Yes.
Unless the external DAC/amp has its own power supply, it would be affected by this as well.
According to the c't measurements, the iPhone's analog output is actually pretty good ("compares favorably even with professional audio interfaces").
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Of course a noisy power rail can be cleaned up. A couple of poles of passive filtering using quality dielectrics can reduce high frequency noise significantly.
A Marshall amp is a piece of professional equipment designed to add distortion. Professional doesn't mean high quality.
And what makes you think Apple isn't doing something like this internally?
I'm sure that's what they meant.
I was replying to the point that implied one would be stuck with the noise levels unless one used a separate psu.And what makes you think Apple isn't doing something like this internally?
I'm sure that's what they meant.
On the second point, do you know how big COG capacitors of the necessary value are?
If you go to a pop/rock concert, they use professional PAs. These are rugged, high power systems. Not particularly Hifi grade components. Professional doesn't mean high quality audio. And I would expect high quality audio to be better than "pretty good"
High price doesn't mean high quality either. (common issue with audiophiles)
Beats instantly comes to mind - and what the name of that other company? Escapes me at the moment
Difference was that almost no one was still using the DVD at that point.
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That Apogee interface is not portable at all. It is huge and needs to be connected to the mains. And you are wrong; the 3.5mm port is totally sufficient for live performance and recording. I have used it in both with absolutely no issues.
Also, many carriers offer iPhone for free with a contract. Just because you can afford an iPhone does not mean you necessarily have lots of extra cash. I am not the one whose argument is flawed. They are always going to get more people into creating music with iOS when the barrier to entry is lower. There are plenty of kids who get iPhones from their parents but still don't have lots of extra cash to blow on interfaces.
The worst thing about needing an external interface to get analog audio output is the fact that the interfaces are bulky and have short Lightning cables, meaning that you cannot use it while holding the phone during a performance or having it in a pocket or worn case. There are no MFI certified lightning extension cables.
I am just really annoyed that they removed the 3.5mm port, which I use every day WHILE using the Lightning port for other things, without offering any kind of wireless replacement for it (yet claiming that wireless is the future and we should all go wireless etc.). Well if they want me to go wireless then where is a module that has analog audio output connectors and receives audio over the air from the iOS device, latency free and uncompressed, at least at the same quality as the old 3.5mm port? If going wireless is the point, then why do all the "solutions" involve hooking up some bulky dongle or hub that will mean even more wires and connectors etc., since now I will need at least a Lightning splitter, plus something to go from Lightning to at least one analog IO port?
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Yeah, but beats aren't really audiophile price. (although they're horrible)
? 2012, bluray was just happening and it was going to be used. They didn't cut "DVD", they cut optical media. And there was a similar "hurr-durr" outrage about "apple y u no BluRay" as it is about headphone jack.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...eywh_plugkey_mobile_midi_audio_interface.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod..._irig_produo_in_irig_pro_universal_audio.html
there are more.
"Totally sufficient" =! good. also, if you gig, you can afford to carry the belkin 2x lightning adapter and the bundled lightning>3.5mm. It's not a big investment, 40$. But you talk about having to connect it to mains as a problem, which means you don't plan to charge + perform at the same time anyway, so Lightning>3.5mm should be fine.
I don't know how it is in the US, but in Europe, a "contract" usually means you pay for service+phone on a contract, and in the long run you pay the same or even 10% more for the phone. That's usually not how you save money...
40$ for an adapter is like a pack of bass strings, and if using lightning adapter hinder kid's music making SO MUCH, well, tough ****? I really don't see it as a problem... We had crummy 10$ rhythm machines to practice guitar with. We did have headphone jacks though, so at least that's something?
Holding it while performing can be done with lightning >3.5mm and you can extened the 3.5mm as you did before. And you can't extend lightning for charging while you do that anyway, as you couldn't before (becasue MFI). If you perform while holding it, wireless beats being tied to anything anyway...
(I use a non MFI lightning extension cord and it works fine though)
40$
https://www.amazon.com/Avantree-Latency-Bluetooth-Receiver-Transmitter/dp/B00LAZ6RTW
http://www.csr.com/products/aptx-low-latency
I'm sure simple inline audio interfaces with necessary outputs will be released soon that will cater your specific needs. You're not in a majority. Since 2013, mac pro has lacked the ability to connect PCIe interfaces. Which is significantly more problematic and involves a more complex solution than a 9$ dongle.
Maybe they're wrong, but if they are, they're going to sink for it, if they're not, they'll redefine how we use computers.
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"Cook and Ive at Cupertino" ~ to take control of an entity and slowly destroy it.
Shaka, when the walls fell.
Or maybe what they redefine is the business. Making more money from licensing fees and saving on cheaper components.
What about the customers?... "They'll figure it out".
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Por dinero baila el mono.
I do have to point out, in iOS 10 there is now a "replace text with emoji" feature, so it seems Apple is already ahead of you on the whole replacing the alphabet thing.
6 year old volkswagen. Music-from-iPhone-over-USB stopped working with iOS 8. Still charges fine over USB, but the auxiliary cable is necessary for music. Not really interested in paying for a new car stereo in order to listen to music and use the phone's GPS at the same time.
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24-bit is actually pretty widely available now. HDTracks has a huge library and there are 5-6 other storefronts with lots of other albums and who do their own mastering. Tons of independent artists release in 24-bit via Bandcamp and other direct-sale type sites as well.
1 GB would be for a 24-bit/192khz album, but 24/96 and 24/48 are much smaller. I never really feel the need to have more than 100 albums on my phone at a time between syncs to my computer, anyways.
Speaking of high quality audio and smart phones with removable media, there are phones like the LG V20 that fit the bill, and hopefully will be successful enough to spur more companies to move in that direction.