www.boxertrix.com

Any other sad gadget freaks out there losing sleep over the release date of the iPhone over here in the UK? I just need to have one.

Can you ring people on it?

BK,

The clue is in the name...

Paul wrote:BK,

The clue is in the name...

Paul...?????

Apple = Evil.

So, no. Eventhough I am a gadget freak.

Paul, does this connect to your home system so you can dial up your home database of 'choons' at any point? Kind of like free downloads...?

Apple = Wonderful

Just cannot get Garmin to work on it yet?

Stuart

Yes....my other half is craving after one.
I think they're great, but I couldn't justify the £500 price tag.
Bailey.

So I take it that 'i' can phone but can anybody phone you?

Black Knight wrote:Can you ring people on it?

Brothers and sisters of Ludd. This is the future. Behold and be amazed, for it is good.

Hear endeth the sermon. Network coverage be with you. A-pple

Don't do it. You need a Nokia 6230, the best phone ever made.

From a luddite with vinyl records

f90x wrote: From a luddite with vinyl records

Amen brother.

They've tried and tried with digital hardware but vinyl still sounds the best by far.

As long as you make the distinction between measurable quality aka absense of distortion and what your ears prefer to hear. Digital is measurably and objectively of higher quality, but analog (ie vinyl or tube amps) though of less absolute quality often has a sound characteristic which closer matches the human ear and what is perceived as pleasing sound.

So you'll be running large valve amplifiers then?

And do you still put the tv on five minutes early to let it 'warm up' before the main programme?

throttlemeister wrote:As long as you make the distinction between measurable quality aka absense of distortion and what your ears prefer to hear. Digital is measurably and objectively of higher quality, but analog (ie vinyl or tube amps) though of less absolute quality often has a sound characteristic which closer matches the human ear and what is perceived as pleasing sound.

Actually there's more information on vinyl. CD and mp3 et al cannot compete with the wider range of frequencies that vinyl has. Of course your hearing needs to be good enough to hear it but the vast majority of people are able to. Apart from the obvious hiss and crackle of ill kept vinyl the sound quality issue does not really count. Most CD's these days are made to perform well in relatively inexpensive stereo's (note that I didn't use the words 'HI FI') as most people might only have a one box system designed as a compromise to be all things to all men. (and women). To get a CD to sound as good and to relay as much information as vinyl your CD player will have to cost considrably more than the equivalent turntable in terms of sound quality.

I like CD's, its a great medium, and I have an Ipod that I use on my commute but the sound quality of either will NEVER match that of vinyl.

Sorry, gone rather off topic there. Probably to be continued somewhere else.