I’m in love with an iPod
This iPod journey has been beyond my expectations. I got my 5th gen IPod Video new in 2005. It was a gift from my parents for my 30th birthday. I used it a while, but then stored it for years in a tub. I came across the old dankpods videos and decided to revisit my iPod and give it a refresh. I went with a single SD256 gb iFlash, and 2000mah battery. I messed around with iTunes for a while. I needed to figure out how it worked again, where my actual music files were, ripped a ton of CDs, discovered ALAC, re-ripped a ton of CDs, moved my files to external hard drives (one is a back up). Now I’ve got a routine going where I’m adding new music every week courtesy of my local library’s extensive collection. I’ll admit I’ve had some anxious moments with all this. Did I ruin my IPOD? Where did my files go? Do I have to redo all that work? Duplicates! Lots of messing around working my way through problems.
The tinkering, ripping, organizing, curating etc has been one part, and has been fun, but the main part is the payoff. I’m rediscovering the joy of intentionally listening to music. Entire songs! Entire albums! I’m starting to dive deeper into artists and revisiting past albums. Even with these cheapo jvc gumys, the sound is amazing. I’ve got some Koss KPH40s on order to give a try. I can also plug into car audio, but I use other iPods I have for that. BTW- I love listening to music on my car audio through my iPod. It interfaces nicely with my pre-CarPlay display and sounds incredible with my Lexus Mark Levinson system.
The faceplate is EOE Atomic Orange Smoke Transparent Clear. I got a Griffin clear case for added protection. It’s crazy this went from an item in a tub of old junk, to one of my favorite possessions. I wish I knew about this sooner. If you are on the fence, do it.
This iPod journey has been beyond my expectations. I got my 5th gen IPod Video new in 2005. It was a gift from my parents for my 30th birthday. I used it a while, but then stored it for years in a tub. I came across the old dankpods videos and decided to revisit my iPod and give it a refresh. I went with a single SD256 gb iFlash, and 2000mah battery. I messed around with iTunes for a while. I needed to figure out how it worked again, where my actual music files were, ripped a ton of CDs, discovered ALAC, re-ripped a ton of CDs, moved my files to external hard drives (one is a back up). Now I’ve got a routine going where I’m adding new music every week courtesy of my local library’s extensive collection. I’ll admit I’ve had some anxious moments with all this. Did I ruin my IPOD? Where did my files go? Do I have to redo all that work? Duplicates! Lots of messing around working my way through problems.
The tinkering, ripping, organizing, curating etc has been one part, and has been fun, but the main part is the payoff. I’m rediscovering the joy of intentionally listening to music. Entire songs! Entire albums! I’m starting to dive deeper into artists and revisiting past albums. Even with these cheapo jvc gumys, the sound is amazing. I’ve got some Koss KPH40s on order to give a try. I can also plug into car audio, but I use other iPods I have for that. BTW- I love listening to music on my car audio through my iPod. It interfaces nicely with my pre-CarPlay display and sounds incredible with my Lexus Mark Levinson system.
The faceplate is EOE Atomic Orange Smoke Transparent Clear. I got a Griffin clear case for added protection. It’s crazy this went from an item in a tub of old junk, to one of my favorite possessions. I wish I knew about this sooner. If you are on the fence, do it.