I love my iPod

(Yes, I should be writing something else.)

In my capacity as a private citizen, I want to say something that I don't say often enough: I frickin' love my iPod.

Right now, I'm listening to the Beatles' "The Beatles." You know, "The White Album." I don't know how many times I've listened to it over the years--it's a lot--but this is probably the first time I've listened to the whole thing on the iPod. I'm hearing stuff on every track that I swear I've never heard before: instrument detail, mumbled vocal parts, just...stuff. The bass on "Helter Skelter," way over on the left, I actually *hear* it, as opposed to just getting a general impression of its presence.

Yeah, part of it is that in the past, I've listened to it through stereo speakers and not headphones. MP3s are not particularly detail-revealing, since MP3 is, you know, lossy and all. However, the iPod is in the right place at the right time--and I am willing to swear that for whatever reason, the same MP3 doesn't sound nearly as good if I play it through iTunes on my iBook. Maybe it's the headphone circuit or something. Who knows?

I love my iPod.