A Review of the iPod nano

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "Walt Mossberg has been testing the iPod nano for a few days, and he says he is 'smitten.' Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal, 'The nano has the best combination of beauty and functionality of any music player I've tested -- including the iconic original white iPod. And it sounds great. I plan to buy one for myself this weekend, when it is due to reach stores in the U.S., Europe and Asia.' Among other things, it has surprisingly good sound: 'Despite its small size, the nano sounded as good as any other iPod, and is packed with plenty of audio power. Plugged into my car speakers, it was able to belt out the new Fountains of Wayne rocker, "Maureen," loudly enough to be heard perfectly, even though I was going 70 mph in a convertible with the top down.'"

Comments

ummm

[Smallest]

i'm gonna guess that he has another amp somewhere that's actually driving those speakers.

Yeah, right

[roach2002]

"Plugged into my car speakers, it was able to belt out the new Fountains of Wayne rocker, "Maureen," loudly enough to be heard perfectly, even though I was going 70 mph in a convertible with the top down.'"

He actually plugged it into his car's radio with an amplifier. The iPod Nano did not drive 4+ car speakers.

Audio quality is as good as the mp3/whatever encoding he uses - as long as the processor can keep up, and yes, all the iPod processors keep up.

Mr. Physics says: Ezzz eeeempossible!!!

[Ancient_Hacker]

Thanks to the law of conservation of energy, we can be pretty sure, never having seen said small white equipment, aforesaid device cannot power your typical car speakers to anything anybody would consider "loud".

Most little handheld gadgets are powered by *tiny* batteries. Tiny battery, even the most power-packed variety, holds only a *tiny* amount of power. Just enough to power the guts of the thingamagig, plus put out enough audio power to satisfy the average non-Harley rider. That would be in the neighborhood of 0.050 to 0.100 of one electrical watt.

Most car speakers don't get loud until they're getting something more than 10 watts. Yes, there are some very efficient speakers that can cause the police to knock on your door but these are rather inconveniently large to install in a average vehicle. The old Wester Electric horns come to mind, which could fill a large movie theater with under one watt.

So if we assume the first-poster has average speakers, there's no way the little bleached saltine lookalike was directly hammering on the speakers.

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[Thud457]

"Less space than a Nomad. No wireless. Lame."