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Haha. Sure, buddy. Sure."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
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http://qz.com/775212/apples-aapl-iph...appy-about-it/The iPhone 7 does not have a headphone jack, and audio engineers are actually happy about it
Hear this: Apple confirmed today (Sept. 7) that the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will not have the standard 3.5 headphone jack. The company’s eliminating the port to make room for a stereo speaker on the base of the phone.
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The headphone jack was the last of the original ports to remain standing since Apple released its first mass-market PC in 1984. “Our obsession continues to simplify and improve,” Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design office, said in a video shown at the event.
While many are up in arms about the change, professional audio engineers and researchers actually see the news as positive. “Consumers don’t want cables, and we see this as a natural opportunity,” says Sean Olive, former president of the Audio Engineering Society. He notes that sales of wireless headphones in the US overtook wired ones for the first time ever this year. In June, NPD Group reported that Bluetooth-enabled models accounted for 54% of headphone sales. “We knew this was coming,” he says.
Instead of the nostalgia over the loss of a tiny hole on the side of the gadgets, the issue at heart is about possibilities for sophisticated tech devices without the cord. After all, who doesn’t love cordless phones, irons, speakers, mice, and wireless headphones when we’re running around?
Audiophiles have long clung to their cables (and vinyl records), believing wireless technology compromises the listening experience. But Olive, who is the research director for audio company Harman International, says the jack connector actually has little impact on acoustic quality. The two most critical factors to good sound quality are the headphone’s speaker (called the surface transducer or exciter) and the original sound recording.
The current industry standard, Bluetooth 4, is “good enough” as any wired connection, he adds, and the release of Bluetooth 5, which is expected in late 2016 or early 2017, promises to make fidelity even better. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group boasts that the newest standard will double the speed of connections and increase the capacity of data broadcasts by 800%.
Olive argues that Apple’s move to eliminate analog ports will help accelerate scientific research that could benefit a wider audience. As an example, he said an international conference on headphone technology he co-chaired in Denmark last month delved into hearing aid innovations.
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^^^ The Dude and his Vinyl records."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
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Vinyl records are cool...just ask Harvey Specter.Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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lol. The last paragraph was especially hilarious.
[quote]As for environmentally minded skeptics, engineers note that the headphone cable is actually the first thing to break. “You can imagine without cables there’s going to be less headphones thrown away,” says Olive. “In that sense, there should be less environmental waste.[\quote]
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creeksterComment
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[QUOTE=Jeff Lebowski;1279101]lol. The last paragraph was especially hilarious.
Why do you laugh at the environment? Sad!As for environmentally minded skeptics, engineers note that the headphone cable is actually the first thing to break. “You can imagine without cables there’s going to be less headphones thrown away,” says Olive. “In that sense, there should be less environmental waste.[\quote]
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk"...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
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i like vinylOriginally posted by Uncle Ted View PostTe Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.Comment
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I know a bunch of audio engineers. I've talked to four in the last week. All of them have iPhones and all of them think this was a dumb move.Comment
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Do they all swear that vinyl is the only way to buy music?Originally posted by Shaka View Post"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!Comment
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I had an accountant once try to convince me that music from a vinyl record is better than an mp3 file (this was back in 2006). He even used diagrams. I'm sure he is correct, but with my untrained ears (or maybe it's just my noisy house full of kids or my noisy car) I can't tell the difference #teamdaisychainOriginally posted by Uncle Ted View Post"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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All is forgiven Apple! Forget what I said in the past! I don't care about the jack!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/15/te...smtyp=cur&_r=0"...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
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Meh. Uncle Dongle could have written that.Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
I got a kick out of this article. Not just against the iPhone 7, but current design trends in general. A fun read.
https://bullshit.ist/against-minimal...dbf#.4t28clbp0
So, that Apple conference happened the other day. They took out the headphone jack, like tech journalists rumored for years and years, and are now selling you a $9 dongle or forcing you to get Bluetooth earbuds, which are… bad, to anybody who cares about audio quality or battery life or actually use their phone to listen to music. Whatever.Point being, is that Apple announced their special Bluetooth earbuds, and for $159, well, you can look like a colossal fucking dork. And looking at Apple as one of the “leaders” in this dry, corporate future dystopia we’re being dragged down into, I’m forced to beg, and grovel: please, for the love of god, can we at least make this future look cool?
Like, nobody likes this! Nobody! Not a single person thinks this is good, or even “minimalist” design! You have a giant tube hanging out of your ear because that’s where the five hour battery goes — and you have to wear two of them! Apple has been doing this for years now, and the rest of tech has quietly followed after them, for the most part. Do we need to talk about smartwatches?"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creeksterComment
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These guys are funny...Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
"Siri, make me a sandwich!"Everything Wrong With The New iPhone
No headphone jack, a home button that isn’t a button, and it won’t make me breakfast.
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I’m a lonely man. I have few hobbies and pursuits. I go to work, I listen to early-to-mid-00’s singer-songwriters, and I eat breakfast. The iPhone 7 (and 7 Plus, for the record) will prohibit me from fully enjoying those last two aspects of my life. I’ve tried to come up with other solutions, like paying my neighbor’s son Kenneth to cook me Eggs Benedict, but the hollandaise was always too runny and the yolks not runny enough. Here’s hoping Apple rectifies this situation by adding, at the bare minimum, a cereal and milk pourer to the iPhone 8. Until then, I hope they lower the price on those dumb AirPods.
I would have loved to have read their review of the Google Glass."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!Comment
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Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”Comment
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