Is Apple tuning out audiophiles? or is Michael Hiltzik an idiot?

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The fact they named it the iPod and not the iMusic or anything like that, should have been an indicator to most that Apple was going to morph it into something else.

Real audiophiles never liked the iPod anyway because of its crappy DAC (so I've been told, anyway.)

But Apple is continually adjusting their hardware and software to be non-pro friendly.