Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

Kol · 16 Oct 2016 at 11:42

I went to a chilli festival a few years back. The amateur that I am I tried the hottest thing first. Ruined it.

SexyGreyFox · 16 Oct 2016 at 11:44

terley said:
What if you want to listen to music though?

Well believe it or not you get headphones that plug straight into it and an adapter for your own headphones.
Don't believe the hype.

Oh and course Bluetooth.

That was posted by an Android Fanboy

Mobius 1 · 16 Oct 2016 at 12:07

Haters gonna try and hate. I guess. As I said I'm pro android and pro apple. The headphone port situation is a non issue for me. I rarely sit on a bus or go for a walk to listen to music. It goes through my Bluetooth on my head unit in my car.

easyrider · 16 Oct 2016 at 12:14

The apple headphones are Cack

Fact

The internal DAC on the iphone is Cack

Fact

The only way is some decent phones and and an external DAC

I have an iphone 6

SexyGreyFox · 16 Oct 2016 at 12:45

easyrider said:
The apple headphones are Cack

Fact

The internal DAC on the iphone is Cack

Fact

The only way is some decent phones and and an external DAC

I have an iphone 6

However they are mainly worn by females who don't care about quality so not an issue (and that goes for the majority of Android also).
Even when they have a decent DAC a £10 pair of headphones are used.

Mobius 1 · 16 Oct 2016 at 12:56

Want decent audio ? Buy a cowon or whatever I guess

Tunney · 16 Oct 2016 at 13:08

easyrider said:
The only way is some decent phones and and an external DAC

I'm sure it won't be long until we see some Lightning-based external DACs for the iPhone.

neil_g · 16 Oct 2016 at 14:02

Tunney said:
I'm sure it won't be long until we see some Lightning-based external DACs for the iPhone.

lightning has been around for some time now and they haven't really appeared.

at least the old 30 pin there was a plethora of 30 pin to 3.5mm or USB connectors could be used with an external DAC or AMP (the old iPhone onboard wasn't that bad to start, just needed more power).

if i remember rightly the problem is with the chip in the lightning connector which allows multiple pins to be used for multiple things (so you can plug it in either way around etc). there are apple certified DAC that can be used with offical lightning usb cables but they're not cheap as you'd expect.

SexyGreyFox · 16 Oct 2016 at 14:07

Tauren said:
Want decent audio ? Buy a cowon or whatever I guess

This is what I eventually opted for, I tried to find a phone that could give me excellent audio but those that were well reviewed had a hefty price tag and of course the battery would be drained quicker.
I went for the Cowon Plenue D with up to 100 hours playback time.

Mobius 1 · 16 Oct 2016 at 14:11

Indeed. I don't think iPhone has ever been the sole focus and product for an audiophile. They need a proper player.

as I said, people will always bitch about a non issue such as missing headphone jack.

dacads · 16 Oct 2016 at 14:36

Where was that chilli festival?

Tunney · 16 Oct 2016 at 16:11

neil_g said:
lightning has been around for some time now and they haven't really appeared.

But there hasn't been a need in the past.

if i remember rightly the problem is with the chip in the lightning connector which allows multiple pins to be used for multiple things (so you can plug it in either way around etc). there are apple certified DAC that can be used with offical lightning usb cables but they're not cheap as you'd expect.

Apple's official Lightning -> 3.5mm adaptor contains a DAC and costs £9. I'm sure others can do it better/cheaper.

dymetrie · 16 Oct 2016 at 16:38

Bought some Halloween beer:

And a miniature sun on a stick...

dacads · 16 Oct 2016 at 17:24

That's a .. bright beer

Brizzles · 16 Oct 2016 at 17:38

Half price 'Lego' from China.

Many hours later........

Also a genuine Ostrich feather keyboard duster from South Africa ( gift from friend )

SexyGreyFox · 16 Oct 2016 at 17:44

Tunney said:
Apple's official Lightning -> 3.5mm adaptor contains a DAC and costs £9. I'm sure others can do it better/cheaper.

I've just been doing a lot of reading on this and it looks like the DAC is very basic and not in the same league as other DACs but what do you expect for £9.

Punt · 16 Oct 2016 at 17:45

dymetrie said:
Bought some Halloween beer:

I picked one of those up in Aldi this afternoon. Not tried it yet.

DJDaz · 16 Oct 2016 at 17:54

Brizzles said:
Half price 'Lego' from China.

[Images]

How does it compare to real Lego sets you've done?

Brizzles · 16 Oct 2016 at 18:00

DJDaz said:
How does it compare to real Lego sets you've done?

1st kit i've done in years tbh

Full colour, clear instruction booklet.
All pieces good quality, no rough edges or mis-shapes.
No missing pieces

Couldn't find a fault with it.

G-MAN2004 · 16 Oct 2016 at 18:00

£680! Talk about being rogered from behind, hard and dry. And now the earphones are wireless so you can't even strangle yourself for blowing so much. Spend half that on the superior S7 Edge and blow the rest on blackjack and hookers. Job done.