My condolences Dai.

Mon dieu! I only just noticed. 🫣

It most certainly is. Most if not all Streamers have digital outs so an external DAC can be used. This is what I’m already doing but putting a DDC between the Streamer and in my case a CDT and the DAC will […]

I’m looking at the Laiv uDDC which unusually for a DDC offers the connectivity I would like. Most DDCs allow for a single digital input and multiple digital outputs this one from Laiv does the opposite so I can […]

Shirley the point of a mobile phone is not needing to use a flex?

I agree Mike. I upgrade for security reasons more than anything else. Samsung’s One UI updated to 8 as well. For the most part I don’t notice much difference whatever they tweak as I use Niagara Launcher on my […]

I updated my Samsung stuff to Android 16 yesterday evening. Evidently it’s been available since September 22nd but being somewhat distracted by other life events I missed it so if for nothing else my thanks to […]

Samsung will provide the update to Android 16 for the S24 it’s just taking them a little time to roll it out. When I bought the phone I was assured of updates covering seven years.

I bought a Samsung S24 when they became available and I’m not expecting to need a new phone for another five years or so. Still waiting for Android 16 to drop but Samsung are always slow on this. As to the […]

I can’t help but notice that nobody has raised the issue of the ‘elasticated waist’. Are we in favour as a third alternative or does it stretch things too far?

Don’t stop.

Lovely. Just lovely.

I could go on and on with this. I’ll cut to the chase though. David Oistrakh is for me THE greatest violinist of the last century so this clip is really more about him than the Tchaikovsky, which is splendid of […]

There isn’t that much of a discernable difference tbh. It is present but SQ is dependent upon so many variables it isn’t worth losing any sleep over. CD redbook quality is all you need 99% if not 100% of the time. […]

16 bit 44.1 kHz is indeed CD redbook. All the 24 bit means is that that is the maximum rate for Spotify Lossless, it doesn’t mean every file will be 24 bit. It’s dependent upon what file(s) are being sent to […]

I’m not a Spotify user but I am curious to hear users experience with their new lossless tier. It tops out at 24bit 44.1 kHz as far as I know which is ample tbh. Maybe the issue you’re experiencing with Sonos and […]

They have discharged me with a lot of Oxy. In fact looking into the carrier bag of drugs they discharged me with they certainly haven’t held back over the quantities of anything.

Oops!

Thanks Lo. Hopefully everything will improve over the coming weeks and months. It’s hard going at the moment. I’ve always got a stack of books to get stuck into. I’m reading the latest Mick Herron and Lustrum by […]

I do keep drifting off and extensive revision of what I type has become necessary. I’m due for my next doses at 4:00 pm.