The iPod and the vacuum tube sing a warm duet

Manufacturers are selling docking stations for iPods and MP3 players with amplifiers based on an old but resilient technology: vacuum tubes.
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[aemarques]

MIP Station

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[samvimes1964]

Hilarious

Audiophile reproduction of deeply flawed and sub optimal audio, brilliantly pointless.
I love the mp3 format dearly, this is not a flame or rant but mp3 is good as a portable medium or for ripping albums off and storing them. When it comes to serious critical listening, CD at full bandwidth or good old fashioned vinyl through a decent deck is where its at.

[sandor_f]

iPod music is what you make it...

All the music on my ipod is in a lossless compressed format.
FIdelity should be exactly what it was on the CD.... It is simple to
*not* have low fidelity music on your iPod.