HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
I just can't reconcile how we can have a thread like this where we are basically spinning "good enough" to fit what Apple has for sale in THIS product contrasted against iPhone 7 (getting rid of a ubiquitous headphone 3.5mm jack) threads driven by the need to move on from "antiquated" technology and take advantage of superior quality audio via audiophile-quality headphones and/or DACs.
Here with this product, we can rationalize "good enough", why 4K makes no sense etc... because Apple is "just doing what works best for most of their customer base."
There with that product, we rationalize why 3.5mm is NOT "good enough", why we need to get rid of it so that Lightning and/or Bluetooth can succeed so that Apple can "force" it's (obviously wrong) customer base to adopt "the future."
Here: cling to "the past"
There: embrace "the future," even if carrying adapters is a consumer hassle for the next few years.
How does this happen? We seem to have people that just argue on behalf of whatever Apple has for sale now and/or whatever Apple appears to be wanting to roll out soon... not necessarily what they really feel or believe. Or maybe we have people that simply sees Apple as an all-knowing, always-right-in-all-things entity so they see no fault in one product clinging to old technologies while another product must complicate most of our lives in support of "forcing" a migration to new technologies.
My own opinion on this topic:
TV, as Apple's answer to the "bag of hurt," should be superior to that bag in all of the most crucial ways, particularly picture quality and sound. If it is "the future of television," shouldn't it be striving to deliver the fundamentals of that particular future in the most obvious ways?
DD and DD Plus are nice but there has been much progress made since 1992's DD launch. 1992! Were some of the people arguing about it's "good enough" qualities in a thread like this even born in 1992?
Building in the capabilities to play more modern audio codecs wouldn't necessarily force anything on anyone- just line up with the idea of Apple driving "the future" being similarly applied to all Apple products... not just selectively to fit what Apple sells now or will be selling soon.
Here with this product, we can rationalize "good enough", why 4K makes no sense etc... because Apple is "just doing what works best for most of their customer base."
There with that product, we rationalize why 3.5mm is NOT "good enough", why we need to get rid of it so that Lightning and/or Bluetooth can succeed so that Apple can "force" it's (obviously wrong) customer base to adopt "the future."
Here: cling to "the past"
There: embrace "the future," even if carrying adapters is a consumer hassle for the next few years.
How does this happen? We seem to have people that just argue on behalf of whatever Apple has for sale now and/or whatever Apple appears to be wanting to roll out soon... not necessarily what they really feel or believe. Or maybe we have people that simply sees Apple as an all-knowing, always-right-in-all-things entity so they see no fault in one product clinging to old technologies while another product must complicate most of our lives in support of "forcing" a migration to new technologies.
My own opinion on this topic:
TV, as Apple's answer to the "bag of hurt," should be superior to that bag in all of the most crucial ways, particularly picture quality and sound. If it is "the future of television," shouldn't it be striving to deliver the fundamentals of that particular future in the most obvious ways?DD and DD Plus are nice but there has been much progress made since 1992's DD launch. 1992! Were some of the people arguing about it's "good enough" qualities in a thread like this even born in 1992?
Building in the capabilities to play more modern audio codecs wouldn't necessarily force anything on anyone- just line up with the idea of Apple driving "the future" being similarly applied to all Apple products... not just selectively to fit what Apple sells now or will be selling soon.
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