Should you buy an iPod Classic in 2024?
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2024
- The iPod Classic was a staple of the 2000's and is still highly sought out today amongst tech enthusiasts and audiophiles. But is it worth refurbishing and modifying one?
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After I took THE L on my PSX, figured we'd fix something a bit easier 😏
Thank you for using my theme!! It means a lot to me
I just bought the 7th generation 160gb for 80 bucks ..... It's great for the gym
And make the G5.5 even more expensive in the process? Thanks for ruining it for the rest of us.
How about moonlit it adds Bluetooth and usbc
@@happynothappy417 Just looked it up, seems interesting. Sadly, I don't have that kind of money right now, so I'll have to look into it at some point in the future.
(Also I really like my rainbow back shell with "512GB" engraved on it ;-)
if Apple re-release the iPod classic, I will definitely buy it in a heartbeat!
I thought I clicked on a dankpods notification
got nothing on the king 😅
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@@DNKIonly thing missing is the 1grit
Also I noticed that the ipod shells you used in the video is almost the same as the bee pod that he made 3 years ago. The only difference is the clickwheel color
I think you should , you actually own the music , no delay , no subscriptions , no ads. 10/10 choice in 2024
100%
I finally got an iPod after watching a Dankpods video. I did the same internal mods that you did, but didn't replace the shell. That thing was a tank, and if it weren't for a bad cable ruining the 32 pin connector, it would still be my daily music device. Since then, I've modded Minis, 4th and 6th gen classics.
I'm contemplating doing a Mini next since the body is actually a tank haha
@@DNKI Oh, definitely. Good luck!
@@DNKI Oh yeah, regarding batteries too, I'd definitely recommend adding a bit of card or something between the iFlash board and the battery on the Classic, just in case as it'll prevent any components from touching the battery.
1:53 - Models older than the 5.5th gen also had Wolfson DACs. When buying iPods, beware of listings where the seller goes out of the way to mention the DAC because it's become an easy way for them to unreasonably mark up prices. The music file and headphones you use play a much bigger part in the audio quality anyway.
Plus if you can hear the difference you shouldn’t be getting an ipod for the first place
The BEST VIDEO you’ve made yet!!!!!! Amazing presentation and script, perfectly spoken, little hints of comedy. Gorgeous b-roll and just a stellar reshell job! Flawless
This was such a cool device. I remember I had in 2007 the iPod Classic 5th generation and I listened for hours my favorite songs. Now we have Apple Music and Spotify but in that time we had to sync with iTunes and do some workarounds to play our favorite music. Thanks for this nostalgic video.
When Denki Channel first started, I wasn't a big fan, but I came back to see what's new, and I love the content! I've been binge watching the channel at work all week. Keep up the good work Ken!
This guy makes yellow and black look extra fantastic on him, damn. Also never thought modding an iPod Classic was possible, thank you!
regained my love for mp3 players around two years ago with my old ipod classic 5.5 i found in a drawer. did battery and iflash mods and loved it. led me to try the walkman lineup of mp3 players, to more easily listen to flacs. now i swap between my ipod and a walkman nw-a35 for daily drivers
I love my iPod Classics! I have a 1st, 3rd, 4th monochrome, 4th color, 5.5th, and 7th gen.
I put a large battery and 512GB flash storage in the 5.5th gen using an iFlash Quad.
I got my iPod 6th gen after coming across Dank Pods, and I've grown quite a collection. I daily drive a 7th gen iPod touch, and my favorite iPod classic is a 6th/7th gen that I have put a rainbow front case on and a matching middle button. Thanks for activating this hobby Wade.
Since I have like 30 minutes without cellular signal on my way home I had to customize my iPod Classic recently. I changed the board to the iFlash one and now I have 4 sd cards installed and a 3000mah battery. The best decision I’ve made.
I also had/have a 5.5, the main issue with using one of these in 2023 is that there is kind of a limit on how many songs you can have on it. Even if you beef up the storage you cant do anything about the RAM, when you have too many songs the low RAM causes it to crash and skip all the time. If you dont have many songs or dont need them all on the iPod all the time then they do still sound great.
The 80GB (and bigger) have 64MB of RAM. Then you'll see some iPods with 1TB storage.
I've been waiting for this video. Also I just bought an iPod Classic 5th gen today. They are pretty expensive in Germany but in Japan you can actually get them for quite cheap.
This is a really good video my dude. Been curious about getting an Ipod in this day and age since I was feeling kinda nostalgic for the days when I owned music versus streaming.
I rock a iPod 5.5 I modded as well. What I do recommend for anyone wanting to try this is to try to find the 80GB versions of this model because it does have more RAM than the 30GB, it is also the "thicker" version that Denki ended up making which the shell replacement.
Does the 6th and 7 gen have even more ram respectively?
@@richeyrich2203 Yes they do but, but there is some major differences, conditions, and "drawbacks". The first is that 6th and 7th gen doesn't use the Wolfson DAC which regarded as the "Best Sounding". And second is that there is some weird "updates" and conditions with them, they use a different OS and UI that is "updated" to have some of the iPod touch and iPhones like showing a clock when the screen is dimming, you get Cover flow which is meh and laggy on the iPod and overall is a little more cumbersome. Also the 6th Gen had a weird storage limit of 128GB even when you Flash upgrade, when the 7th doesn't. They are also harder to open and easier to damage then the 5.5 gens due to the aluminum covers but possible. So my recommendation is if you only want a music player and want the best quality get a 5.5 Gen 80gb upgrade to 256 with flash and you're good. But you want an ultimate iPod with a ton up to a TB of storage for both your music and movie libraries, and also willing to deal with the metal case to mod, then get a 160GB slim 7th Gen.
Great video! I do use my 160 Gb iPod Classic every now and then but not as often as I used to. I bought it in 2012 or so.
I have a 160 iPod Classic connected in my pickup truck. I love it!
This was such a vibe to watch. Thanks for the iPod memories
In 2014, I picked-up my first iPod an old classic video 5th generation, and have been using it daily ever since. Prior to my retirement, I kept a charger stand plugged in a wall outlet both on my desk at home and, on my desk at work (smile...smile).
Such a great device. I still have my 80GB iPod Classic to this day. Solid piece of tech
The lighting and editing in denki's videos are sick tbh
this is my first time seeing your channel and i liked it straightaway
Watching any Denki video and seeing all the Love Live/Hololive/Miku with the tech is quite the experience lol
Listening to μ's on an iPod Classic sure must be nostalgic~
always the classics LL! SIP, Hatsune Miku, Hololive now thats pure denki lore
Just seeing Snow Halation had me going..
Actually the old Rockbox version 3.15 you used in combination with the iFlash could be the root cause of the freezing issues and crashes you encountered.
I´d always recommend to use the daily builds.
There has been so much going on since 2019, also improving the compatibility with iFlash.
It´s still not perfect, as rockbox simply expects a native IDE hard drive, since this is what the driver was written for.
However, there is one kind of flash storage that will work flawlessly and that is a compact flash card.
It´s a native IDE device and while it doesn´t offer extreme sequential speeds like modern SSD´s, it´s still a heck of a lot faster and more responsive than any HDD and is also able to outperform many modern SD cards.
So if you ever want to revisit your iPod, from time to time a photographer tosses out a bunch of old compact flash cards for cheap.
You may grab a 128gb one for example.
I'll have to look at updating mine, then. The workaround is to manage files while booted into the stock firmware, and switch to Rockbox when finished. This doesn't solve the occasional freezes and crashes though. But they're infrequent enough for me that they usually aren't more than a minor nuisance.
I had this model too, and I loved it so much. My girlfriend at the time was using it and it was stolen in a string of car breakins in her apartment complex. I was devestated.
I did the same with my iPod I have the 4th gen photo and added a bigger drive I still use mine today and also repaired it the plastic and the aluminum back love it
Hi, this is highly entertaining and very well made, great presentation! You are a very likeable dude (I am a first-timer here)! Gets one to want an ipod classic now in 2023 :) I never had an ipod, I had an iRiver iHP-140 with a spinning HDD with 40 GB.. iRiver was one of the most popular Korean companies back then competing with Apple and Sony. Oh, so many memories, it was definitely one of the most precious devices in my life.
I have an iPod Video 30GB from 2005. I loved it back then! I think that the iPod was fundamental in my youth since I was really listening to tons of music at that time.
It still sort of works. The battery is a bit swollen, the headphone jack doesn't work, and it is pretty beat up. But I also have, from that same era, a Bose iPod dock speaker set. It charges my iPod and plays music. So my I just have to dock my iPod and I can just play music on it.
So I still use my iPod to play music in my room every now and then. You can still sync your iPod with Apple Music in a Mac. Finding the cable is a bit more difficult, though
The iPod looks awesome! I have this iPod but I haven't modded it yet, enjoying my iTunes TV shows & music... it's the best ❤
well just dusted my 6th gen 80 gig, will definitely do this refurbish and customization.
The only reason i stopped using it is the jack that was broken and in that time i didn't knew much and someone told me you had to break the screen so didn't want to do it.
I WISH apple would release a standalone music player updated for today’s streaming services Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud etc
You can always get like an iPhone 6/7 and use it only for music, they are quite cheap now
there is the 7th gen touch
This device was my whole childhood. from watching videos on my gba, my bro who works at an airport found me a classic in 160gb & gave it to me for xmas. So much music & movies I had on that device. Eventually made the switch to an ipod touch. The jailbreaking days of the touch was so crazy but nowadays, kids won't know the joy of installing rockbox on the classic T_T
edit: I commented before the end of the video & thank you for showing rockbox! hahaha
I still have my 512 GB one from college and I pick it up every now and again, and when me and my partner didn’t live together I let him have it and he would listen to it when he missed me, such a great device
Back in the day i used to work at an Apple Partner where we repair and do warranty jobs on this models. We harvest a lot of components and not reparable units... Thanks for the memory!
Heck yeah! I pulled my old 7th gen Space Grey 160gb out and charged it up… then went on ali express for a 256gb SATA ssd refurb kit. Aside from flash, I’ll be keeping it stock - here’s to giving this thing another decade of life!
I had my M2 1Tb :))
@@sweetytobleron656 I’ve read several anecdotes about it being difficult to use disks in excess of 256gb or so due to constraints on the music database - but with drives under 1TB all being basically the same price, it’s worth experimenting!
Love my iPod Classic. Use it everyday and is my favourite music listening device
I’m thinking about getting another iPod as I want a dedicated device for my music and podcasts. I like having my phone, but it gets to be overwhelming. I miss the early 2000s where each device was separated.
Use 7 gen 160 Ipod and upgrade it with m2 . I use 1Tb though it supoorts even 2Tb. Inise wav fles , true hi-end
I still have my ipod, I loved that thing. I would 100% still be using it if it had bluetooth function
Got into collecting physical media earlier this year and having an ipod in conjunction with my cds is so nice since I have a sony boombox with an ipod connection
I have added SD to a few of my iPods, which I bought just to do that. Lol
I got burnt by a few people misselling their iPods as 5 or 5.5 when they were really 6.
So I'm going to do one of those as well, but I've not had any luck loafing Rock Box.
To have anything larger than 128gb you need Rock Box for the 6th gen as it has a limitation.
Yes I got the idea from Dankpods but I still enjoyed watching your video. 😅
dankpod chain
I hope that you gain more subs man you really do deserve it:3 also hope you had a good thanksgiving n soon xmas
I love my full transparent faceplate and wheel, but the all yellow and black is so clean. It is more so my car's music player now since I got the fiio m11s, but for like a hundred bucks or so and a bit of know how, it's hard to argue that a refurbed ipod isn't a solid pick.
I have TWO iPod Classics collecting dust in my closet. One of them has a problem with the track wheel, but the other one works perfectly. I've never really thought about refurbing them, but maybe I should.
The 5th gens are super easy to open, but you do have to be careful. I was able to restore two 5th gen iPods. Plenty of CZcams tutorials will show you how.
Very good video and I feel inspired to upcycle my Ipod Video device. I like the different colour ways. I think I will go for polishing the rear case to a high shine, as there are no dents or deep scratches. All the best. 👍
Excellent video. Thanks How much did the upgraded parts cost all together? Where do you recommend purchasing them?
I just did this exact upgrade and did the type c mod with audio. Works great. My next project is converting a Bose soundock to type c to have a fully modern dock/charge/speaker setup.
cool video! i might have to pick one up sometime soon and mod it a bit :) Thanks for the helpful info
I recently found my iPod shuffle (2nd gen) and fell in love with it again
A yellow iPod! This looks above my pay grade, but damn I want one! Great work!
yep still run ipod classics for daily music. I have 2 stock classic 7 160G (1 still new) for short trips and a 5.5 that I have rockboxed to 365G with a 3000 battery that gives me about a weeks worth of listening at 6-8 hours a day. Left the outside stock and a bit rough looking so less likely to be stolen. Was done for traveling light matched with KZ earphones for easy use and Meze classic 99 for use at home. The best apple product ever made.
I still love and use my iPod shuffle! It's small, holds adequate music for a run or workout, and it's easy to charge. I may have a problem with loading new music, given the new Apple Music Apps, but it hasn't caused a problem ... for nearly 20 years!!!
In the 2000s I graduated college, went through grad school, and was a young professional. So the first MP3 player I got was a Creative Labs that was pretty good. The interface wasn't quite as well as the original iPads when it came to the touch dial. My roommate actually found a fully functional iPad (classic) on the side of a road. But as far as quality line out with headphones, they were all good. Also I would say with this comment about what DAC chips are present with a player: sometimes there might be something with EQ or DSP...but especially brand of DAC chip means nothing. I've had high end components with DAC chips deemed bright sounding, and their analog output pretty muddy sounding.
Got an I pod 6th gen 160gb yesterday love it great video 😊
If I recall, Apple discontinued these iPods because they couldn't source the hard drives. I think they were letting it die to push streaming. Great video!!
Yes, but also Apple wanted people to buy iPhones. Killing off the iPod forced people to either get an iPhone or look for something else. If you're heavily invested in iTunes music, you basically had no choice but to get an iPhone. As another benefit to Apple, they could get people to subscribe to Apple Music (I think it was Beats at the time).
@@matthewjbauer1990 I mean, smartphones were always destined to be the "do-everything" device. It wasn't so much forcing as much as it was the direction of the industry. Apple was just a catalyst.
Also, there was no streaming service before Apple Music. Beats were (and still are) a headphone manufacturer well before Apple bought them. They had iTunes as a media store and streaming services like Rdio and Spotify paved the way until Apple joined the fray.
It's CF card size harddisk with CF (compact flash) interface, it's should be easy to use compact flash because it still produced.
@@DNKI If you mean that Apple was the 1st "real" music store, I agree with that. They started in 2003 and Amazon didn't start selling MP3s till 2008. If you are talking full on streaming audio, Apple didn't start till Beats Music in 2014.
Nee upgrade sets yse m2 up to 2 Tb ! Great transport / player especially if You use wav
I just bought a charger for my old iPod this Black Friday before seeing this video today. I was feeling nostalgic as well 😂 I just had the patience to at least change the battery but nevertheless it feels good listening to old songs you can’t find on s Spotify
I was never able to afford an iPod. I was content with my USB flash-drive style player from Phillips or JVC, can't remember. I only ever had cheap headphones, so I didn't know "good sound." It's neat to see what people are doing with iPods today.
I still have a 2GB neon green JVC MP3 player. I don't use it for anything, but I still have it.
he is wearing a koss porta pro. a design unchanged since the 1980s and more or less stays around the $40 price range. you should give it a try for affordable good sound. idk how cheap your budget is but that is an approachable pricepoint
I still own my original U2 ipod from when first out. Great vid by the way🎉🎉🎉
So all that you really used from the used iPod was the metal frame and the electronics. It's nice that all those parts are available so you can repair/upgrade an iPod classic.
Denki is my new fav tech channel 🍻
I just bought a 256 gb ipod 5.5 on ebay fully refurbished. So far I am very happy with my purchase. It has very long battery life. The only problem I have is that sometimes iTunes won't detect my ipod but my pc recognizes its plugged in. Maybe its a software issue with the windows version of iTunes, but so far I am very happy. 😂
I did the exact same thing with my 5.5, minus the faceplate and click wheel swap. To the T. I use it all the time; I like to have my music library in a dedicated device, made just for music.
i have an ipod classic and it can fit more songs than i will ever have in it. fun for when you're on the go, has no other distractions on it except the music, the battery lasts very long, i'd recommend anyone to have it. in 2009 i had an ipod touch with more features but i like this one more
Nice, I have an iPod myself and I was thinking to do this restoration process but I think that having my music on my phone and using one airpod for phone and music and more efficient for my daily routine
Dude!! I kinda forgot the ipod could be used as a storage device but I actually used to use mine as one during my first years of college. Reason was that it was always on me, and it had lot more capacity that the two usb flash drive I had the time
I still do
iPod 5.5 Gen with the Wolfson DAC and Flash/Battery Mod, Preparing it for travel to go with my Sony WH-1000MX5's.
I ditched spotify and went back to using an iPod, I couldn't be happier! Although I went with a 6th gen; because it supports my audible library. I currently have about 3500 songs, 40 audio books, a bunch of radio drama, and I haven't even filled half of my 128gb SD card. I modified a 4000 mAh smartphone battery to work with the iPod and it gets about 250 hours of playback between charges.
How do you put music on it?
@@sameenergy9414 iTunes…
iTunes!@@sameenergy9414
Watched this while waiting on my music to sync to my modded iPod mini
Definitely gonna use it more now that I have it fixed up, though I really need to get a better pair of headphones for it (Would do KSC75s since they're super compact but I need to have something that's closed-back)
Totally would use that.... I never had an iPod back then as they were crazy expensive and the right mp3 player would be smaller and mach cheaper. So I bought a tiny SanDisk mp3 player, which is sized like a thicker iPod shuffle BUT WITH A DISPLAY!!! it's fun to listen to music without a smartphone!
Omg where did you find this! I had a nano and loved it. This iPod and the zume had us in a chokehold 😭
Subbed & Liked! Enjoyed the video! Good work & God bless in ‘24!
A perfect video (for me). Thought the battery gone dead, so I got a new one but got stuck trying to carve my way into the iPod and also broke the screen.
A year later I accidently (🤔) tried to charge my iPod (gen6) and it was actually working … with a broken screen 🤨.
So next I will get a new screen, install the board for SD-cards and maybe a new frontplate/clickwheel in blue and yellow 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪.
I have seen how to do the conversion, but yet another video will give me even more courage.
Definitely want to do this. Hope there's a better screen too
I refurbished my iPod classic 7th gen I actually used in highschool just like this. Its now purple and black, has 1tb of storage, and a huge battery. Next thing i want to try is adding the bluetooth mod to it. I use it every day again, and its super nostalgic. I installed Rockbox, but hardly ever use that, since you can still boot into the original OS. Its just a little to Janky for me to want to daily drive. Its a relatively easy process, and its awesome to be able to customize the look of your iPod to look the way it should have when we got them back in the day.
getting myslef an Ipod Mini 2nd gen and ready to mod it from top to bottom for have 128 gigs of storage and a longer battery, i'm a massive fan of a old style monochrome display with backlight, it saves up battery and all, plus i am a fan of small stuff BUT the nano can be a firestarter
Dang this makes me want one again!
Hello I also have one loved it because of all the music it could store . Did it cost you much to repair ?? I would love my upgraded. Thanks
I loved this video. Cool to see the iPod get into a new shell. I love Apple 🍎
I would totally rock an ipod and have maybe 4 classic ipods I probably need to put some work into to get them back up to snuff
Just bought an iPod 7th gen, immaculate condition and only has had 28 hours of playback, gonna keep it original for a bit 😊
I had an iPod classic for 11 years as my daily companion 💫💕 … 90 gb of music, I had a playlist that could last me for dayssss without a repeat song!! I loved it soo much but eventually one of the ear stopped working.. shoving a bit of a foil in the audio jack did do the job but then it wasn’t the same for me.. and now we just stream..
I remember clearly having considered installing Lockbox on my Media Player (non iPod) back in 2007. The website looked EXACTLY the same.
I've hung onto a 4th gen A1099 for years, just dug it up and probably going to update it. Maybe even do bluetooth.
Where did you get your shell at?
I've been eyeing ipods to replace the one I broke the battery connector on. Now I'm more determined to refurbish mine. It's so near and dear to my heart.
Loved my iPod classic... and still do!
Seeing “Last Night Good Night” on an iPod’s screen took me RIGHT BACK to when I had one
A REAL ONE 😤
It’s strange that I seem so much non-dankpods-iPod-content recently.
I like it!
Back in the day, I always wanted an iPod, but I was poor, so I only had one of those terrible USB-Stick-MP3-players that used an AAA battery and had this tiny two-way-joystick.
Then after a hand-me-down nano, around 10 years ago I finally got what I wanted back in the day, an (used) iPod (video), and also started nodding around (this is also why I found DankPods quite early).
I amassed quite a few since then, mostly 5th-7th gentbh I don’t hear a difference between the 5 and the 5.5, but still, those are nifty devices! I did not do too many mods in the past (battery, iFlash, occasionally a new case), but I might attempt a Bluetooth-mod in the future.
Congratulations to your „new“ iPod!
Subscribed! This is so cool!!
I want to remember the term sound signature because it will help me decide what to look for but yes, I do on two different iPod classics and I’m considering modifying at least one of them.
I still daily drive my Ipod classic (5.5 gen too) because of the fact it was set up by my uncle who shares my music taste. So pretty much every old school american rock band is on it. I could never have that sort of library on spotify. So I use the Ipod on my daily commute to college
Great stuff my guy. However, after modding several ipod and seeing your after market click wheel ridge between click wheel and the case really grind my gears. It is minor but the original click wheel and case is just flawless. but your project is really great
I had the 4th gen nano. It was the only apple device I have ever bought brand new. In this day and age; I wouldn't bother with a dedicated music player. I have Spotify and a unlimited data plan on my phone. I can listen to all my favorite tunes while on the go. The iPod saved the music industry by allowing you to take your whole CD collection around with you in your pocket. Next iteration of that was the streaming services like Pandora and Spotify.
yes these Ipods with Wolfson chip DAC are great, and still really popular around audio enthusiast community
The one I always wanted as a kid, but couldn’t afford. I loved my nano though!
I have two 5.5 gen 80gb iPods. One white that I personally use, and a black one with a collapsed center button but it still has all of the original owner's stuff: 6895 tracks!
Bro got that Edna Mode cut
Yes you should still buy one because the cirrus logic sound chip was AMAZING. The playback sound quality is amazing. They’ve skipped out on the sound chips in all iPhones
Yeah I bought an iPod I think in year 2001 or 2002 (the first one with the touch wheel rather than buttons I think) and it was SOOOOOOO nice. I'd been carrying around books of CDs :-D and a portable CD player. But once I could store a lot of music on the phone,... game over for that guy. I could still see enjoying it now though. I strongly prefer reading on my Kindle compared to my phone and a part of that - albeit a small part - is that it's simple NOT the phone. So I don't get distracted by anything else. I did try to replace the battery on the iPod years after I stopped using it but if I remember right... it didn't work out so well