Product reviewsiPod Classic 7th Generation 160GB Silver (Latest Model) New & 90 days Warranty

Best mp3 player, bar none

second one I've owned, basically because I wanted a dedicated mp3 player and apple made them the best. They shouldn't have discontinued the product because it is so good, so if you can get your hands on one, do it. What separates apple ipod from say, streaming spotify is that A) it has ratings 1-5 stars for songs B) it has smart playlists, which you can create using a wide assortment of criteria and logic, and they update on the fly. This feature is NOT available for any other way of listening to music C) you can import any mp3 or lossless file, including songs you've made yourself or really obscure music that no streaming service has. Plus you can load audiobooks. The 160GB of storage is more than generous and supports my ever-growing music library.Read full review...

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Fragile hardware

The ipod worked great for about a couple weeks until I noticed that a song I had loaded on it wasn't playing. After repeated attempts at fixing this problem, all songs on the ipod suddenly stopped playing. I restored it to it's factory settings, hoping that would clear up any corruption, but after that, itunes would not even recognize my ipod. Now I can't even get on the ipod's menu and it is barely functioning in any respect.Read full review...

Lots of space for lossless music.

This is my second 160GB iPod Classic, and after 4 years, the first one is still going strong. Although the Classic is the largest ipod in the Apple line-up, and the only one with a hard drive (not SSD), the Classic also has the huge GB capacity to hold my uncompressed, lossless recordings (uncompressed file size is 128kbps, vs. 1000kbps+ for lossless). Simply put, lossless takes up a lot more room, which means less music capacity. With lossless, I get about 37-50 individual songs @ 4 minutes per GB. Uncompressed gets about 250 songs @ 4 minutes for each GB. I'll get 5000+ songs vs. 40,000, but I can always save the overflow on iTunes, and pick which songs to load on the Classic.

If you want audiophile quality in a MP3 player, the 160GB Classic is the one to get (and get a really nice pair of headphones).
Battery life: definitely not 36 hours, closer to 24.
Features: mobile version of itunes.
Design: intuitively Apple (simple, easy to use.
Overall value: Good if you want lots of space.Read full review...

An user-friendly, quality mp3 player with plenty of memory.

I bought this product because I needed an mp3 player with a lot of memory. At first, I was torn between this and an iPod Touch. Since I have a smartphone with all of the features an iPod Touch offers, I decided to go with the iPod Classic.

This is obviously a great buy if you have a ton of music that you regularly listen to. This (7th) generation model is thinner than the previous models, so it's a little bit less of a brick. The only thing that bothers me is that this product has moving parts in it. I knew this when I bought it, but I hoped Apple would have found a way to get rid of that after so many years. I don't think the moving parts make it any more fragile than other iPod products, since it seems to be solid. If you treat it well, you'll never have to find out.

If you're looking for something ultra-light and flashy with a lot of features, keep looking. On the other hand, if you want a quality mp3 player with a handful of useful features and a good amount of memory for audio/video playback, I think you'll be very happy with this product.Read full review...

Good but there's a quirk I think

The iPod works just like it has always worked. However, I can't tell if it is my laptop or the device itself but I've had to sync the device several times for each of the separate types of media in order to get all of my media onto the device. I'm still trying to figure out what the problem is but once things are synced the iPod works just like it should. The only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is this quirky thing.Read full review...

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Very Satisfied

Let me first say that I am glad that there are iPod Classic replacements available. I have had no issues what so ever with my Macbook Pro, ear buds, nor plugging into my vehicle auxiliary jack. I even went as far as playing Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture conducted by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. This being played on a 1,700 watt Meridian sound system. The cannon fire was as awesome as playing the CD.

Bottom Line; this was a good purchase indeed..Read full review...

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All Great Except Shuffle Feature

I finally decided to join the late 20th century (!) and purchase an iPod both for personal use, at home and at the gym (in the pool), and for teaching water aerobics. I did some reading online and talked to people who have been using iPods for a while (both teenagers and other aerobics instructors) and determined that I did not want touch-screen. I defaulted to the iPod Classic for its sheer simplicity and opted for the 7th gen., 160gig size, which reputedly holds up to 40,000 songs. I like the look, the responsiveness, ease of use, and the large capacity (I've uploaded the contents of more than 300 CDs and have purchased more than 500 songs and still have consumed less than 20% of the capacity). I have no intention of using the device for movies, podcasts, and whatnot (the screen is small though the clarity of items on the screen is really good). The audio seems good to me, both using earbuds and through 2 different docking stations and through my car radio speakers using iTrip (some static occurs from time to time but not a great concern; it's usually as the unused FM band changes). With 4000 songs already loaded and about 120GB still unused, I'm only now starting to ponder using the iPod for photos, so I can't yet report on that feature. I've had some issues with waterproof accessories, but none with the iPod. If I push the audio very loud through the earbuds, the battery goes down about 10-15% in 90 minutes, but with all the ways available to charge it, this hasn't been an issue.

One frustrating matter has been the shuffle feature. It appears that when you turn on shuffle, the only thing the iPod can do is shuffle the entire library--it won't shuffle a single playlist, which is frustrating. It's easy to make playlists and to revise them, easy to download using iTunes, easy to seach/find a particular cut, album, artist, etc. For aerobics instruction, beats per minute (BPM) is important. I'd love it if iTunes had a way simply to report the BPM of any song; I found a couple of free downloads online that are supposed to do that, but neither works (yeah, so I'm pretty low tech; maybe it's operator error!). iTunes gives users many ways to organize and categorize their libraries.

The long and the short of it is that I have no regrets and I have a LOT more music in my life. I'd buy another in a hearbeat!Read full review...

Wish they were still making them!

If you are into music, but not into smart phones, this is the answer to your prayers. 160 MB will satisfy the most avid music collector/listener; portability is excellent due to the fact that the ipod classic is fairly small, light, sturdy, and has a battery life that lasts all day. You can also purchase additional covers for the ipod classic to protect it even more from scratches and bumps. The 30 pin connection was given as the reason why Apple stopped making them, nothing to do with quality or performance. We owned and used ours daily for almost 8 years before it got stolen. It only took 2 weeks for us to realise that we needed to get a new/used one!Read full review...

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Good features

iPod works very well, in good condition, only complaint is short battery life, otherwise works well.

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iPod Classic

Always my favorite.
I bought this to replace the 120gb iPod Classic I lost several months ago.
Music loaded on it stays on it.
No data usage (as on a smart phone).
No dead zones or dropouts.
Easy to use.
Excellent sound.
Can vary the tone to suit many types of music.
Includes digital graphic equalizer.
Awesome in every way!Read full review...

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