| Am I wasting my time here? ;o) [message #92712] |
Wed, 14 November 2007 18:52  |
Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005
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I just sent this email to the lovely people at Kleer, who apparently make
IPod accessories...
....and I'm wondering why I bothered. Sometimes though, I just have to think
that the reason people get away with things is that nobody pulls them up...
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Today I received this survey in Facebook:
"Would you pay $150 for CD quality, wireless earbuds for your iPod
(see Kleer)? Sponsored Poll"
I assume this is by you guys?
I wished to point out that CD quality, by definition, means frequency
response of 20Hz to 20KHz with a 96db signal to noise ratio, among
other things.
Last I checked anybody with decent ears, and indeed, a high percentage
of people without decent ears, are able to sit in front of a good
quality stereo and pick the sound quality difference between an FM
radio station and a CD player without too much trouble, even if the FM
radio is exceptionally good and expensive. I have listened to FM
radios valued in excess of $1000, and other older units which are
cheaper but are generally accepted by audiophiles to be of exceptional
quality. While many sound very good, none have compared to a real CD,
which in themselves are far from perfect of course.
My point being that when one considers that $10,000 of transmission
equipment and a $1000+ radio receiver are unable to achieve CD quality
then, if nothing else, the answer to the survey seems obvious. Indeed,
if you are able to produce wireless earbuds for $150 which actually
meet the spec of "CD Quality" I will personally buy every single one
that you produce for $300 each.
They will, of course, have to actually be CD quality.
They are CD quality I take it? You're not lying to us, are you?
Cheers,
Kim.
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