Scott Dolan

I get that, I really do. But earbuds simply are not meant to be wireless the way they so easily fall out of your ears. Unless you're one of the rare birds that only uses buds while sitting motionless in a chair, buds will be lost, broken, etc. without some form of clip or tether. Another problem being that higher end buds may not switch to Bluetooth any time soon.

They are 3.5mm jacks that you can connect seperate components with, and they'll send a trigger signal. For example: my preamp is wired to my amp, which is wired to my DAC. So, the only thing I have to do is hit the power button on the preamp remote. Preamp comes on, triggers the amp to come on, which triggers the DAC to come on. Same thing to turn them all off. Hit "standby" on the preamp remote, preamp shuts down, then the amp shuts down, then the DAC shuts down. Pretty sweet!

I wonder. Google didn't do it with their Pixel, and made it a big part of their marketing campaign. I personally think it's going to be a huge bust. Just let enough folks lose those $175 Bluetooth buds Apple is coming out with. Unless they make them all with over the ear clips, that technology will die a quick and painful death. I'm hoping it has completely blown up in their faces before I need a new phone. If it hasn't, I may end up carrying a Pixel in my pocket.

It's truly amazing what they"re building into receivers these days! They're damn near their own computer systems now. Glad to see they're putting triggers on them now. Those are the greatest inventions EVER in the audio world!

Yeah, I know. Is it relatively low profile? I can just imagine it being bent or broken in my smaller jean pockets.

Excellent! I likely would have gone the same route. It's hard to put that kind of money in a two year old phone. I mean, how many yards left until obsolescence? Three years? Maybe? Although, I still don't like the lack of a headphone jack on the 7 series.

Sitting here on this fine, chilly Sunday morning listening to Welcome To Love from Pharoah Sanders (William Henderson quietly stealing the show). Hearing Pharoah playing an album of ballads is...well, a somewhat odd experience. So this got me to wondering how many "out of character dates" exist in the Jazz world. Jim hipped me to the excellent Space from MJQ not too long ago, and that definitely stands out as being out of character for them. What others can you think of?

She was a beautiful and talented lady.

They are definitely there for me on Safari. I checked on my iMac, iPad, and iPhone. So the problem must be on your end, but I have no idea what it would be. Odd.

You mean the icons towards the bottom of,the page? They're still there.

Haven't seen it yet, hopefully tonight. Last week's reveal was excellent! Pretty much threw the entire series, and the theories surrounding it, into a blender.

Still digging the hell out of Westworld.

Yeah, I back mine up to my iMac everyday. Luckily, I've never had one brick on me, but I still think it's excellent practice to back up...well, pretty much everything on a regular basis.

Well, all of that is very thoughtful and fair. But, let's also not act as though Mr. Lowe is some kind of sweet, innocent angel. Let's keep in mind my first statement that set him off was that what he was experiencing was expectation bias. No name calling, no sneering, no belittling. Just a human fallacy that we all suffer at times in all kinds of endeavors.

Wrong once again. There were parts of the conversation that dealt with that. Those weren't what I was responding to. I was responding to Allen's declarative statements about things such as "my caveat, however, (and it is significant) is that analog has a depth of field which digital is incapable of replicating". Or, "I do agree that, at 24 bits, digital has finally found a way to match analog in basic sonic warmth and appeal." Both statements are complete bullshit, and have NOTHING to do with "personal production process". They are snake oil pitches that any audio enthusiast can tell you is bullshit. And once more, this was about the final product. Not the process of making the finall product.

And BTW, this: [[["Argument"? The only "argument" there was to be had was whose business it is how people make their records...]]] is 100% percent incorrect. I'd encourage you to go back and actually read Jim and Allen's posts instead of only mine. The argument is ONLY and SPECIFICALLY about 16 vs 24bit audio playback.

I love the fact that you foolishly believe that only people who are recording artists have any knowledge of how audio works. Because there is obviously no way for anyone but a recording artist to know how audio works, right? One day we'll hopefully live in an age of information where even the little people will have access to these hidden secrets! I can only dream of a day when 24bit HDTracks are available to the common man with excellent playback equipment to do his own A->B testing against a 16bit version. And honestly, cut it with the soldier/civilian bullshit. This is about audio, not music theory. Simple A->B tests, null tests, etc. can be done by anyone with the equipment (which is ubiquitous these days). Results of those tests from others are all over these glorious intertubes for all creation to see if they choose to educate themselves, rather than wax pseudo-philosophical about soldiers and civilians and creativity and hey just let 'em spew whatever nonsense they believe in as fact, man. One does not need to be a recording artist or engineer to understand the basic principles of audio. But, it's always a pleasure to be told that by someone who doesn't even understand them. Oh, and just for clarification, as you seemed to have skipped several posts here, this discussion is INDEED about what becomes the end user product. That had been made perfectly clear several times.

Which is fine until those incorrect perceptions are submitted as facts.

That wasn't a scientific observation. It was simply a statement of fact. You're going to some extraordinary lengths to keep your narrative afloat. Mst notably shoehorning the buzzword "scientific" in even when it has no relevance. Don't you think that's a pretty good indication that this argument is settled?

If only I was bored enough to engage you this evening. Tomorrow, I promise. That said, creativity has absolutely nothing to do with the conversation at hand.

The End

I guess that's something I've had a problem conveying here. I never wanted it to be Lowe for the loss. I've heard some of his music and found it to be really outstanding. Years ago he put together a project and I told him how much it reminded me of Dolphy's Music Matador, possibly one of my favorite Jazz tunes of all time. I'm not sure that he liked me saying that, as musicians, in my experience, don't really like being compared to other musicians. But, what he may, or may not, have understood was how much that particular piece grabbed me. So, yes! Long live the music and musical genius of Allen Lowe! But honestly, that is NOT what any of this is about. And I would guarantee that Jim and Kevin both agree with that. Hey, not that either you or I like to stir the shit, but this conversation has veered off the road and into a tree. So to be perfectly clear, this has nothing to do with the excellent music that Allen has produced. Fair enough?

Quitter!

Hahaha... Hey, you can see fucking polka dot unicorns swimming around in your swimming pool for all I care. Just don't come here and tell everyone else that it's real and not expect a bit of pushback. Any other ways you'd like to shift the blame to us for his going away pity party?

And nothing Jim, Kevin, or myself said stands in opposition to any of that. It was a simple correction of inaccurate statements, not some kind of mental/emotional kicking in of doors. Just for the record, why not go back and see how all of this transpired. I simply noted that he was suffering from expectation bias. Nothing more, nothing less. That's when he lost it. Fuck him, and shame on you for defending him. He wants to claim infallibility. Well, some of us have had enough of his mental lording over the serfs.