Re: Now I know why music on the Apple TV 3rd Gen doesn't sound so good...

2016-02-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Well to be perfectly honest that’s Apple for you and where would you find any serious audio reviews about anything Apple? Okay, I did find plenty of reviews and information regarding the audio for my 2012 Mac Mini machine but Apple just won’t release too much information about anything else it

Fwd: Hands on review: Sengled Pulse smart bulb speakers

2016-02-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
and now for something.. well.. slightly different. http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/gadgets-on-the-go/hands-on-review-sengled-pulse-smart-bulb-speakers-20160204-gmm7v6.html ** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits

Re: Now I know why music on the Apple TV 3rd Gen doesn't sound sogood...

2016-02-04 Thread Les Gordon
i have a apple tv 3rd gen and 4th gen. what i noticed is the sound quality is all dependent upon the original source. they give alot of free radio stations that are great, but it tells you the quality of each and some are streaming in low quality audio. others are in high quality. i noticed a

Re: Now I know why music on the Apple TV 3rd Gen doesn't sound sogood...

2016-02-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Speaking of high quality radio stations, Congratulations to the BBC for giving us 320K streams, absolutely brilliant particularly for the Radio 3 service, now all the BBC need do is to improve the content. > On 5 Feb 2016, at 9:14 AM, Les Gordon wrote: > > i have a apple

RE: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-04 Thread John Gurd
I'm just curious... Do you actually use two phones? Do you have two numbers or do you juggle a sim card from one to the other? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 04 February 2016 18:30 To: PC Audio Discussion

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
The 6S is slightly thicker due to its tough construction of steel frame, I read this in a review of the 6S a week or so back. > On 5 Feb 2016, at 5:03 AM, John Gurd wrote: > > Hi Mary, > I'm surprised too. a lot of cases do fit both models. And until I got it I > always

RE: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-04 Thread John Gurd
Hi Anders In the UK the MusicBoost is £120 stirling. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: 02 February 2016 22:40 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Arcam MusicBoost Hi! Whats the cost of this unit? I

RE: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-04 Thread John Gurd
Hi Dane Yes, the P7s are the best I've heard and they've come down in price, at least on Amazon UK. I think I paid about £350 for them originally but I saw them recently for about£270. I'd love to try them with some high resolution 24 bit music but as yet I haven't got around to it. So far

RE: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-04 Thread John Gurd
Hmm, interesting. Sounds like Apple might have been stung into avoiding a repeat of stories like those about the bendy 6 Plus. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 04 February 2016 18:08 To: PC Audio Discussion

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep, that they were. Regarding iPhone 6S? Well my opinion for what its worth but I think the S6 from Samsung has more going for it, every time I pick up that device I’m always discovering something new, I like the quality feel and balanced hold, the wonderful sound and so on. When I pick up

Now I know why music on the Apple TV 3rd Gen doesn't sound so good...

2016-02-04 Thread John Gurd
I got an Apple TV 3rd Gen a year or so ago to use with MusicMatch and my HiFi. I was really disappointed to discover that it really didn't sound that great even with a HDMI connection. I recently read that for some reason it resamples music from 44.1KHZ to 48KHZ. This is the equivalent to

RE: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-04 Thread John Gurd
Hi Mary, I'm surprised too. a lot of cases do fit both models. And until I got it I always thought the 6 and 6S were exactly the same size. I suspect it might be a design oversight on the part of Arcam. There's only a 5th of a millimetre difference in the thickness of the phones but that makes all

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep, its really annoying about that short cord, not a deal breaker I know but annoying all the same and for the very same reason you used for your example. Yes, as has been suggested one can buy an extension cable but really it is surprising that B didn’t include a longer cable given they give