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On 20/04/2013 11:34, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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>> If you need it, PA can be great. Not everyone needs or wants it, many |
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>> > people are quite content to just carry on as they always did and aren't |
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>> > fazed with minor niggles about their audio. You seem to fall in this |
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>> > category, so do many others. |
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> I think you've hit the nail on the head. Complex setups require |
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> complex software... deal with it. An analogy is that an 18-wheeler |
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> semi-tractor trailer with a 17-speed manual transmission (plus air brakes |
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> that require months of training to manage/use) is much more powerful |
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> than a Chevy Sonic hatchback when it comes to hauling huge loads. But |
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> for someoneone who merely wants to zip out to the supermarket and buy a |
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> week's groceries, the hatchback is much more appropriate. |
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:-) |
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Well in my case it's the wife's Honda Accord station-wagon with the |
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gigantic boot I need for a month's groceries. But, I have teenagers in |
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my house. Teenagers change /everything/ :-) |
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But back to audio. My needs are simplistic - all sound goes through the |
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laptop speakers and I need one global volume knob. When a headset is |
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plugged into the 3.5mm jack, all sound goes there. For a mic, I have the |
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internal one and whilst there is a 3.5mm jack for an external mic, I've |
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never used it but I do expect it to work when plugged in and to |
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disconnect the internal mic. |
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Folk like Canek have complex setups that would drive me insane. I'm more |
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than happy to fiddle with all that on my HTPC and home audio system, but |
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never on my laptop. |
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There's the extremes. Now, how would we determine the % numbers of how |
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real users really use real audio? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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