Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-22 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Well, the newest might not be the best in all cases. So i am glad i did not buy any new Iphone this year. /A > On 18 Oct 2016, at 21:17, John Gurd wrote: > > I got an iPhone 7 a few days ago and had it away with me on a weekend break > with limited opportunities to play

RE: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-19 Thread John Gurd
Thanks Pete, That sounds very promising. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of pete gurney Sent: 19 October 2016 09:00 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...? hi, something worth looking at for those

Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-19 Thread pete gurney
hi, something worth looking at for those that want to improve their sound on apple devices using the lightning socket is a new device that will come out soon. it's called AMP.I.AM it was a campaign on indiegogo but they didn't need to finish the campaign as apple saw it and liked it so much they

Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread Dane Trethowan
;pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Subject: Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...? I think the extra attachment you can get for that LG phone is a JBL speaker of some kind. Not sure about any sort of extra DAC. I will also be very curious what you think of the P9, although it is frankly out of my price ra

RE: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread Hamit Campos
To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Subject: Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...? I think the extra attachment you can get for that LG phone is a JBL speaker of some kind. Not sure about any sort of extra DAC. I will also be very curious what you think of the P9, al

Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread Mary Otten
Well, for great audio, you can get the zte axon 7 for $400 U.S. The only issue is the software and its accessibility quirks and what one must do to deal with that. I was on the edge of purchasing one of those because of the audio, but decided I didn't want to fool with the quirks. Mary

Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread Dane Trethowan
Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 18 October 2016 20:57 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...? No, nothing to do with JBL, B make a DAC for the Lg phone I mentioned. I also mentioned that - being a

Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread Mary Otten
: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: 18 October 2016 20:57 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...? > > No, nothing to do with JBL, B make a DAC for the Lg phone I mentioned. > &

Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread Dane Trethowan
available on the Android platform. But part of me would love to break out of that walled garden called Apple (smiles). John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 18 October 2016 20:57 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re

RE: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread John Gurd
Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...? No, nothing to do with JBL, B make a DAC for the Lg phone I mentioned. I also mentioned that - being a modula phone - various modules could be attached, the B DAC being a case in point so - when I think about it - its quite

RE: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread John Gurd
Of Mary Otten Sent: 18 October 2016 20:34 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...? Hi John, Your findings are interesting. I have not gotten around to actually using headphones with this little new adapter. I was intrigued, however, when I saw a post yesterday

Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread Dane Trethowan
No, nothing to do with JBL, B make a DAC for the Lg phone I mentioned. I also mentioned that - being a modula phone - various modules could be attached, the B DAC being a case in point so - when I think about it - its quite possible that JBL might make a speaker of some kind for that phone.

Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread Mary Otten
I think the extra attachment you can get for that LG phone is a JBL speaker of some kind. Not sure about any sort of extra DAC. I will also be very curious what you think of the P9, although it is frankly out of my price range. I don't care how good it is, there must be limits. Smile. I went

Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi Mary! Interested in what you say about the B P7 when connected to the iPhone. Yeah, output is quite decent though it could be better and I'm not complaining about that as all the reviews I read on the B P7 did warn about the output of the cans when connected to an iPhone. I now have a

Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread Dane Trethowan
A most interesting read! I've always been impressed with the internal speakers on Apple iPhone though - like you - I've never taken them seriously for music listening but for speech and Voiceover the internal iPhone speaker is superb. Now I have an iPhone 6 because of my Arcam DAC - the same

Re: iPhone 7 disappointing audio...?

2016-10-18 Thread Mary Otten
Hi John, Your findings are interesting. I have not gotten around to actually using headphones with this little new adapter. I was intrigued, however, when I saw a post yesterday or the day before from a guy who says he was able to use his EKG to 40s with the little adapter with great effect. He