Where is best to source...

oHUTCHYo · 14 May 2012 at 21:51

...a Silver 16GB iPod Nano that does not have the EU volume limit cap, i.e. it must be from North America or Japan.

I owned one previously and found it on eBay, however I have since sold it and now regret it. Trying to find one now that is confirmed as being a non-EU (read, not crippled) version is proving difficult.

Suggestions?

Nexus · 14 May 2012 at 23:03

Looking to damage your ears?

Tried an eBay seller abroad who will ship to UK?

Hxc · 15 May 2012 at 10:23

Use some decent headphones, the EU limit is not a problem.

oHUTCHYo · 15 May 2012 at 12:29

If anything, decent headphones need more power to drive them, hence the reason me asking for a non-EU ipod

oHUTCHYo · 24 May 2012 at 12:24

Stupid question maybe, but my Director is in the US right now. If he picks me up a Nano coming back through the airport, is it safe to assume it's definitely a US model?

(Feel so stupid asking, but you never can be sure)

Nexus · 24 May 2012 at 14:07

Yes.

But you really are overplaying the volume limit issue, I feel personally.
It's really not that noticeable and that's coming from somebody who had a first Gen iPod Nano I bought in the US and now has a 5th Gen I bought in the UK.

As Hxc says, if you are using a decent set of headphones you aren't even going to be approaching the limit unless you plan on making yourself go deaf.

oHUTCHYo · 24 May 2012 at 15:47

Pardon? (

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I reckon it's about 10-20% difference. I MP3Gain my tracks to approx 90db which takes aways most of the clipping in badly engineered/encoded tracks. The downside is that the amplifier needs to work harder to get more volume. With a UK iPod the volume ceiling is reached too soon, the US versions just give me that little extra overhead.

Each to their own of course, but I feel it's worth the hassle to get a non-EU model