great review mark, welcome to TTL.

I can't believe people are suing Apple for earbuds that are too loud! come on. ever since that damn coffee lady and the mcdonalds suit, this country has gone downhill. methinks i smell a newsletter rant topic....

brad.

Yah, smokers sue the cigarette companies too. Not that I like the cigarette companies, but take some responsibility for yer own dam actions! Next up, cracked out Whitney Houston sues the Colombian drug cartels for her addiction...

Thanks Brad, I'm glad to be aboard.

I agree, most suits like this are really bogus. The one thing I can partly understand with this one though is that concerned parents might be more willing to allow their kids to listen to iPods if they knew they couldn't turn the volume up too loud and damage their hearing. However, Apple has already released a software patch that allows parents to limit the volume and set a password so that the max volume cannot be altered. Of course even if Apple didn't supply such an assurance, parents ultimately have the power to regulate whether or not their children are allowed to have an iPod in the first place if they're that worried about it.

Aren't young kids supposed to be loud and obnoxious???