New Step

[Kurt Wall]

On Saturday 29 January 2005 04:24, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> Another useful point about the iPod is the European volume limit. The
> story goes that Steve Jobbs is a little deaf and, during the design
> of the iPod insisted that the top volume be higher. Being the boss,
> this is how the iPod is.
>
> Well, in BB Europe, it was decided that the iPod was too loud. So,

"BB" meaning "Big Brother," I'm guessing.

> there is a top volume limit for models sold here that is less than
> that for the rest of the world. Apple did this by simply modifying
> one of the entries in the song database. The iPod can have a per-song
> volume normalization. To obtain the required volume limiting, this
> value was set to a lower maximum value in iTunes in Europe.

Fascinating. I had no idea. LSNED!

Kurt