The lightning to 3.5 mm adapter would also have to have a digital to analog
converter inside it for it to be able to make the digital signal from the
lightning port into analog that normal earphones can use. I've heard that
lightning port accessories are unable to draw power off that connection, so it
probably means either a change to that or more headphones with batteries. It
actually would make more sense for them to replace lightning with USB C, which
can power these small devices. Either way, the old jack's days have a
possibility of being numbered for Apple. I would've thought the new Mac Books
would've went with lightning instead of USB C if they could have, but the new
phones could go to C and leave lightning behind as well to match that.
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher-Mark Gilland
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: Apple's headphone scam
Ray,
You! are also failing to see something though. You're point is valid and
well taken, don't get me wrong here, but what about those who don't have
headphones with a lightning connecter. Or what about those like myself who use
both Apple, and! Android products? Are we gonna be left in the cold having to
buy two different pares of headphones, and lug both them around with us?
Surely that seems absurd.
Before you say, there are adapters probably being made, take it from a guy
who's a certified engineer. If you take an 8th inch plug, and pop a lightning
adapter on it, the bottom line is the signal is traveling down the line from
the lightning, to the 3.5M plug, down the headphone cord, and to your
earpieces. The point being, that signal might have started as digital, giving
you the new to come high resolution, but ultimately by the time it hits your
ears, it will have been carried down the line to your stereo 3.5M jack in the
adapter, and at that point, your headphones won't know what to do with that
signal. It would most likely be converted to an annalog signal. Therefore,
the only way you'd truly get that benefit is no adapter. Plug directly in,
which means new headphones for us, which means more marketting by Apple, and
more money for Apple.
I'm just sayin'.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Foret Jr
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: Apple's headphone scam
I would advise having nothing to do with this. You are overlooking an
obvious benefit; and it's not just more money for Apple: rather it's this.
The plain fact is that it's better to lose the headphone jack because you can
get much better audio out of the lightning connecter than you can out of the
3.5MM jack. With the use of the lightning connecter, you can take advantage of
the high resolution audio format which Apple is said to be roling out soon.
Also, there are other advantages besides. Don't fall for this emotional
knee-jerk nonsense.
!
Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind
built-in
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray,
Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon Wireless
iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
On Jan 18, 2016, at 4:54 AM, Terje Strømberg <terjestrmb...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Friends,
If the rumours are true, the iPhone 7 will have a non-standard,
proprietary headphone jack -- meaning piles more cash for Apple and miles more
e-waste for the rest of us.
Sign this petition to get Apple to stick to the standard headphone jack
on the iPhone: http://action.sumofus.org/a/iphone-headphone-jack/?sub=mtl
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