Apple iPOD: a review by an amateur
(Tuesday, November 30, 2004)iPOD doesn't need much introduction. everyone knows what it is. for those who doesn't know what's an iPOD, it's a portable mp3 player with gigantic memory space for storage and you're a lame ignorant piece of shit.
looks (body)
from the first look, iPOD looks better than any other mp3 players on market such as creative zen, i-river and etc. relatively, iPOD is slightly smaller than any mp3 player of the same range. at the same time, the unique sleek design of the pod overwhelms every other player in the market making the sweetie irresistable. the front body is marble white in colour meanwhile the back of the body covered with chromed-matel. chrome casing looks great but maintaining it is a fucking
looks (earphone)
cable of the earphone and the earphone is also marble white. the earphone speakers are filtered with a metal membrane thus making the sound shaper. 2 pairs of black cotton buds are also available with the purchase of an iPOD unit. although the it doesn't look as good as Bang and Olufsen's earphone, the comfortable iPOD earphone design deserves every credit. you can wear it for hours without feeling much discomfort.
function
aside from the normal mp3 player's function such as EQ, music shuffle, repeat and etc, there are additional functions such as clock, contact list, calendar, notes and games. features such as contacts and notes can only be added and edited using computer's OS. so it's a unconvenient when you want to edit the contacts.
sound quality
this is what everyone wants to know about, can the sound quality of an iPOD match it's looks? gonna try to give a throughout review about the sound quality. for starters, am not gonna talk about signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio or total harmonic distortion (THD) and neither am i gonna talk about tracks from Kenny G, Mozart, Beethoven. this sound review is based on what i think and songs i chose such as
-songs from Dj Tiesto's Just Be album
-songs from Eminem's The Eminem Show album
-Explosion is the Sky
-acoustic tracks
-rock tracks (such as guns n' roses, creed, korn and etc)
all the tracks are being tested with the original iPOD earphone (which as been run-up for 24 hours for optimal performance). the first impression i get while listening to the tracks is it lacks bass. that bass from the tracks is very clouded and fade. however, the mid-bass and the treble are tremedously impressive. for a device such a size, it could bring out the best of a 128-kbps track. the superb clarity (clarity here meaning you can hear the artist taking a deep breath which normally you can't hear and nothing more than that...) patches up the lacking in the bass department. therefore, iPOD is most suitable for those who likes acoustic, slow rock and clarity based tracks. to jazz and dance music fans, you need to bear with the fade bass-beats. maybe changing the earphones/headphone will help...
overall, iPOD is a must-get ultimate mp3 player.
