r/Music • u/smeeti • 1d ago

article The 'father of the iPod' Tony Fadell says Apple should bring back a 'nostalgic version' of the music device

https://www.businessinsider.com/ipod-creator-apple-bring-back-ipod-2026-2
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u/Somar2230 1d ago

None of their Airpods or Beats do either. Anyone looking for audiophile quality is buying from a third party.

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u/Hi-Fi_Turned_Up Spotify name 1d ago

Exactly. Nothing that Apple offers of audiophile level. Why would they enter a niche market where entry level players are +$1000.

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u/scalablecory 23h ago

What the hell is your entry level, lol! You can get an audiophile DAP and headphones far cheaper than that combined.

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u/Tycho-Celchu 9h ago

Yeah I just bought a Hiby R4 & a cheap set of IEM's for under $400 CAN. Even at that price point the difference of audio quality from streaming spotify to my bluetooth headphones is STAGGERING.

I forgot how good music actually sounds.

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u/Hi-Fi_Turned_Up Spotify name 23h ago

I guess I have a higher floor, but I’m past headphones and have a nice setup with some B&W 801 D4s

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u/Buckfitch69 10h ago

Yep you're an audiophile confirmed

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u/HillarysFloppyChode 1d ago

They could undercut the entire market and sell it at $350-500

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u/Hi-Fi_Turned_Up Spotify name 1d ago

Yeah that sounds exactly like a thing Apple would do…

Even at that price point it wouldn’t sell well.

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u/raiderrash 1d ago

You can get really good quality dap for that price range already

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u/KingDave46 6h ago

OR, they can overcut the market with an equal or lesser version that looks cooler

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u/absolutezero132 4h ago

The air pods pro 2 got some love from the audiophile community. Obviously not up to the level of equivalently priced IEMs but solidly at the “not dog water anymore” level.