Also, thinking 40GB fits 10 FLAC albums is stupid.
Sorry, you’re right; it’s more like around 20 of mine.
I can’t imagine putting this much effort into complaining about someone using their media player of choice.
I’m not complaining about their media player of choice; I’m remarking that the way they chose to discuss it in this article – especially one so focused on streaming – is stupid as fuck. Like 50% of this article is spent bitching about non-issues with phones. I don’t even mean “non-issues” in the sense that they don’t annoy me personally; I mean “non-issues” in the sense that this devolves into a comparison not of iPod versus smartphone but of iPod versus streaming, or that they’re talking about it being so convenient not to have to worry about charging a second device.
You’re not considering the iPod DAC which is higher quality than most cellphone DACs.
The author of this article certainly did consider DACs: [Modern smartphones have] got […] a DAC chip that is by all measures transparent, near-lossless wireless streaming […]" and that’s the last they mention of the DAC, so they clearly don’t give a shit about the Wolfson.
Also, thinking 40GB fits 10 FLAC albums is stupid.
Ain’t no way your FLAC albums are larger than uncompressed WAV. The only >2GB FLAC albums I have are massive compilations with 50+ tracks. They’re smaller than WAV, and that’s at max 700MB per CD. Spot checking, it looks like most of mine are ~500MB per album.
Sorry, you’re right; it’s more like around 20 of mine.
I’m not complaining about their media player of choice; I’m remarking that the way they chose to discuss it in this article – especially one so focused on streaming – is stupid as fuck. Like 50% of this article is spent bitching about non-issues with phones. I don’t even mean “non-issues” in the sense that they don’t annoy me personally; I mean “non-issues” in the sense that this devolves into a comparison not of iPod versus smartphone but of iPod versus streaming, or that they’re talking about it being so convenient not to have to worry about charging a second device.
The author of this article certainly did consider DACs: [Modern smartphones have] got […] a DAC chip that is by all measures transparent, near-lossless wireless streaming […]" and that’s the last they mention of the DAC, so they clearly don’t give a shit about the Wolfson.
40GB is over 50 uncompressed CDs. Where are you getting your FLACs?
Ain’t no way your FLAC albums are larger than uncompressed WAV. The only >2GB FLAC albums I have are massive compilations with 50+ tracks. They’re smaller than WAV, and that’s at max 700MB per CD. Spot checking, it looks like most of mine are ~500MB per album.