I wrote on my old blog (long since wiped from the servers, but still up on WayBack) that my iPod had a bad hard drive.
Being 2003, iPods were still somewhat mechanical. The old clicky spinning platters in the miniature hard drives weren’t ever too happy to receive a hard jolt while playing music. It’s possible that’s what did mine in.
I did get it repaired and it worked fine. But then, a few years later, I became entranced by the iPod Gen 5, aka the “iPod Video.” I promptly sold my original iPod and bought one. That sucker was my commute and travel companion through four different jobs.
It too, eventually died. I never got it repaired. It’s been languishing away in a box, in a drawer, in the garage for quite a while…
But no longer!
With Apple discontinuing the entire iPod line (killing the device that saved them, *sigh*) I decided to see what could be done with my dead iPod. As it happens, quite a lot.
So, in approximately 2 to 3 weeks, my old iPod Video will return to me with:
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- a new battery
- a solid state hard drive
- a new front face, and
- a new Wolfson DAC!
As a guy who knows his hearing will eventually fade, I’d like to pump as much good quality sound into my ears as possible… as soon as possible!
I can’t wait.