New iPod Device Hits Dazzling Heights Of Nerdiness

Brian Raftery | November 13, 2006 2:34 am

As loathe as we are to report on the 3,000 new iPod-enhancing iTems that are introduced everyday (it’s a damn music player, people–stop trying to dress it up like it’s a doll), we are intrigued by the Fatman iTube Valve Amp, which claims to convert the iPod’s evil-robot digital sound into a “luscious warm analogue sound.” By the looks of it, we’re also pretty sure that it steams milk, too.

Anyway, before we hunker down 300 pounds for this sucker, has anyone tried this sort of digital-analogue conversion before? And does anyone under the age of 30 even care what “analogue sound” even is (or was)?

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