New headphone sound quality?

Just curious if anyone can comment on the new headphones? 18-month design? they better represent better sound quality if it took them that long.
so how is the new sound quality?

The supplied ear buds are terrible.
They sound bad & buzz at high volumes.
If you really care about getting the best out of your ipod, then spend a little bit of cash on some decent Sennheiser mx5oo or px100's.
30 pounds in the UK & worth every penny.
Steve

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I have had this iPod Touch 2nd Generation for almost 2 years now, and I'm starting to have some troubles with it. The headphone sound quality is now starting to deteriorate. Unless the headphones are plugged in a specific way, either one bud goes out, or the sound quality goes down, as there is a lot of static and crackling, and I've had experiences with it actually shocking my ears while I'm listening.
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Not the Average "sound quality" post

I import using Apple losless converter. I am aware of the general manufacturing specs that allow my speakers to sound like Rice Crispies, (which is generally lame.) This being said, I move forward to my point.
All of my low end frequencies distort, but NOT just through my speakers. It is extremely noticable even when using high grade head phones, so what's the deal here? I get the same distortion but to a lesser degree when I export to my Ipod nano, using high end head phones, which do not distort, on the nano as well. I have a 60 gb Ipod video which is formated for windows that has the same CD's imported at the same time (i.e. ruling out disc failure) which does not suffer sound degradation. Please help!

i've been looking for similar problem which i have...
i just updated Itune7.2 to Itune7.3 and all music files has been ****** up in my itune library....
then i installed 7.2 but still my music files are ******...
its sounds like can't handle bassline... which has nearly dying.. very quiet.
and high quality sound is a bit distorted. and try to play around 192kpbs-320kpbs... only bassline or low sound can't handle to catch up with high sounds.
but i found out that all happening was.. when i used my headphone sounds quality was ****. and i switched speaker (after i read this post ) it sounds all right ... and i put my headphone is back... its all sorted.
how weird! it might need a time to settle down for iTune7.2
or something problem with plug-in settings in mac.
*headphone - audiotech ATH-Pro6(its getting old but still works well )
*speakers - logitechZ3( good work )
i think somehow something effected to on your itune library.
have you upgraded your iTune recently ? stay in 7.2 if you can.
and try to plug in/out with your headphone jack or speaker jack.
to let to know your mac.and restart as well.
there is some people has problem about iTune library after upgrade to 7.3
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I recently got given a silver ipod touch for christmas, after having had a 5G nano ipod for a few years. i had always had no problem with sound quality with that ipod. However, I have noticed that even with my Bose headphones and on my Bose dock, certain songs heavy in bass (seems to be a lot of hip hop), such as my Jay-Z and Drake albums, the bass is very bad and fuzzy and messy. It sounds terrible. I have listened to the very same songs through my Macbook Pro through headphones and there is no problem. All my music is from itunes/amazonmp3/CDs so I don't understand whether my ipod is faulty or whether this is just how the new Ipod Touch is? If so I am returning it pronto! I need my bass!

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Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
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- Power off and then back on the router
- Reset network settings: Settings>GeneralReset>Reset Network Settings
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TS2771 bad quality audio coming through headphones. Brand new headphones and they work in other headphone ports.

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- Try cleaning out/blowing out the headphone jack. Try inserting/removing the plug a dozen times or so.
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- Check also Settings > General > Accessibility > Hearing. Make sure that the sound balance is not set all the way to "R".
- Reset the iPod. Nothing will be lost
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How can I improve the sound quality of my new iPod?

Hey there,
I just received my new iPod with my new MacBook Pro computer.
I have read every bit of documentation i received plus I have scoured resources here on the forum, but I am baffled.
I just synced my iPod for the first time to my Macbook, iTunes,
With the supplied earbuds (from the iPod), the sound is not very good at all. In fact, it the sound of each song seems to break up quite a bit, and the clarity is not very good.
As an experiment, I plugged the earbuds directly into my MacBook using the same songs, same quality, etc, and the MacBook sounds decidedly better.
What can I do to improve the tonal quality that is so lacking in my iPod compared to the same recordings on my computer?
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Ok Joel, I think I have the answer for you.
First, the iPod sound. The 5th Gen iPod is a good sounding unit. It has been designed to have a flat, neutral - uncoloured - sound, which is a good thing.
There should not be that much of a difference in sound quality between the iPod and the MacBok Pro. Are you sure that all settings are equal on both units? For instance, make sure that the eq is flat on both units, and same goes for the output level. For the same material being played, the louder one will be perceived as sounding better.
There are ways to improve dramatically the sound you hear from your iPod: (a) better headphones (b) a mini, portable headphone amp.
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http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=2
I would say that the new Shure E500 (around US$450) would be on top of my list, price not being an issue. It seems like they're good no matter what you're listening to. All others seem to sound good on, say, classical/acoustic, but are way too flat - read boring - for modern music, such as techno or house, or R&B. The brand "Etymoyics" fall into this category, for example. But then again, some people would disagree, so read as much as you can on one of the forums I mentioned above, Headfi - really good.
(b) mini headphone amp: These are very small and portable, and people who have bought them swear by them. Check out Headfi again, this time on their amp forum:
http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=3
Think about spending about around $500 for a great little portable amp. They're made by enthusists, small-scale companies. Real jewels, some of them, and I mean jewel in terms of quality, not just looks.
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New iPod Touch Sound Quality

I am really interested in comparisons of sound quality between the various generations of iPod.
Unquestionably, compression method and headphones play a critical factor, but taking these aside, I would be interested in people’s comments on particularly the 2nd Generation iPod Touch, and if anybody is aware of any technical analysis to compliment their listening views.
Has the sound quality changed over this last year with new software releases for the iPod touch in general?
I am aware of Mark Heijliger’s excellent analysis up to the 6G iPod at http://homepage.mac.com/marc.heijlig...surements.html, and was wondering if anybody was aware of a similar analysis for the iPod Touchs.
Finally (sorry!), with the new 120GB iPod Classic, does this have the same Cirrus Logic audio codec chip as the older 80GB and 160GB versions. I.e. can I presume that the sound quality (which has been questioned by a number of posters on this forum) is going to be the same?

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I have had several generations of iPods, the last being a 30GB Video (Gen5), so I can compare easily. The car setup is a USA Spec (PA11-VOL) directly into the head unit, which provides excellent sound and control via my steering wheel controls.
The Gen5 when paused, during playback, is nearly silent. You have to really crank the volume before you even know it's on (and if you hit play your ears would hurt).
I connected up the Touch this morning before my drive to the office, and instantly was amazed at all the NOISE. Whirring, clicking and squealing! I couldn't believe my ears. I have always enjoyed my iPods before, and thought something was really wrong. Bad unit or something, I told myself. I then Googled for info, and looked here for posts... and realized, I'm not the only one!
I had read a few posts from people saying that WiFi was the culprit, some disagreed. I tried disabling it for the ride home, and it did nothing to improve the sound.
Last night after syncing, and trying out the Map application, I was so impressed. So many great features AND 32GB (finally!) for my library. I couldn't wait to try it out today... but the sound quality killed it for me, and after all that's why I bought it... to listen to music!
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Why such sorry sound quality on iTunes? On some of my purchases the sound level is suppressed on the audio. On others the volume is so low that if I have it set for another song and a new one starts I have to increase the volume to hear it.
There is so much distortion on some of the music I have to play it with QuickTime to get a "clean" track.
What can be done to get a consistent volume level or is this another typical Apple product that you have to take what you get and be happy because it's not a Microsoft product?

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