noivad

An audio chain is only as good as it’s weakest link. A Majority of people won’t have the equipment, nor be willing to pay over $100 for the minimum “buy-in” to that level. & of those that do, the difference could be lost on many if not most of them without ear training or without properly mastered audio. Still, for the few that DO have the equipment, content & ears, this is good news. I just wish they dumped lossly for lossless, 24-bit is great if you have audio that takes advantage of the >96dB S:N (16-bit’s limit) ,which isn’t much in pop music, but it could make the loudness wars moot. A 96kHz sample rate is just a bonus with few noticeable advantages, the biggest being an inexpensive way to get high-end analog source quality without the high-end analog price (easily in the 4 figures). Personally, I wish they’d just increase the fidelity of the wireless systems so more people would realize the convenience of wireless systems.

Cuban knows why—it would be against Apple’s interest to alienate a whole platform & is just trying to stir up controversy where there is none. So, even if his position was valid, it would be overlooked, like Apple letting Playboy on, but not other apps with naked women in them. But as others have said, where SoNet’s are concerned, user generated content platforms aren’t subject to censorship & in effect Apple wouldn’t be censoring Twitter, but censoring the people that use it. Plus it has ways to block all that anyway. You’d think someone who presented himself as tech savvy would understand all of this. So, either he’s out of touch with the current state of the web and doesn’t fully grasp what SoNets are or has an interest is trashing Apple & Twitter. Either way, he’s not to be trusted.