4G iPod Sound Problems?

iPodlounge is reporting that some owners of the new 4th-generation iPod are experiencing some sound distortion:

The defect manifests as audible static and noise interference in the earphones that is most prominent whenever a new iPod's hard disk is accessed. Similar interference was not detectable through line out (Dock Connector) output.

Users of affected iPods will be able to hear a hard disk-like whirring sound in their earphones, coupled with several seconds of light static at the start of a song that has just been loaded. This should not be confused with the quiet hard disk loading sounds that an iPod makes, which sounds are not audible through earphones, or with normal static-like compression artifacts in your audio.

In the words of Astro Jetson, "rhut roh rorge". From the responses to the iPodlounge post, not every 4G iPod owner has the problem, but it definitely seems to exist. No word from Apple on this yet. [Via Engadget]

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