Category: Tech Blog
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iPhone SE 2020 with iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case
Yes it works. There’s a lot of tech news saying this doesn’t work and that is false. The only compromise is wireless charging.
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HomePod as an AirPlay 2 Music Source
The Kitchen is Playing to the Living Room?! How is this possible I thought to myself. I’d recently purchased and set up my New Sonos Beam. And now with my new AirPlay 2 device I was enjoying the wonders of having Multi Room Audio once again. I’m sure most people, including myself, only considered Streaming […]
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HomePod Mini Dreams
Apple has yet to release their wireless charging pad for AirPods, iPhone, and Watch. I hope that Apple introduces a HomePod Mini that features wireless charging. And makes use of that very wireless charging pad. Imagine being able to have a couple of wireless pads, one in the kitchen one in the living room and […]
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Amazon Fire Stick, Synology, VLC, ES File Explorer, MKV, MP4
April 2018: Play Video on Amazon Firestick from NAS. If you have Amazon Fire Sticks and you want to play video from Synology NAS: maybe VLC has stopped connecting to your NAS? In Synology DSM – Create a user for your Fire Stick with a password and grant them access to the folder containing your […]
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FiiO i1 Headphone DAC & Amp
The FiiO i1 Headphone DAC & Amp is an Apple lightning to 3.5mm audio accessory. I’m writing this review listening to Sons Of Kemet – Your Queen Is a Reptile. When Apple decided to remove the 3.5mm jack, it opened up a new opportunity. The opportunity for 3rd party DACs. Apple provide a very small […]
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HomePod and iOS 11.3 – Something’s changed.
iOS 11.3 Update is out for HomePod – and it is a massive update: But what are we getting for 2.36GB – well we don’t know. “General improvements for stability and quality”. The sound has changed, you’re thinking it too. Here are some of my thoughts on it: Apple is getting the HomePod ready for […]
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HomePod Audio Post Listening Analysis
This is not an attempt to educate you, but please let me know if there is anything technically incorrect. A personal opinion is that music, like computing science, largely adheres to “Garbage in Garbage out” – Audio, like visual, is unforgiving in nature. Amplifiers I do believe work best when they receive a “Line In […]
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Echo, Amazon & hifi
Since the introduction of Subscription Music Services I’ve felt un-easy. I’ve owned, so far, subscriptions to Rdio, Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and lately I’ve settled for Amazon Music Unlimited for Echo only. I dislike the idea of not owning a physical copy, call me crazy, I’m not going into it now; ok maybe quickly – […]
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Apple Event March 27th 2018 Predictions
Apple Event March 27th 2018 Predictions With the rise in the uptake of Google Chromebooks being adopted by Education Institutions I predict the following in order of likelihood: New Clamshell iPad – running A8 chip. Plastic iPad + Keyboard Case. Speech about Battery, iOS 11.3. Return of the Plastic Macbooks. Red iPhone X. Red Apple […]
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The Coffee Table Scenario
Would you buy a coffee table for your dining room? The answer to that is probably no, you’d buy a dining table. In an every growing world I think a lot about the phrase “fit for purpose”. More so than anything in relation to IT, however I will leave this post open to interpretation, you […]