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Portable Audio for Snobs - How to make your iPod an audiophile’s dream. By Evan Cornog

Portable Audio for Snobs
How to make your iPod an audiophile’s dream.
By Evan Cornog
Posted Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005, at 5:30 AM PT

Can an audiophile find happiness with an iPod? I so disliked the iPod I bought a year ago that I sent it back. When I complained to a Slate editor about the lousy sound quality, he asked what it would take to make an audio snob like me happy with an MP3 player. After a month of trials, I discovered that it’s possible to build a portable system that produces remarkably rich, clear sound. And fortunately, the high end in portable audio comes much cheaper than it does in home audio.