[geeks] [JuliaSacks930 at hotmail.com: [janglo] INFO4U: My Ipod Broke My Computer]

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 @ 12:48 -0700, Dan Duncan said:

> On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > French iPod's have to have to have a circuit that limits the output to a
> > maximum decibel level.
> 
> How does THAT work?  Are they assuming everyone is using the stock
> headphones or what?  Different headphones will have different decibel
> outputs at the same volume setting depending on their efficiency, for
> one thing.  The shape of the headphones and how far they are crammed
> down in your ear will also make a difference.  These probably increase
> it even more: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/earthumps/

Actually, it is software.  My bad.

As far as how it works, as you've guessed, it doesn't.

That's one reason it is such a silly thing to do.

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