firmware has a bug which brings an audible hum to the output. I also use AE with my hi-fi as it is in my daughter's room now and not a daily driver anymore. But Belkin's AirPlay adapter has much better sound.
Just a heads up to everyone else using the last gen AirPort Express: the AirPlay2 enabled firmware has a bug which brings an audible hum to the output. I also use AE with my hi-fi as it is in my daughter's room now and not a daily driver anymore. But Belkin's AirPlay adapter has much better sound.
Still rockin’ mine, connected to AirPort Express (which also shares a LaserJet) with an optical cable. Fitted in a bookshelf nicely, it plays an internet radio via AirPlay while I work. I don’t hang onto old stuff, but this kit is great. Oh and I occasionally take it to a picnic or a party.
I’ve never noticed a hum but perhaps it’s because I use an optical cable between the AE and iH
Try to find an old AirPort Express. It can be set with AirPort Utility app as client, and has optical out for the best sound.
It sounded great and had the 'portability' (if you were Superman) but it launched at a higher price than the better-sounding Bose Soundock so never really stood much of a chance. I worked in electrical retail at the time and we frequently had the AHF, Bose and B&W Zeppellin on comparison.
You missed the Han “Beats” Solo pun.iPod Hifi: "Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father."
HP Gen 1: "He told me enough! He told me you killed him!"
iPod Hifi: "No. I am your father."
Great sound, fairly portable, somewhat like the modern day variations of the boombox... BUT... too locked down (though, unlike HPs, at least it had an optical input to use with other sources), too relatively expensive, etc.
About 10 years later: "Let's roll out another branded speaker... but this time let's make it even more locked down (no AUX input at all) and offer it at the 'same great price' popularly judged as 'too expensive' before."
So then "Luke" was discontinued and < 2 years after Luke "went missing", "Rey" is rolled out with cuts in hardware (tweeters and microphones) to then basically offer what otherwise appeared to be the same for $50 less. "And let's make it so that Rey can't stereo pair with Luke so that one must buy TWO Reys if they want stereo." Insert that Emperor Palpatine laugh here.
I have two, which I bought at goodwill for $25. Audio is OK, but bass levels are low. For now, they're hooked up to an Alexa and are fine for that purpose. They look great though.
There are 30 pin -> bluetooth adapters that work great. Find one that's powered by the dock connector, since that saves one cable; the amazon reviews will call that out explicitly.
There are 30 pin -> bluetooth adapters that work great. Find one that's powered by the dock connector, since that saves one cable; the amazon reviews will call that out explicitly.
I loved that thing. I worked at a Circuit City at the time and sold a bunch of them. They were next to a Bose Wave Radio or whatever that thing was called and anytime people came in looking for the Bose they ended up walking out with the Apple. The sound difference was amazing.