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

2016-02-05 Thread Brent Harding
I heard the 48k sampling rate is more common in video than it is for music or anything else. Maybe it's what a TV would expect to see if HDMI is used. - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent:

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
They're selling like hot cakes here and they're not easy to get right now. Google recently had a "Back To School" offer for these phones which hasn't done anything apart from make them more scarce to get than ever. The P6 from google and the S6 from Samsung are amongst the best smart devices

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-05 Thread Mary Otten
Anders, try to get your hands on one and actually use it before you spend the money. I hear the audio is really good. But for other things, anything involving the use of webviews, the experience on Android is not at all up to the standard you are use to with ios. If you're ok with not being able

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Ah, I haven't seen any mention of that but I can have a look on the official aptX page and see if its mentioned, the Samsung S6 certainly is. On 6/02/2016 10:06 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! I hope that it has the atpx protocol. /A On 06 Feb 2016, at 00:00, Dane Trethowan

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay well being a Android user myself I'd like to make a few comments. Firstly regarding the new Google Nexus P6 and atpX? I've just looked and this phone doesn't have that facility, none of the Nexus phones do it seems so that's a shame but yep the audio apart from that is very good I'm

Musicality App

2016-02-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I mentioned this App a little while ago, its a new offering from the developer of the Muse App, the Muse App was a Pandora client - notice I say "Was" as Muse is no longer being developed -. Musicality is a multi client Music Player meaning it can handle more than just one music server.

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Why not use vlc for iphone instead. Sounds great. /A > On 04 Feb 2016, at 19:25, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > 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.

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I am thinking to by a google nexus p6. /A > On 04 Feb 2016, at 19:30, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > 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

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
I did say third party player did I not? VLC is one yes. On 6/02/2016 9:53 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Why not use vlc for iphone instead. Sounds great. /A On 04 Feb 2016, at 19:25, Dane Trethowan wrote: Yep, its really annoying about that short cord, not a deal

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I hope that it has the atpx protocol. /A > On 06 Feb 2016, at 00:00, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > They're selling like hot cakes here and they're not easy to get right now. > > Google recently had a "Back To School" offer for these phones which hasn't > done anything

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

2016-02-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
That might be true but all the same the Apple TV really has no need that I can tell to convert sampling rates given that equipment connected to it should be able to handle sampling rates automatically and in fact conversion could be more a nuisance to the output system than its worth. > On 5

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-05 Thread Mary Otten
Oh, I don't do much with the onscreen keyboard except for a few words of typing filling in forms and such. I dictate anything longer than that with good effect, and editing the results, when necessary is where IOS beats the pants off of android on my Nexus device. Try before you buy when possible

Have I banned myself from a particular list

2016-02-05 Thread Andy Logue
Hi all. I use a gmail account in Windows mail and recently I tried to prevent sertain messages getting through to my in-box, from particular list members, of another list. Well, I think I may have perhaps ticked the box labled block senders domain to block senders list and subsequently I

Re: Arcam MusicBoost

2016-02-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
I Didn't think for one minute that a talented person such as you Mary would be writing a 200 page report on an onscreen keyboard of any description Keyboard entry has improved quite significantly in the later builds of Android to the point where getting around is far easier than it was, as