Archimago wrote: > Mnyb: Indeed the iPhone 4 is "like tar" compared to the iPhone 6 with > even simple web browsing! > > I wonder if there's a conspiracy :confused: :rolleyes: to slow down the > old phones so everyone upgrades! I certainly don't recall web browsing > being so slow with my wife's old iPhone until the past year... I > wondered if downgrading iOS to a lower version would help. > > ----- > > Now as for audio. Indeed, I believe we have reached a point where > inexpensive components is certainly plenty good for a walking-around > mobile device. Here in October 2014 there's no way to avoid talking > about the Pono scheduled to be trickling out soon when mentioning > portable devices. I'd be very curious how the Pono performs objectively > with all the hype surrounding it for the hardware "Toblerone". > Young/Ayre has claimed that the bulky shape was needed for sonic quality > with larger components inside... > > I see the Pono store is supposed to be updated today so it'll be > interesting also to see what it has on offer. Already with the > announcement of the software releases that will go with the signatured > players, it looks like there's disappointment on that front with a > number of predictable 16/44 bundled albums. (So far nothing tells me > there's anything special here other than yet another store selling stuff > we can already find on HDTracks, etc.)
Well about that I sadly think you are right , just another store where labels can upload whatever , my hope would have been a quality store where actual humans curated the stuff and checked out for the best master/version of a work. I would gladly pay HD track prices for that and take whatever format associated with it 16/44.1 to 24/192 maybe there would be a market necessity to package it as hirez for the audiophiles to buy ,there are so many deeply ingrained believes about formats but if the actual good stuff comes with it it get it . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102270 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
