Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

[vansmack]

Oh yeah...your in SF and need a Fire going in mid September

Yes, it was quite foggy and cozy last night.

[vansmack]

If you didn't just see Kacey Musgraves, drink some fancy beer (Pliny the Something) and then listen to Loretta Lynn's new album over a glass of red and the High Life, well then, you should try harder.

[vansmack]

I'm not sure which was my favorite order of the night.

1) My adamant refusal to drink a Pliny at Toranado

Or

2) Hoya's adamant refusal to drink a High Life at my place and having a glass of red wine instead.

Probably the latter.

[Justin Tonation]

Here's something nobody seems to be getting right about the lightning to 3.5mm adapter. According to the Apple store clerk who rang me up, lightning has always output analog audio. I bought one of the $9 thingies because I was very curious. A lot of people have speculated that it somehow contained a DAC since they assumed that lightning only output digital and it needed to be converted to analog for standard phones. Just look at this thing:



On my screen, that's its actual size. There's no freaking way it could contain a DAC. Besides, it would also need an amp, which would be even bigger. I used the thingie to connect my old world phones to my iPhone 6. Straight up analog audio.

[vansmack]

Here's something nobody seems to be getting right about the lightning to 3.5mm adapter. According to the Apple store clerk who rang me up, lightning has always output analog audio. I bought one of the $9 thingies because I was very curious. A lot of people have speculated that it somehow contained a DAC since they assumed that lightning only output digital and it needed to be converted to analog for standard phones. Just look at this thing:

On my screen, that's its actual size. There's no freaking way it could contain a DAC. Besides, it would also need an amp, which would be even bigger. I used the thingie to connect my old world phones to my iPhone 6. Straight up analog audio.

Sorry, I missed this.  No, it does not, but it can power a DAC for Digital Audio.

Smackie was on the Micro USB powered DAC train up until April when my newest phone (LG G5) switched to USB-C and I haven't yet received my pair of USB-C powered headphones.

If you go iPhone 7, you don't want to use the dongle.  You want go this route: 

http://www.zorloo.com/aero   

[vansmack]

But what I really came here for:

Apple is in talks with McLaren for a potential Acquisition

McLaren!?

[shemptiness]

Rangers' Double Play Breaks Mike Scioscia's Spirit

[vansmack]

Rangers' Double Play Breaks Mike Scioscia's Spirit

I made that face months ago....

[sweetcell]

I'm not sure if anybody is still using laptops or desktops to listen to music, but if you are Zoorloo just released an affordable USB Audio Class 2 compatible DAC that supports up to 192kHz and 24-bit high resolution audio. If you've got a decent set of headphones, this things a must:

24-bit/192 kHz ]Review

ZuperDAC

I've been recommending their MicroUSB Z:ero in-ear buds to any Android user who will listen.  This will open it up to everyone.

192/24 music files are at best a waste, and at worse of lower fidelity than 44.1/16.

24/192 Music Downloads ...and why they make no sense
 
maybe i'm an audio nerd, but i found this to be a fascinating read.

[vansmack]

I don't yet have time to read it all yet, but I did find it funny that they have updated it 4 times but haven't yet removed the issue of "space" as that is no longer an issue for devices in the modern world.

[sweetcell]

haven't yet removed the issue of "space" as that is no longer an issue for devices in the modern world.

i agree that storage is cheap, but not free.  my music file collection is huge, i wouldn't want it to take up 6X the space it currently does.  i'm sure i'm not the only one who does not have such free storage capacity.  not everyone is sitting on a NAS.

adding a few teras would cost me $60+ plus a few hours of my time for an internal drive, or deal with an external multi-terabyte drive ($50 for low performance, $100+ for something decent)... but why would i want to either of those things when there is no benefit? (if not a disadvantage)...

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

I found this article to be a fantastic read. As my default "sports fan who is also a lawyer," I think you will enjoy it as well.

[vansmack]

I found this article to be a fantastic read. As my default "sports fan who is also a lawyer," I think you will enjoy it as well.

Sorry - I missed this.  I can't beleive they wrote that entire article without mentioning Master P, the "archtiect" of that deal.  I've had the pleasure of talking to Leigh Steinberg about this deal and he said something along the lines of it being the worst deal ever made.  Even worse than the Ditka trade that broughr Ricky to New Orleans.  (this conversation was before the Redskins-Rams trade, which I think was worse). 

Also, how underated was Tiki Barber? 

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Also, how underated was Tiki Barber? 

He will never get his due because everyone who has ever met him -- or even heard him speak on TV -- hates his guts. He's seems thoroughly unlikable.

[vansmack]

I just figured it out. Sturgill is the White Director.

Who of your contemporaries inspires you?
Fearless hip-hoppers like Kendrick Lamar, Run the Jewels and Chance. I thought D'Angelo's record was criminally underrated. I'd like to spend a month at Frank Ocean's house.

http://www.rollingstone.com/country/features/the-fighting-side-of-sturgill-simpson-w443513