Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote & Mic, Observations of an average user
Jul/093
Another review? Not exactly.
I’m not calling this a review because there are plenty of those available to you as it is, what I intend here is to document some of the things that reviews tend to miss in their rush to publication. So this is more of an (attempted) unbiased look at why you may or may not want Apple’s dual driver IEM’s, from the perspective of an average user.
In the three or so months from announcement in September 2008 to street date of December I spent a fair amount of time researching mid to high end earphones with the intention of replacing my old Sony Fontopia MDR-EX70LP In Ear Monitors which were phenomenally good for the price at the time. Knowing that Apple were also including an ipod Touch (second generation) compatible in-line remote was certainly a plus towards their product but quality of audio was going to be the deciding factor and I wanted to try to stay sub €100 in whatever choice I made. Obviously I settled on the Apple in-ear’s after all the reading.
Roughly seven months have since passed and there are several things I wish I had known before I had decided to buy them. Technical specifications are great for comparing some products but when it comes to audio the numbers do not matter so much past a point of established quality and from there it is all down to how the individual perceives the sound. Reviews should be vital information in that case by providing opinion based on use but not one of the reviews I read before purchase mentioned any of the problems I will detail, problems that if I had known beforehand would have prevented me from buying them.
Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote & Mic
Playstation 3 Full Range RGB over HDMI explanation & test
Jun/099
Introduction
The PS3 is a beast of a system with an unfortunate emphasis on function over ease of use, even people with a fairly hardcore technical background might be baffled by some of the deeper settings, leaving regular consumers to google search and hope for the best information to come up. This is like reaching into a cat’s behind and hoping to find expensive coffee, it’s vaguely possible there will be success but honestly how would you even know?
Yes, I am relating the great wealth of information online in this situation to a cat’s bottom, and content.
If you have found this article then I must assume you are at least somewhat familiar with the process of tuning a high-definition LDC television for your home environment and as such I will not delve into that topic for the sake of keeping this simple, links provided on such topics at the end of the article.
DISCLAIMER
Nothing heavy, I just want to make it clear this is a document for those who want the information and more importantly I did not create the test image. I found it a long time ago, and have simply kept it handy to test televisions. You can find it online with Google Image Search so I imagine there is no harm providing another location for it.
Although I can see no method of damaging equipment with this image, if it does, you did it and not me.
Other equipment
I am absolutely sure this works for all HDMI connected equipment with a capability to modify the range of RGB, I have only the PS3. I would love to provide information on the Xbox 360 later on but to do so I will need to borrow one. Updates will come if that happens, although this information is generic enough you should be able to apply it elsewhere.