RE: Facetime On Your IOS Device
That is the headset that I currently own and use. The sound is excellent both incoming and out-going. It also works well with Siri but does not announce incoming caller ID if that matters. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, October 4, 2014 6:55 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Facetime On Your IOS Device I went looking with Google last night for a cheap HD Headset, the one that seems to crop up the most is the Plantronics Voyager Pro HD so I'll look for further information. On 5 Oct 2014, at 9:47 am, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! Yes i know. Will search the archives for that. /A 3 okt 2014 kl. 23:13 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: That's because the Bluetooth device you're using doesn't have the band width required, the device you're using is more likely than not a bluetooth 2.0 device and you'll need at least Bluetooth 3, I've talked about this problem many times before. On 4 Oct 2014, at 12:43 am, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! Sadly when i use bluetooth on my phone with skype things sounds not that good. It sounds like telephone with a lot of crackles. But maybe this is due to the fact that i use the logitech h800 which is not a 4.0 device. /A 2 okt 2014 kl. 06:38 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Hi! I haven't played with FaceTime for quite some time so I wasn't aware of the some of the settings available. One of great interest is the output audio selection either automatic, speaker or Headset. I've just been chatting to someone on FaceTime using my Yamaha MXP100 Heads Free music system, as its a Bluetooth 4 device the quality of audio between us was very good indeed! as was the noise cancellation effect, I was sitting in my kitchen with my fridge doing its job and the person I was chatting to had alarms going ooff, phones ringing and God knwos what else happening, I did hear the odd click as the noise cancellation system did its thing but apart from that the call was dead silent apart from the conversation being conducted, pure magic. I've not played with Skype for IOS but do intend to in the coming days as I'm interested to see whether Skype will handle such devices as the Yamaha MPX100 as well as FaceTime obviously does,. And finally, both of us in our chat were using hands free devices, me the aforementioned Yamaha device and the other party used their iPHone in Hands free mode, we both commented just how clear the whole thing was and how we wouldn't have known that we were both using hands free systems. Dane Trethowan's iPhone at +61400494862 has had the privlidge of delivering the above eMail to you. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Headset Was FaceTime On Your Audio Device
Excellent! I was thinking of getting one of these, the specs are very good so can you tell us a little about it before I place an order, is it in the ear or over the head, is it stereo etc. On 6 Oct 2014, at 4:50 am, Rick Alfaro rick.alf...@gmail.com wrote: That is the headset that I currently own and use. The sound is excellent both incoming and out-going. It also works well with Siri but does not announce incoming caller ID if that matters. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
RE: Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Headset Was FaceTime On Your Audio Device
It's a mono headset and is quite large compared to many others. The electronics of the headset are in the part that curves around the top of your ear. The speaker does not go in the ear but rather sits over your ear canal with a boom mic that swivels up and down. There are 3 buttons placed on the part that curves over the top of your ear, power, and volume up and down. The buttons serve double functions. The power button when pushed while the headset is on will give you battery status. The volume up and down, when pressed down both at the same time will pause and play audio. On the part that sits over your ear there's another button that is used for phone call related functions like answer/end call and redial. If pressed and held, will start your voice control which would be Siri in my case. It charges via micro usb. There is a separate belt case available for it on Amazon which I use all the time. The headset fits very nicely and very convenient having on hand right on your belt. I believe the belt case is around $15 or so, maybe a little less. Like I said, the incoming audio is excellent for what it is. I've made voice mail recordings with it to listen back myself and the out going audio sounds very very good, full bodied and clean. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2014 2:27 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Headset Was FaceTime On Your Audio Device Excellent! I was thinking of getting one of these, the specs are very good so can you tell us a little about it before I place an order, is it in the ear or over the head, is it stereo etc. On 6 Oct 2014, at 4:50 am, Rick Alfaro rick.alf...@gmail.com wrote: That is the headset that I currently own and use. The sound is excellent both incoming and out-going. It also works well with Siri but does not announce incoming caller ID if that matters. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Time To Purchase FLAC?
I think they do Bluray disks, but I think you can buy downloads too. I think they run one called itracks also, or maybe that's another one. I downloaded some of those free and legal shows from the Etree thing, and flac definitely has something to it that mp3's don't. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 12:19 AM Subject: Re: Time To Purchase FLAC? No reason why you can't have HD music in different formats. On 4 Oct 2014, at 1:51 pm, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ha, I thought HD tracks sold stuff in PCM. Blu-Ray PCM might I add. At epic awesome 96 KHZ 24 bit. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 9:03 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Time To Purchase FLAC? Going through my stack of eMail, someone wanted to know how and where to purchase Music in FLAC audio format? I suggest they start here. https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC?
Well, the minimum compression you can do with mp3 is probably 320 kbps, which is still about 4 to 1, unless some encoders can do a higher bit rate than that. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 2:21 PM Subject: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC? FLAC is used because its far smaller than Wave and lossless though FLAC is bigger than MP3 etc. The upshot of all this is that you get the full sound you'd get with FLAC as you would with Wave but in a smaller file size. The joke is that MP3 files - some I've seen - have been done using minimum compression and so on and you have to ask the question, why didn't these people create FLAC files instead? The resulting FLAC files wouldn't have been much bigger but would have been of better quality. On 4 Oct 2014, at 10:45 pm, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: No sir. I was just saying I didn't realize they did other formats too. Since all I keep hearing about is the WAV files. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 1:19 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Time To Purchase FLAC? No reason why you can't have HD music in different formats. On 4 Oct 2014, at 1:51 pm, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ha, I thought HD tracks sold stuff in PCM. Blu-Ray PCM might I add. At epic awesome 96 KHZ 24 bit. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 9:03 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Time To Purchase FLAC? Going through my stack of eMail, someone wanted to know how and where to purchase Music in FLAC audio format? I suggest they start here. https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC?
sorry, the minimum compression rate of MP3 I've seen is 32K, maximum I think you meant to say is 320K. With FLAC you can control the compression rate but that doesn't make any difference in audio quality, it just takes longer to compress the file the smaller it is and - even then - you don't make much of a difference in the actual file size, probably 1 or 2 meg per track say so - given all that - its not worth bothering about. On 6 Oct 2014, at 6:24 am, Brent Harding br...@hostany.net wrote: Well, the minimum compression you can do with mp3 is probably 320 kbps, which is still about 4 to 1, unless some encoders can do a higher bit rate than that. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Time To Purchase FLAC?
So long as the format is a Lossless one then I can't see any reason why the HD format wouldn't be supported though perhaps some Lossless formats may have limitations where sampling or byt depth is concerned. When you talk about Blue-Ray you're talking about video formats here, not sure what the current formats being used are. On 6 Oct 2014, at 6:23 am, Brent Harding br...@hostany.net wrote: I think they do Bluray disks, but I think you can buy downloads too. I think they run one called itracks also, or maybe that's another one. I downloaded some of those free and legal shows from the Etree thing, and flac definitely has something to it that mp3's don't. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC?
I can't get files to download from hdtracks? I have installed java but with ie and firefox when I click on the download link for the sampla album I get page not found or such thing. I am missing a program to download these files but I don't know what that is. I tried to download their manager with the same results. I will not buy their products if I can't download them? - Original Message - From: Brent Harding br...@hostany.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 3:24 PM Subject: Re: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC? Well, the minimum compression you can do with mp3 is probably 320 kbps, which is still about 4 to 1, unless some encoders can do a higher bit rate than that. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 2:21 PM Subject: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC? FLAC is used because its far smaller than Wave and lossless though FLAC is bigger than MP3 etc. The upshot of all this is that you get the full sound you'd get with FLAC as you would with Wave but in a smaller file size. The joke is that MP3 files - some I've seen - have been done using minimum compression and so on and you have to ask the question, why didn't these people create FLAC files instead? The resulting FLAC files wouldn't have been much bigger but would have been of better quality. On 4 Oct 2014, at 10:45 pm, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: No sir. I was just saying I didn't realize they did other formats too. Since all I keep hearing about is the WAV files. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 1:19 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Time To Purchase FLAC? No reason why you can't have HD music in different formats. On 4 Oct 2014, at 1:51 pm, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ha, I thought HD tracks sold stuff in PCM. Blu-Ray PCM might I add. At epic awesome 96 KHZ 24 bit. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 9:03 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Time To Purchase FLAC? Going through my stack of eMail, someone wanted to know how and where to purchase Music in FLAC audio format? I suggest they start here. https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Headset Was FaceTime On Your Audio Device
The newer one of that type is the Legend which I have. The hd would not stay connected and sometimes lost the first syllable or so of voiceover. Rick Alfaro rick.alf...@gmail.com wrote: It's a mono headset and is quite large compared to many others. The electronics of the headset are in the part that curves around the top of your ear. The speaker does not go in the ear but rather sits over your ear canal with a boom mic that swivels up and down. There are 3 buttons placed on the part that curves over the top of your ear, power, and volume up and down. The buttons serve double functions. The power button when pushed while the headset is on will give you battery status. The volume up and down, when pressed down both at the same time will pause and play audio. On the part that sits over your ear there's another button that is used for phone call related functions like answer/end call and redial. If pressed and held, will start your voice control which would be Siri in my case. It charges via micro usb. There is a separate belt case available for it on Amazon which I use all the time. The headset fits very nicely and very convenient having on hand right on your belt. I believe the belt case is around $15 or so, maybe a little less. Like I said, the incoming audio is excellent for what it is. I've made voice mail recordings with it to listen back myself and the out going audio sounds very very good, full bodied and clean. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2014 2:27 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Headset Was FaceTime On Your Audio Device Excellent! I was thinking of getting one of these, the specs are very good so can you tell us a little about it before I place an order, is it in the ear or over the head, is it stereo etc. On 6 Oct 2014, at 4:50 am, Rick Alfaro rick.alf...@gmail.com wrote: That is the headset that I currently own and use. The sound is excellent both incoming and out-going. It also works well with Siri but does not announce incoming caller ID if that matters. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
RE: Time To Purchase FLAC?
Actually it is true. Itracks does cell Blu-ray disks with 96 KHZ 24 bit WAV files. Not sure about HD tracks, but just to boint out that yes there are Blu-Ray audio disks as it wree. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 3:38 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Time To Purchase FLAC? So long as the format is a Lossless one then I can't see any reason why the HD format wouldn't be supported though perhaps some Lossless formats may have limitations where sampling or byt depth is concerned. When you talk about Blue-Ray you're talking about video formats here, not sure what the current formats being used are. On 6 Oct 2014, at 6:23 am, Brent Harding br...@hostany.net wrote: I think they do Bluray disks, but I think you can buy downloads too. I think they run one called itracks also, or maybe that's another one. I downloaded some of those free and legal shows from the Etree thing, and flac definitely has something to it that mp3's don't. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Headset Was FaceTime On Your Audio Device
What iPhone and IOS version were you using? On 6 Oct 2014, at 7:47 am, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: The newer one of that type is the Legend which I have. The hd would not stay connected and sometimes lost the first syllable or so of voiceover. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Headset Was FaceTime On Your Audio Device
Yes, I've heard various reports of this happening though I'm quite sure why it does happen, thankfully I've never had it happen here which in itself is odd as I've used all iPhone models from the 3Gs and up and I've used literally dozens and dozens of different Bluetooth devices. On 6 Oct 2014, at 7:47 am, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: The newer one of that type is the Legend which I have. The hd would not stay connected and sometimes lost the first syllable or so of voiceover. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Headset Was FaceTime On Your Audio Device
Iphone 4 and 5 under various versions of IOS. Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: What iPhone and IOS version were you using? On 6 Oct 2014, at 7:47 am, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: The newer one of that type is the Legend which I have. The hd would not stay connected and sometimes lost the first syllable or so of voiceover. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
RE: Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Headset Was FaceTime On Your Audio Device
That's actually a very good point. I haven't used my Voyager Pro HD since I upgraded to IOS 8.x. Having said that, I am noticing John's issue on other BT devices using BT 2.1 or less on IOS 8.x. I would try to find a headset that supports BT 3.0 or even better 4.0 if any exist. The BT devices I have using BT 4.0 (mostly speakers) connect so much faster and sound better than the older ones using 2.1 or 2.0. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2014 5:42 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Headset Was FaceTime On Your Audio Device What iPhone and IOS version were you using? On 6 Oct 2014, at 7:47 am, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: The newer one of that type is the Legend which I have. The hd would not stay connected and sometimes lost the first syllable or so of voiceover. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
recording the bbc five live commentary of yesterday's suzuka grand prix
Hi folks Unfortunately my witopia has expired so I have no personal vpn anymore to listen to the bbc. Yesterdays grand prix in suzuka seems to have been very dramatic and I would be interested to hear it again. Has someone perhaps recorded it or would some kind soul in the UK perhaps be prepared to record it for me from the listen again site on five live? Regards Andre
