hi
As a previous owner of a 2nd gen ipod and a 3rd gen ipod I can safely say with experience That the 2nd is better.. and thank u, I am very happy with my recent purchase.
BTW. r u from the US? coz, u know before I thougt u were all mad, because u couldnt hear the difference. No, I have come to the conclusion that u arent. And the reason Im hearing a difference is because of what Apple did to the European ipod.
The only people who know this of course are:
1: People who used to own the 1st and 2nd gen ipods in europe before the filmware with the volume cap and now own the 3rd gen ipods.
2: People who give a #### about their music and can tell when somthing sounds total crap - what that means is!!!... when the MP3,, regardless of how its encoded or what headphones u use, sounds differnent to the original mp3 when played back on the computer or any other kind of player for that matter!!!!
U know. as a further test I asked friends of mine to compare The old pod, new pod and original source of music. And they agreed with me completley that the 3rd gen is flat and dead in comparison, even with the line out.
Now, either were all suffering from some mass histeria, or, quiet possibly, the 3rd gen european ipod has inferior sound!!
God... im bored of saying the same thing sooo many times!!