How to improve ipod sound quality?

[Cal Blacksmith]

How to improve sound quality from an Ipod?
First, remove the battery, then carefully take out the case screws and set them aside. Remove the printed circuit board and place on a static free mat. Next take a de-soldering tool and remove all the solder on the board and carefully remove all the electronic components, placing them in individually numbered bags. Gather all the bags and case pieces and place in static free box and get in your car. Drive until you find the backside of a large mall, place a bag in each trashcan you come to and continue until you are out of bags. Get back in your car and drive home secure in the knowledge that whatever happens, THAT Ipod will never assault ANYONE else again!

[manhattanproj]

get serious guys. one of our members is looking for help. shouldn't we offer up something? if not, then don't post, esp. that trashing ipod stuff. c'mon would you want someone to post that in your thread when you are looking for help?

anyway, the turbodock or the sik ram din is supposed to give out a clear sound, thus improving the sq. you may wanna check those out. they aren't expensive. but if you crave more, then you should look into amplifiers.

[Armando]

How to improve sound quality from an Ipod?
First, remove the battery, then carefully take out the case screws and set them aside. Remove the printed circuit board and place on a static free mat. Next take a de-soldering tool and remove all the solder on the board and carefully remove all the electronic components, placing them in individually numbered bags. Gather all the bags and case pieces and place in static free box and get in your car. Drive until you find the backside of a large mall, place a bag in each trashcan you come to and continue until you are out of bags. Get back in your car and drive home secure in the knowledge that whatever happens, THAT Ipod will never assault ANYONE else again!

Um, dudes..... I have a really cool rig, so I don't really have to listen on my pod too often;
dont shoot me for asking, but why so much resentment against the Ipod? Mine works just fine. I've never had a prob with the battery, it lasts as long as Apple says it will, and I think its a very cool little repository for my tons and tons of music.I have about 15,000 songs on my 60gig(5th gen), a lot encoded in apple lossless and the rest between 320kbps and 128kbps plus a whole host of movies, that would ordinarily take up the space of approx 2000 cd's.I use software to get my music free, which, living outside the US, is not a problem, and so i dont rely on the itunes music store, and i find the itunes user interface complicated but indispensible after a while.
theres actual work gone into its creation unlike the drag and drop crap that other players provide. It is the only software which i find effective for categorising my loads of music. The drag and drop interfaces make sorting through my files a nightmare.
the 5th gen(i dont know about the others) is the coolest looking peice of hardware on the planet and i dont really mind the scratches. It is also the best portable source for driving expensive headphones. even the gurus at headphone.com say so, and I consider their verdict to usually be final and binding.
So where's the problem?
enlighten me brothers, enlighten me.
p.s.-as for improving the sound quality.....
1.Make shure you encode your tracks in apple lossless.
2.Make shure you have good headphones so you can tell the difference.
and 3. make shure you're using a good amp if you want to use cans with a very high or very low impedence(+/- 32ohms on the ipod) and to improve resolution and imaging greatly(as with the crossfeeders headroom uses in its amps).
That should be enough to get you an almost audiophille setup on the go.
I'm using grado rs1's with the headroom desktop amp and its nothing short of amazing. When Im on the go, my ety's are really good even without the amp.
Rock on dude.
and no, I don't think you're a troll. Dude, whatever happened to love thy neighbour. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.