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<blockquote data-quote="kungfoojesus" data-source="post: 508462" data-attributes="member: 552373">Ipod&#039;s have a very neutral sound, probably the most neutral sound you&#039;re going to hear for mp3 players.&nbsp; They are very useful little pods, my 10gig holds 1600 songs at the moment, with a lot of space to spare.&nbsp; I never use cd&#039;s anymore, just ipod.The smartlist feature on an ipod is extremely versatile.&nbsp; You can set up pretty much ANY kind of play list you want.&nbsp; For example I have a play list that will play rock genre, but not songs I&#039;ve heard in the past day, but only the rock songs I have rated with 3 or more stars... etc etc. I always hear what I want, an ever changing play list of my favorite hundreds of songs never hearing the same one twice in a day.I have mine hooked up through the aux input on my clarion dxz835mp.&nbsp; It works pretty well.&nbsp; I bought the belkin charger/aux input cable.&nbsp; Instead of running a mini jack/rca cable from my ipod to my h/u, I run a charger cable to the firewire port on the bottom that has a mini jack on the part that plugs into the cigarette lighter.&nbsp; The charger cable also has a built in amp that sounds much cleaner than the ipod&#039;s mini jack amp.&nbsp; The only downside to these is the amp (which some don&#039;t necessarily need) and the ground loop.&nbsp; Basically if you have ground loop problems with this amp/charger you&#039;ll have to run a ground loop isolator (which can limit certain frequencies screwing your SQ) or rewire the charger/amp cable from belkin so it doesn&#039;t share a ground with the cigarette lighter or something like that.&nbsp; I used to frequent the ipodlounge forums in the car audio section and the number one problem with these was the ground loop.&nbsp; I&#039;ve read a dozen or more solutions though.For more information see <a href="http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/" target="_blank">http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="kungfoojesus, post: 508462, member: 552373"] Ipod's have a very neutral sound, probably the most neutral sound you're going to hear for mp3 players. They are very useful little pods, my 10gig holds 1600 songs at the moment, with a lot of space to spare. I never use cd's anymore, just ipod. The smartlist feature on an ipod is extremely versatile. You can set up pretty much ANY kind of play list you want. For example I have a play list that will play rock genre, but not songs I've heard in the past day, but only the rock songs I have rated with 3 or more stars... etc etc. I always hear what I want, an ever changing play list of my favorite hundreds of songs never hearing the same one twice in a day. I have mine hooked up through the aux input on my clarion dxz835mp. It works pretty well. I bought the belkin charger/aux input cable. Instead of running a mini jack/rca cable from my ipod to my h/u, I run a charger cable to the firewire port on the bottom that has a mini jack on the part that plugs into the cigarette lighter. The charger cable also has a built in amp that sounds much cleaner than the ipod's mini jack amp. The only downside to these is the amp (which some don't necessarily need) and the ground loop. Basically if you have ground loop problems with this amp/charger you'll have to run a ground loop isolator (which can limit certain frequencies screwing your SQ) or rewire the charger/amp cable from belkin so it doesn't share a ground with the cigarette lighter or something like that. I used to frequent the ipodlounge forums in the car audio section and the number one problem with these was the ground loop. I've read a dozen or more solutions though. For more information see [URL="http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/"]http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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