I have, thanks to ratdude747, a 4th gen iPod. 20GB, B&W screen.
When I got it from Ratdude a few months ago the first thing I did was swap the battery for a generic cheapo-depot ebay replacement. The battery works well and lasts long. I replaced the Toshiba MK2004GAL hard drive in it for a Toshiba MK2006GAL when it started clicking and acting stupid about a month ago. Everything else is original.
I've noticed that the sound quality is not what it should be. If I turn on the EQ most of the music I have distorts a little bit no matter what headphones I have plugged in. I know with EQ some poorly recorded songs will distort but this is more than that, a good 70% of my music has very slight but noticeable distortion with the EQ turned on. EQ turned off = no distortion on anything.
The bass is also not what it should be. I have some headphones with 50mm drivers, 16ohm. It happens with 32ohm cans too. I was listening to my friend's iPod nano today and the headphones bumped proper with deep punchy lows and snappy highs. Plugged into my 4th gen iPod the sound is a lot more bland.
Is this to be expected of an old iPod or is something wrong here? I noticed the headphone jack is very loose and could probably use replacing.
I can upload some recordings of the distortion if you guys want to hear it.
When I got it from Ratdude a few months ago the first thing I did was swap the battery for a generic cheapo-depot ebay replacement. The battery works well and lasts long. I replaced the Toshiba MK2004GAL hard drive in it for a Toshiba MK2006GAL when it started clicking and acting stupid about a month ago. Everything else is original.
I've noticed that the sound quality is not what it should be. If I turn on the EQ most of the music I have distorts a little bit no matter what headphones I have plugged in. I know with EQ some poorly recorded songs will distort but this is more than that, a good 70% of my music has very slight but noticeable distortion with the EQ turned on. EQ turned off = no distortion on anything.
The bass is also not what it should be. I have some headphones with 50mm drivers, 16ohm. It happens with 32ohm cans too. I was listening to my friend's iPod nano today and the headphones bumped proper with deep punchy lows and snappy highs. Plugged into my 4th gen iPod the sound is a lot more bland.
Is this to be expected of an old iPod or is something wrong here? I noticed the headphone jack is very loose and could probably use replacing.
I can upload some recordings of the distortion if you guys want to hear it.
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