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In Reply to: RE: He presented clear evidence why Mac laptops are posted by Old Listener on March 17, 2015 at 21:15:54
Yes, pick the fleas, = you are correct. People will still Airplay MP3 to junk.
Did the OP really have to qualify his post with the words "higher performing digital file playback?"
The fact that he/we use the term "transport" would nominally cause it to be a "given" in most of our minds, no?
Is there a cheaper, less complicated, process, (outside SQ), running airplay than using another NAS/USB, Ethernet-link setup? Or, Squeezebox or Sonos?
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
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"Yes, pick the fleas, = you are correct."
I don't understand the fleas part.
"People will still Airplay MP3 to junk."
And some will send lossless compressed or uncompressed audio to their Airplay compatible device.
"Is there a cheaper, less complicated, process, (outside SQ), running airplay than using another NAS/USB, Ethernet-link setup? Or, Squeezebox or Sonos? "
I didn't understand that either. I don't think that setting up an Apple laptop, router and Airplay device has to be complicated. For some people, wireless may be simpler than wired LAN connections.
An intelligent consumer learns enough about his needs and available alternatives and then makes choices that are right for him. For some people, an ultralight laptop might be a good choice. For others, it might be a non-starter.
My dedicated MusicPC is a desktop unit with a local hard drive that stores my music collection. I accomplish multi-room playback from that PC with simple mechanisms. I have a wired LAN and WiFi which I can use to control music playback. I chose not to use a NAS box.
Apple may not have a reasonably priced unit that fits my preferences in the future. That's OK. They will have plenty of other customers and I have plenty of other alternatives.
my blog: http://carsmusicandnature.blogspot.com/
Yes, pick the fleas, = you are correct
"I don't understand the fleas part."
Nitpicking (Yes, Airplay works: but why would anyone do it, when they can wire up a Sonus, or buy a Tivoli internet radio).
""And some will send lossless compressed or uncompressed audio to their Airplay compatible device.""
And it will suck, in the course of the context through which the OP was made. And, hopefully, - the (higher performance consumer) will spend their money on a "cheaper" "better" solution.
"""Apple may not have a reasonably priced unit that fits my preferences in the future. That's OK. They will have plenty of other customers and I have plenty of other alternatives""
That is completely true, and more power to them. But that is outside the "scope" of the OPs comments.
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
I said
"""Apple may not have a reasonably priced unit that fits my preferences in the future. That's OK. They will have plenty of other customers and I have plenty of other alternatives""
and you said
"That is completely true, and more power to them. But that is outside the "scope" of the OPs comments."
The title of the OP was "Finally, the beginning of the end for computers as transports..."
Sounds more general than Apple Air Macs to me.
You said
"Apple has waging a war against audiophiles since day one and the war may be coming to a close."
Hard core audiophiles are mice in bed with an elephant. If the elephant rolls over, he might crush the mice but it wasn't an act of war.
You said
"And it [lossless to an Airplay device] will suck, in the course of the context through which the OP was made."
An opinion stated as though it is unarguable fact.
The Airplay environment is getting broader with more non-Apple devices and more player software. For example, JRiver can send content to Airplay devices. I expect that some Airplay combinations will perform about like the better uPnP/DLNA combinations.
my blog: http://carsmusicandnature.blogspot.com/
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