Nice! I remember meeting Tony Fadell 10+ years ago and asked him if Apple would ever release higher resolution audio and devices. He told me there wasn’t a market for it and people were fine with lossy audio. 👍🏼
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Rumor: Apple to Announce Third-Generation AirPods and HiFi Apple Music Tier in 'Coming Weeks'
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I'd be a potential AirPods 3 buyer, if they had like 8-10 hours battery life and were the same design as 1 and 2, not Pro.
I’ll definitely drop Spotify for this - the only reason I had been clinging on was for hope of a better quality stream and the laziness to rebuild my playlists. But they went and sued Apple in the EU and made it into a nationalistic political issue.
It’s like Airbus vs Boeing. Let’s ground Spotify’s A380 before it takes off hahahaha 🤣 !!
It’s like Airbus vs Boeing. Let’s ground Spotify’s A380 before it takes off hahahaha 🤣 !!
Unless I’m missing something…you do not have an option currently for Apple Music it’s just one level. If I’m mistaken Mind telling me where I’m missing it?
I’ll be surprised if stick with it. A lot of people I know that started with Spotify have a hard time committing to AM. I used Spotify for like 7 years and I went back and forth forever because I like features that both have. Apple has the money they should just take all the best stuff from both and make a better servicei just ditched Spotify (after ~11 years) for Apple Music. seems like good timing. not quite sure i'll be able to tell the difference as i don't have high quality speakers but if it's a free upgrade then i'll take it. only a few days into my 3 month trial
A huge amount of blind tests have been carried over the years. You can find them doing some research. All tests have proven that 99,9% of people cannot tell the difference between an AAC or MP3 file at 256kbps. Even if using very expensive audio systems. People will tell you they hear a difference, but put them into a blind test and they will fail. In any case, through earphones or headphones, I challenge you to find someone who will be able to tell the difference. To really hear the bass sounds as they were created and are intended to be heard, an earphone or headphone has to 'cheat' on frequencies to give you the illusion that you're hearing bass frequencies. Physically, lower waves need space to develop. Test that yourself by walking away from your speakers. As you move away, you hear the bass sounds better. This is normal. People crank up the volume in their cars to hear the bass sounds better, but people outside the cars hear the bass sounds very well, much better than the driver. With a headphone or earphone, there is no space between the earphone and your ear to develop a bass sound, as there is between a speaker and the listener. This is a huge marketing campaign.
Any week after the current one, until the heat death of the universe is a 'coming week'.
Unless of course humans never leave the Sol system. In which case:
Any week after the current one, until Sol goes super nova and the human race ceases to exist, is a 'coming week'.
Someone should launch a streaming service called "I can't believe it's not lossless". Same low (relatively) bit rate. 3x the price.
I am VERY excited about this possibility, as I truly believe Apple's most innovative products over the past few years has been with audio. While it is very disappointing that they discontinued the HomePod, I love that I have it as it is an incredible speaker. And I have not been able to put down my AirPods Max since I got them about a month ago.
This would be great news, and I hope they do it before Spotify launches. It would be nice to see Apple do this first, as they regularly come out with a product or service that exists elsewhere. Granted, it is often better than what exists, but it would be nice to be first at something like back in the late 90's into the early 2000's!
This would be great news, and I hope they do it before Spotify launches. It would be nice to see Apple do this first, as they regularly come out with a product or service that exists elsewhere. Granted, it is often better than what exists, but it would be nice to be first at something like back in the late 90's into the early 2000's!
I used to be a Tidal subscriber. I’ve now been subscribed to Apple Music for probably a year or so now. Don’t notice a difference, even with my desktop setup where I have the Schiit Modi DAC and Magni headphone amp, along with Audeze LCD 2C headphones. What I do notice, however, is that I no longer need another Electron app on my computer and a ****** iOS app on my iPhone and iPad.
It could very well be apparent for those of us that drive electric cars with awesome sound systems in them!
I guess Apple has done stuff like this before, like when they added 4K movies at no extra cost to iTunes and upgraded users HD movies to 4K. They shake up industries every once in a while.
Do you have the AirPods Pro or the AirPods Max? There is no such thing as AirPods Pro Max.
That's wild. Didn't know HDD had even been around that long.The last time we reported on a rumor from HitsDailyDouble was way back in 2001. They predicted a device called the iPod.
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Yeah HiFi being the same price is odd. Wouldn't everyone just enable it by default? Then again I suppose some folks using Cellular without an unlimited plan would turn it off.