iPod too loud?

[shadowritten]

Then you'll soon be able to choose your own maximum volume level ... as long as you're a Nano or 5G pod owner: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4858242.stm

[bulldoze]

This is a much needed update. I purchased a nano last week and I switched it on in bed night before last to listen too 5mins of calming music, but I must have inadvertlenty pushed volume up to max because I got full max U2 like a knife to the brain! it hurt! my ears are still not right 2 days later and i have been having sharp pains in my head.

[extremelydodgy]

The iPod is too loud with very efficient earphones. Most basic earphones are that... very efficient. For those of us however who use quality headphones (usually necessarily less efficient) it's a huge boon that the iPod kicks out as much power as it does. The Sony's are totally pathetic in this respect, however ambulance-chasing-lawyer-friendly they might be.


I'd say the option to have a volume max limit is a sensible option to have, as long as they don't actually cut maximum possible amp power in future versions.