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Thoughts on the New iPod Lineup

Sep 3

First Impressions, Impressions, Source Components

During Apple’s annual media briefing yesterday, Steve Jobs proudly proclaimed that Apple has produced their strongest lineup of iPods in their storied history before, during and after showing off the fruits of their engineering labor in the form of the newly updated iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano and iPod Touch. While I haven’t had the chance to play with the new iPods like tech writers over in California yesterday, I have a number of initial impressions of the new iPod devices that I would like to share with you now.

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The Original PlayStation: An Audiophile’s Dream?

Jun 21

Reviews, Source Components

Spurred by a number of articles that have been released in recent years, the audiophile community has long been divided by the original PlayStation. According to reviewers at audiophile publications and websites such as 6moons and Stereophile, the original PlayStation, model number SCPH-1001, can go toe-to-toe with the likes of the $6000 CD players that many self-proclaimed audiophiles swear by. A pretty lofty claim for a console that can be easily found online for around $30 to be sure. If you’re wondering why this particular model family is praised over the others, it’s because PS1s under this model number feature separate white and red RCA jacks, which audiophiles can use to output sound using their “audiophile quality” (read: expensive) cables to their expensive amps and listen to them with their expensive headphones or even more expensive speaker setups.

Color me curious.