In Reply to: Andy, your message is mystifying. posted by Jim Austin on February 14, 2006 at 04:02:10:
> First of all, who are these mysterious "two audiophiles" you keep referring to?I am not sure there is anything mysterious about them but they are Todd and Mike who are posting in this thread about their experiences.
> And I don't understand the hostile tone of your message.
What hostile tone?
I fail to see that being interested in the unusual thought processes of audiophiles is a hostile tone. Certainly their reasoning is different to mine and somewhat irrational when viewed objectively but I can see no threat and consequently have no hostile intentions.
> Are you an Apple engineer or something?
I am not an Apple engineer so I guess I am a something.
> And yes, it would be easy to fix, but that doesn't mean Apple would
> fix it. Where's the incentive?A significant loss of perceived competence leading to a significant loss of sales. Many people buy iPods because they are the conservative choice (like Microsoft) and not only because they are the fashionable choice.
> And would THIS be so easy to check?
I do not understand.
> If the problem occurs in the D-to-A stage, how could you determine
> that there is no loss?I am not familiar with the innards of ipods but assume they do not have separate D-to-A stages for compressed and uncompressed files. Am I wrong?
> Your hostility is unbecoming.
Hmmm.
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