Hi! Yes thats true. I guess i am one of those audiophiles out there who just wants good quality. But to be honest i can not hear whether bluetooth or airplay has some differences. Nor can i hear differences from apple music and spotify. But as long as the sound fits my need i am happy. Hope this is ok. /A > On 20 Jan 2016, at 23:02, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > To some extent it doesn't matter a whole lot. Even though my main stereo has > nice JBL monitor speakers, most of the time I'm not on the center of the > couch right between them getting the full stereo illusion of space. More > often I'm elsewhere in the room or in another room where they end up sounding > not a whole lot different than the iHome I have upstairs. Like information > snacking, most people don't want the full article and most people don't just > sit there and listen intently to music. More often it's just background > ambiance to the real thing you're doing at the time. For those types of > applications bluetooth and small cheap speakers work just fine. > > CB > > On 1/20/16 2:42 PM, Scott Granados wrote: >> A consumer wouldn’t know the difference between a bluetooth or a >> toothbrush.:) The fact is most consumers know what bluetooth does roughly >> and they know they might use it but they have no idea the differences in the >> protocols. There are exceptions of course but the vast majority walk in to >> best buy and buy the cheapest model or the one they claim to be the best >> model but it’s all based on product placement and advertising, not real >> facts. >> >> There are consumers who will drill down and learn more they just aren’t the >> majority. >> >>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I am wondering two things then. >>> First, what makes this a scam exactly? Is Apple planning to deceive people >>> with this effort? >>> Second, based on the below, who are "most consumers," exactly? if people >>> do not have much choice with the bluetooth quality, then how does that mean >>> better quality might be a waste? A consumer may be feeling powerless to >>> get anything better, which does not mean they might not want something >>> better. >>> Just my thoughts, >>> Kare >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2016, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>> >>>> True, >>>> >>>> but for the majority of consumers, bluetooth is good enough. High end >>>> audio is just wasted on many people. >>>> >>>> JMo. >>>>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 12:58 PM, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> Possibly. >>>>> But bluetooth is not as good quality as airplay if you’re not using the >>>>> atpx protocol which apple doesn’t do. >>>>> /A >>>>>> 19 jan. 2016 kl. 00:45 skrev Christopher-Mark Gilland >>>>>> <clgillan...@gmail.com>: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm wonderring if that may be because there are so many bluetooth model >>>>>> devices out there, that maybe Apple just didn't see the point. >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Holmberg" >>>>>> <and...@pipkrokodil.se> >>>>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 5:12 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: Apple's headphone scam >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> One thing i am concerned about is why there’s not any airplay headphones >>>>>> around yet? >>>>>> /A >>>>>>> On 18 Jan 2016, at 15:37, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I’m afraid I just can’t quite bring myself to be sufficiently moved. I >>>>>>> don’t like planned obsolescence or proprietary standards either, but >>>>>>> I’m also in the market for a new pair of travel headphones, and I >>>>>>> actually would love a digital path between my iPhone and my headset. I >>>>>>> was not among those poor souls hurt by the 30-pin to Lightning >>>>>>> transition, because I was not quite so silly as to buy expensive >>>>>>> equipment with that connector. And, yes, electronic waste is a >>>>>>> terrible, terrible thing, but I doubt Apple will fail to provide a >>>>>>> transition for users of the 3.5-mm plug. 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