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  • Jony Ive designs $60,000 turntable for Scottish hi-fi pioneers

    paraeekerparaeeker
    The fact is — and I speak from a background in psychoacoustics — modern digital audio components far exceed, objectively, the performance of old analog tech $:$. Objectively we can measure signal to noise ratio, total distortion including linear, harmonic, inter modulation distortion, etc. Preferences for higher fidelity have been repeatedly confirmed by double blind subjective listening tests of both lay and professional listeners. Analog has nostalgic value. That’s what Linn is selling and Ive is collaborating on. 

    Technology and science march on, the same way that a $100 modem sneaker is far more biomechanically efficient for sports than the best traditional leather footwear will ever be. Ditto for analog sound reproduction. 


    baconstang

  • Second Apple Watch Ultra due this fall on Apple's product roadmap

    paraeekerparaeeker
    Xed said:
    I started with a wrist watch as a kid, and then stopped wearing watches altogether when I got my first cell phone... because it also told the time. 
    Some early wristwatch adopters probably did go back to the pocket watch, though most didn’t. 

    To each his own. 

    But if you’re going to wear a wristwatch it isn’t at all unreasonable to expect a minimum off-wrist time. Inductive charging beds anyone? ;)

    Mine’s an Ultra, just for the battery life (and so I can get a 4 hr bike ride without the watch dying). 
    watto_cobra

  • 'Apple Vision' could cut hundreds off price before late 2025 release

    paraeekerparaeeker
    In the end it will come down to addressable market vs cost. The market size will start off small as this is a niche product (medicine, engineering, games, deep(er) pocket enthusiasts, ….). 

    If Apple can expand the addressable market through apps (and:or lower the sticker price), the market size will increase. 

    This is why more iPhones are sold compared to, say, HomePods. Addressable market. 

    For me, $3500 would be well worth it if I could use it to experience a virtual 3x4k *seamless* display for my MBP (or whatever). Then the idea of ancillary benefits would be a carrot on top. But that’s me. You’re likely different. Are you in the initial addressable market (with the budget) or not? 

    No wrong answers here :)
    muthuk_vanalingamjas99FileMakerFellercgWerks

  • Apple tells developers to 'Code new worlds' in WWDC email

    paraeekerparaeeker
    Let's first see what Apple does before we prognosticate, shall we.
    watto_cobra

  • One component under the iPhone 15 Dynamic Island is getting a redesign

    paraeekerparaeeker
    Are you sure they aren’t also moving some capacitors around. 

    We really need a fulsome report, now. 
    watto_cobra