Archimago wrote: > This lack of easy FLAC support in Mac (ie. native FLAC in iTunes) is > truly ridiculous and epitomizes that "closed" Apple mentality. Although > my MacBook Pro did the job for me as a work machine for years, I'm > actually very glad these days to have switched back to a Windows 8 > ultrabook for my work. > > Speaking of the image of Squeezebox devices in the press, although I > liked the general review of the Transporter in Stereophile back in 2007, > what always irked me was that 1st sentence: "Is a high-end music server > the audio equivalent of polishing a turd?" Why would you ever start a > review with a comment like that? Even if not meant to be derogatory, > would they ever put this sentence in there at the beginning of a > Meridian, Linn, or dCs review?
I believe it's called damning with faint praise. As I stated neither the Transporter, as a stand alone player or digital transport, or the Touch, as a digital transport, has EVER been used as a basis for comparison when reviewing either a high end disc based player, disc based transport or DAC - NEVER. If these wonderful devices are mentioned at all they are only mentioned as great for providing background music. Wait, wait here it comes: That's why I call them CLOWNS!! Another example of the closed Apple world: Quicktime does not support MKV files, the most universally used file format for high definition video files. But this omission pales in comparison to the lack of flac support in iTunes. The best story I've heard of the closed Apple mentality is that back when the iPod was being developed the great GOD Steve Jobs did not want the iPod to support mp3 files, somehow he was overruled (perhaps he was drugged?) and because of its support for mp3 files the iPod went on to become the market leader in portable digital music players. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
