These enhanced IPOD also have a 40% brighter screen compared to previous models.Įnhanced 5.5 gen IPODS also have a search facility that is missing from the 5th gen IPOD.
#IFLASH QUAD 320KBPS#
So if you are the type of person that is fussy about audio quality and can tell a 320kbps file from a 256kbps MP3 file, I woud recommend sourcing the 5.5 gen 80GB model (MA448 / MA450 / PA448 / PA450 ). The reason for this is because its the last IPOD to have the Wolfson DAC (the bit that translates the dgitial music to audio (DAC=Digtal Audio Converter). Therefore 512GB is the sweet spot from a cost perspective.Īudio purists rave about the 5th gen IPOD classics (also known as 5.5 gen or enhanced IPODS). (b) I can pick up 4 128GB Microsd cards for £12.99 each at time of writing, whereas as 256GB microsd card costs about £32 each. (a) I will be using it to play MP3 files (not FLAC) and therefore am limited by the ~50,000 track limit. The reason why I’m chosing 512GB of storage rather than 1TB is simply because In this blog ‘m going to build a 512GB IPOD but the steps are exactly the same as for a 1TB IPOD. It could less depending on the amount of album art in each track. it makes sense to build a 1TB IPOD.Īssuming you want to use the IPOD for playing videos and MP3 files (and that the donor IPOD you have chosen can play videos), then it it would make sense to build a 1TB IPOD depending on how many vidoes you have (which are much larger in size that FLAC or MP3 files) but remember the 50,000 song limit.įinally, the 50,000 track limit is not set in stone. This would give you about 31,000 tracks (473GB usable of the 512GB) / 15MB.Īssuming you want to use the IPOD for playing FLAC filesĪssuming each track is 35MB (on average) in size we get 1000000MB / 35MB = 28571 tracks. So for the sake of argument lets suppose you choose a donor IPOD (the one you are going to rebuild) that’s capable of processing ~50,000 tracksĪssuming you want to use the IPOD for playing 320kbps MP3 filesĪssuming each track is 15MB in size (MP320kbps downsampled from FLAC), then 1TB of storage (1000mb times 1000) = 100000MB / 15MB = 66666 tracks (but the IPOD can only handle 50,000 so you have 250GB of wasted storage (66666-50000)*15 MBīased on the usage case above it does not make sense to build a 1TB IPOD and a 512GB IPOD would be better solution. As an example, not all IPODS are created equal and have hard limits on how many tracks they can process.
Its all very well building a 1TB IPOD but the question is what do you want to use that storage for ?. Since the first step is to gather all of the parts we need, we first need to discuss storage 🙂 FLAC is lossless compression meaning that a CD ripped to FLAC forward has no loss of quality (compared to MP3). Optionally add dual boot firmware (rockbox) to allow the IPOD to play FLAC files.Replace the hard drive with storage upto 1TB (more on this later).
Replace the internal battery with one capable of over 200 hours of run time (compared to 20 hours currently).Replace the housing on an IPOD with a brand new one.In this post, I will document the steps to: I don’t own any apple products so I was particularly intrigued about the idea of taking an Apple IPOD Classic (from hereon known as IPOD) and rebuilding it to be something more than it was designed for. So if you are still interested, then read on.
#IFLASH QUAD UPGRADE#
Of course, if the great things about this build is that you could choose your sweetspot, ie if you go for a 128GB upgrade using an iFlash Solo and a single 128GB microSXDC card without replacing the housing or battery and you have an old IPOD available, then you could do the upgrade for about £80. My total cost was just under £200 (breakdown below) for a 512GB IPOD upgrade so you will have to decide whether its worth the time and effort for you.
I am not a patient person so it was a learning curve for me and although there were only about 5 screws to undo in the disassembly I labelled each one and wrapped them in post it notes writing on each post it note.įinally, unless you have a donor IPOD sitting in a drawer, its not a particularly cheap project. It took me about 1 hour to open the IPOD and a further 2 hour to disassemble it. If you are not the patient type, then this may not be the project for you. If you are ordering parts from Aliexpress, they may take upto 6 weeks to arrive.
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