Customer Reviews
Great hardware but dismal system
ITunes is so restricitive and poor that it is hard to believe.
1. Duplicates appear if you change tags and are hard to remove, the advice is to remove the whole library and... Read more
by Wlodzisalw
Waste of money -- *doesn't* last
I purchased my Classic at the end of December 2010. I've taken incredible care with this product. It has remained in a protective case; never dropped, mishandled, left in extreme... Read more
by Augurey
Total Piece of Crap
This was my 30th birthday present from my husband and my first iPod ever. Cost a bunch of money. Stopped turning on for no reason after less than 6 months. Read more
by J. Libes
Very happy!
I have been very pleased with this purchase. Previously, I had a Zune player which was wonderful, but the rest of my family had ipods. Read more
by David
iPod Classic 160gb: The End-All Music Player
So you saved up your money and decided Apple's iPod Classic 160gb player is the one-for-you. That makes you pretty smart right away. Read more
Barry D. Walker
Just as I expected
I waited long enough to get this iPod, until Apple released the classic, yet very modern device. 160 GB is more than enough for music, video, photo and personal files. Read more
by Germanroses
I Pod classic
Using it to store my collection of CD's. Filled up original I Pod but this one has enough capacity to hold my collection of over 600 CD's. Read more
by jm
Recomended
100% Recommend this product from Amazon
It was far more easy to buy than the Apple Store and the price is awesome. Read more
by DVega
IPod Classic
I love my new IPod Classic. I was afraid of not having enough memory to store the songs I wanted to download. This IPod is just great. Read more
by Sara Harvey
I love this Ipod!
I own several ipods. My music collection is not enormous, but I decided that I would go ahead and purchase the classic so I could avoid upgrading ipods because I ran out of... Read more
by amazonshopperextraordinaire
This review is from: Apple iPod classic 160 GB Black (7th Generation) NEWEST MODEL (Electronics)
This is the second iPod I own. The first one was a 30 Mb 5th Generation Ipod Video.
First, the plus.
There are many improvements in the 7th generation comparing it to the 5th, although I think most of them were introduced with the 6th Gen. The whole Cover Flow/Genius capabilities are definetly an improvement to the previous software. The games are a nice bonus. I've only had it for three days, but I can already see that I like the new interface a lot more.
And the disk space, I mean, WOW! The ipod is basically the same size as my 30 Gb one, but it's capacity is over 5 times bigger. I am an avid music fan, have tons of music, and my musical taste ranges from ambient to heavy metal, but I think it's going to be a long time before I fill this one up. I think this is the best feature of this iPod, and by itself, the reason you should buy it.
There are also video capabilities, which have always been a plus, and some other stuff, but I didn't see a major difference from the previous versions.
But then, why did I give it 4 stars? I wanted 4.5 stars, but Amazon doesn't let me do that.
Here are the cons.
First, as previous reviewers have stated, the sound quality seems to have downgraded from the 5th Gen iPod. The sound lacks depth, the songs sound more flat. I don't mean to say that the sound is bad, because it still has a very good sound, and I've tested it with headphones, computer speakers and my car stereo. I'm just saying that the 5th Generation iPod sounds better, and the difference is quite noticeable.
The other thing, which might be just my iPod, because I didn't see other reviewers mentioning it, is that the click wheel seems to be less sensitive/responsive than the 5th Generation one. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is annoying sometimes that you try so select a song or an option on the menu and the wheel doesn't respond right away.
There's also the fact that using Cover Flow seems to make the iPod proccess slower, but then again, loading the covers of literally thousands of records is not a quick task, and you can always not use Cover Flow, so I won't hold this against the iPod.
To sum it all up. If you have a lot of music and want to carry it all with you; if 30, 60, 80 or 120 Gb is just not enough; if this is your first iPod purchase, or if you just really, really like the new interface and games (I know I did), then I highly reccomend it, and you won't be dissapointed. To me this is definetly the best music player on the market. You will need to sit down and learn how to use iTunes, but when you do, you're just going to love this little gadget.
However, if you have a 5th generation iPod that's working just fine, and you prefer sound quality to disk space, you might not want to buy this one. Just try to be more more picky with the songs you put on it, I guess.
