Review: iPod shuffle - Page 2

blue&whiteman · #9 February 18th, 2005, 11:08 PM

I have it now and have been playing with for about 90 min. it interacts with itunes and osx very well. my only complaint so far is the volume is a bit low even at the max volume.

Ceroc Addict · #10 February 19th, 2005, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by blue&whiteman

my only complaint so far is the volume is a bit low even at the max volume.

In that case, I think you're shuffle might be defective. I can't listen to my shuffle on the highest volume setting because it hurts my ears.

Kap

blue&whiteman · #11 February 19th, 2005, 07:34 AM

might be. can anyone think of anything that coud be causing this? I had sound check on till the second time I connected the ipod to my mac. its now off. could that be it? I will take any advice.

blue&whiteman · #12 February 20th, 2005, 10:09 AM

I figured out a way to get the volume much higher. its a bit tedious but works none the less.

what I did was play my shuffles playlist with the volume on all the tracks increased by 100% and also with the pre-amp up all the way and captured it all with wiretap. I then use an app called audio slicer to separate all the songs as the captured file from wiretap is all one track. I had to convert the .aiff wiretap made to mp3 so that audioslicer could separate it. it only works with mp3..

I feel much more content knowing I can listen at the volume I want.

**Jason** · #13 February 20th, 2005, 11:23 AM

Uh.... you shouldn't have to do that... there might be something wrong with your shuffle.

Randman · #14 February 20th, 2005, 11:31 AM

SoundCheck is not supported in the shuffles, just yet.

You do have the option to change the encoding to a lower rate though.

blue&whiteman · #15 February 20th, 2005, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason

Uh.... you shouldn't have to do that... there might be something wrong with your shuffle.

I should have clarified that my hearing is not the best. its not so bad that I am considered impaired or that I need a hearing aid. not that bad at all.. I just don't hear quite as well as most do. so it seems for me that I do need to do this.

mi5moav · #16 February 22nd, 2005, 09:38 AM

Though I thought the first ipod would revolutionize the way we live, the digital wallet of the future... I think it was still a bit bulky for that. I still think that if my mini could shed a couple more milimeters have the lcd wrap around the edge and allow me to store securely with fingerprint or iris recognition all my information contained in my regular wallet( drivers license info, cc#, ss#, etc.) Yeh, everyones well if you loose it you'll be in world of hurt. Heck I loose my wallet twice a year, Im and idiot. Call of the CC people and get a new drivers license and a new sscard no biggie. Just hate loosing my womens pictures.

So, onto the shuffle. I just got mine two days ago, I love it never take it off. I actually found a razor flat pen that I attached to one of the usb caps so now I can use it as my everything. I thought swiss army made an mp3 player. Within 5 years everyone will be carrying digital wallets on laynards everything will be stored in them...The world is changing. Now only if we could fit a tampon inside this thing.