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Car stereos that bypass your iPod's built-in digital-to-analog converter

For some time now, we've been offering two tips to people who want to get great sound when they connect their iPod to a home audio system: Import (rip) your music at a higher bit rate , preferrably in the Apple Lossless format. Bypass your iPod's built...

Published Tue, Apr 21 2009 9:03 AM by Jim R

Filed under: iPod, car audio, USB input, DAC

Two ways to turn your iPod into a multi-room music source

I listen to my iPod through the stereo in my car and through headphones while I work and exercise. But what if I want to listen to my iPod throughout my house, too? After all, the speakers in my home are the best ones I own. Fortunately, working at Crutchfield...

Published Tue, Apr 14 2009 9:59 AM by TaraW

Filed under: Niles, TaraW, iPod, Escient, multi-room music system, Fireball, media server, Vision

Better car audio, Tip #12: Select a lower level of compression for your music files

Yes, you can store more music files on your iPod ® or other MP3 player with more compression, and they'll sound OK when you're listening through earbuds. But you lose some high- and low-frequency information when you compress your music, along with some...

Published Fri, Apr 3 2009 9:38 AM by Jim R

Filed under: iPod, MP3 player, compression, Hi-Fi 2.0

Will lossless files work in your car stereo?

Selecting higher bit rates when ripping digital music files gives you better sound quality. The trade-off, as we've discussed , is that the files are bigger, and fewer of them will fit on whatever storage medium you choose - an iPod® or other MP3 player...

Published Thu, Mar 5 2009 3:38 PM by Jim R

Filed under: iPod, lossless, car audio, USB input, Alpine, pioneer, Kenwood

3 Benefits of Using USB to Connect an iPod to a Car Stereo

My old iPod® mini died a couple of weeks ago. No need to mourn, it had a good life. But when I purchased a new 8GB iPod nano , I realized something important about car receivers and iPods. My car receiver, a Pioneer DEH-P7000BT , has a USB input that...

Published Tue, Mar 3 2009 11:15 AM by KenSpike

Filed under: iPod, car stereo, car audio, USB input, pioneer, ken nail, ASR, auxiliary input, advanced sound retriever

Better home audio, Tip #2: Less compression = Better sound

We continue our series of tips for better audio with a simple fix for your MP3 player . Select a lower level of compression — or better quality — for your music files Compressing digital sound files is a great way decrease file size, but it comes at a...

Published Tue, Nov 18 2008 4:03 PM by Ralph

Filed under: iPod, Ralph, MP3 player, compression, audio, Hi-Fi 2.0

Fill 'er up: Autofilling your iPod shuffle

Recently, I found myself getting ready to mow the grass on an unseasonably warm weekend afternoon, and I decided I'd rather listen to music than the drone of a lawnmower engine. (My Klipsch in-ear headphones help tremendously with this kind of thing....

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 10:15 AM by Jim Ralston

Filed under: Jim Ralston, iPod, iTunes, iPod shuffle

What Kids Love

A few months ago, I blogged about some of the electronic gear Crutchfield folks would like to have . It led me to wonder about another group of tech-savvy people — middle schoolers. I asked my daughters what electronic gear they couldn’t live without...

Published Fri, Sep 26 2008 11:50 AM by Chris E

Filed under: iPod, digital cameras, Chris, Wii, external hard drive, Wii Fit, cell phone, Nintendo DS, gift ideas, holiday gifts

A Vacation Accessorized with the Bose SoundDock

I recently took some much-needed time off. Williamsburg, Virginia isn't exactly the vacation capital of the world, but it's a nice town with a lot of available activities. Among them, the one thing I did the most which I could never do at home in Charlottesville...

Published Fri, Sep 19 2008 2:55 PM by Dave H

Filed under: Bose, iPod, sound dock, Dave H, Accessory Guy, SoundDock

The Genius of iTunes 8 has much to learn

iTunes 8 has several new features, including Genius . Highlight a song and click the Genius button, and a playlist is instantly generated from your library of other songs that relate to your selection. And if you open the Genius sidebar (the button in...

Published Thu, Sep 18 2008 4:44 PM by Ralph

Filed under: iPod, iTunes, Ralph, Genius

Buying an iPod Speaker?

This picture shows how we used to share music. Then we gave our daughter Abby a portable iPod® speaker . It folds up into a book-shaped package and protects her iPod inside itself (great for trips). And it opens into an A-frame stand with the iPod dock...

Published Thu, Apr 10 2008 2:13 PM by Chris E

Filed under: iPod, Chris, iPod speaker, sound dock, iPod dock, music system

iTunes Tune-up 13: Crossfade and pick up the pace

As I listened to my iPod the other day, it occured to me that there was something wrong. The song selection was excellent, of course -- after all, I'd hand-picked every tune loaded into the library -- but there wasn't much excitement. Was I *gasp* getting...

Published Fri, Feb 29 2008 2:10 PM by Ralph

Filed under: iPod, iTunes, smart playlist, Ralph, podcasts, song, radio

It’s cold outside, but it’s toasty at the gym

A few days ago, I started to go for my usual morning run but something stopped me on my way out the door ... a wind chill of 15 degrees. I run in the rain, the snow, the heat, and even the cold, but I have my limits. There’s just no getting me on the...

Published Tue, Jan 15 2008 9:55 AM by Deb G

Filed under: iPod, MP3 player, gym

Selecting headphones? Consider the source.

I recently had an opportunity to do some side-by-side comparisons of Shure's line of in-ear earbud headphones . But this post isn't about the headphones -- it's about the importance of sound file quality. We were doing the tests with an MP3 player, and...

Published Thu, Jan 10 2008 9:01 AM by Ralph

Filed under: headphones, iPod, Ralph, MP3, sound quality, music

iTunes Tune-up: Managing Holiday Music

In olden times my parents kept the family's holiday music in a separate part of the record cabinet. The LPs came out in November, and went back in early January. We carried on the same tradition with CDs, until I ripped them all into iTunes. But changing...

Published Mon, Dec 10 2007 10:30 AM by Ralph

Filed under: iPod, iTunes, smart playlist, Ralph, music, holiday

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