How to wreck your ears

Forget ipods, here is how to give your ears a real blast.
Listen to music through your crummy powerbook speakers. The volume needs to be cranked way up to hear anything.
But wouldn't the sound quality be much better through earphones?
So put them in your ears, and then plug into the sound-out port so as not too miss any of the music.
WOW!!
Surely Apple can come up with a solution to equalise sound outputs, before they get sued for burst ear drums.

How about taking responsibility for your own actions - turn down the volume before plugging in your earphones, earbuds, etc. Doesn't take too much logic to figure something out that simple. Trying to give ideas here or what?

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  • How to use your Global ready phone in Mexico.

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