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Still using my 2006 iPod. I've replaced the battery (easy, $8) and replaced the hard drive with an SDXC adapter which bumped the capacity from 80GB to 256GB. S

Still using my 2006 iPod. I've replaced the battery (easy, $8) and replaced the hard drive with an SDXC adapter which bumped the capacity from 80GB to 256GB. Such a great device. My car knows how to control it so I mostly just leave it in the car. Also great on airplanes, with the card conversion it has many hours of battery life. Amazing how every comparable device made today is so much worse.

delecti 3y ago
A 2006 iPod (probably the 5/video?) 80GB retailed for $350, and I bet an (inflation adjusted) $530 today could buy you something with a lot of advantages over it. A lot of the android ones I'm seeing from a quick google seem to have battery life around a day, if nothing else. Not that I think it would be worth the money given you're already in a good place, just saying the situation isn't as bleak as you portrayed.
koolba 3y ago
> Also great on airplanes, with the card conversion it has many hours of battery life. How many? > Amazing how every comparable device made today is so much worse. Music devices are like cameras, the best one is always the one you actually have with you. That said, nothing will compare to the tinny sound of a Rio PMP processing 128kbps mp3s that have been recompressed to 32kbps. Sounded like angels in your ears were playing the instruments.
- sandreas 3y ago
  > How many? Depending on the device you use, you can squeeze out > 40h of pure listening time. > Music devices are like cameras, the best one is always the one you actually have with you. Hehe, nice comparison. But the iPod is not about having the BEST sound quality. It's more about being decent enough in every feature it has. Pretty sure iPods can't compete with the Hi-Res DAPs like Fiio M11 Plus, Astell&Kern, iBasso and others in terms of sound quality. But the user experience may still be better, depending on your personal taste.
- echelon_musk 3y ago
  > How many? I've trialled mSATA, SDXC and Compact Flash. 16 hours is easily achievable using CF and a "fat" back that fits a 1900mah battery. Rockbox provides a plugin called Battery Bench that allows you to benchmark how long you can continuously listen to music for. Having recently switched from mSATA to SDXC I am yet to run a benchmark for SD. From recent usage I would guess 12hrs is fairly easily achievable. EDIT: bwoodward has benched 60hrs of playback with a 5th gen Video and SDXC below.
bwoodward 3y ago
I modded an 80gb iPod Video / 5G with the same iFlash quad (400gb+ right now with two slots free) I felt like I never had to charge the thing, so I just let it run. It went for just over 60hrs and still had 5% to go.
- sandreas 3y ago
  Depending on the battery you use, it's between 40h to 60h playtime. I successfully used the 2200mAh batteries from "thepartguru" on iPod classics with iFlash Quad. The advantage over the 3000mah ones is, that it still fits with a thin backplate. You should also be aware, that putting more than 256GB into the device is considered as "unstable" depending on the content you use. Having more than 50000 tracks may lead to unexpected behaviour (random reboots, showing the wrong covers for items, etc.). Technically iFlash Quad supports up to 4TB microSD space, but in practise it just does not make any sense. I would not use more than 512GB - my most stable experience was 256GB. The reboot loops are extra nasty, because once they happen, they do at random days of a week and if you don't use your iPod every day it fries your 2200mah battery after a few days of reboot loops... expensive experience ;)

delecti 3y ago

A 2006 iPod (probably the 5/video?) 80GB retailed for $350, and I bet an (inflation adjusted) $530 today could buy you something with a lot of advantages over it. A lot of the android ones I'm seeing from a quick google seem to have battery life around a day, if nothing else. Not that I think it would be worth the money given you're already in a good place, just saying the situation isn't as bleak as you portrayed.

koolba 3y ago

> Also great on airplanes, with the card conversion it has many hours of battery life. How many? > Amazing how every comparable device made today is so much worse. Music devices are like cameras, the best one is always the one you actually have with you. That said, nothing will compare to the tinny sound of a Rio PMP processing 128kbps mp3s that have been recompressed to 32kbps. Sounded like angels in your ears were playing the instruments.

sandreas 3y ago
> How many? Depending on the device you use, you can squeeze out > 40h of pure listening time. > Music devices are like cameras, the best one is always the one you actually have with you. Hehe, nice comparison. But the iPod is not about having the BEST sound quality. It's more about being decent enough in every feature it has. Pretty sure iPods can't compete with the Hi-Res DAPs like Fiio M11 Plus, Astell&Kern, iBasso and others in terms of sound quality. But the user experience may still be better, depending on your personal taste.
echelon_musk 3y ago
> How many? I've trialled mSATA, SDXC and Compact Flash. 16 hours is easily achievable using CF and a "fat" back that fits a 1900mah battery. Rockbox provides a plugin called Battery Bench that allows you to benchmark how long you can continuously listen to music for. Having recently switched from mSATA to SDXC I am yet to run a benchmark for SD. From recent usage I would guess 12hrs is fairly easily achievable. EDIT: bwoodward has benched 60hrs of playback with a 5th gen Video and SDXC below.

bwoodward 3y ago

I modded an 80gb iPod Video / 5G with the same iFlash quad (400gb+ right now with two slots free) I felt like I never had to charge the thing, so I just let it run. It went for just over 60hrs and still had 5% to go.

sandreas 3y ago
Depending on the battery you use, it's between 40h to 60h playtime. I successfully used the 2200mAh batteries from "thepartguru" on iPod classics with iFlash Quad. The advantage over the 3000mah ones is, that it still fits with a thin backplate. You should also be aware, that putting more than 256GB into the device is considered as "unstable" depending on the content you use. Having more than 50000 tracks may lead to unexpected behaviour (random reboots, showing the wrong covers for items, etc.). Technically iFlash Quad supports up to 4TB microSD space, but in practise it just does not make any sense. I would not use more than 512GB - my most stable experience was 256GB. The reboot loops are extra nasty, because once they happen, they do at random days of a week and if you don't use your iPod every day it fries your 2200mah battery after a few days of reboot loops... expensive experience ;)