Marshall has managed to do something almost no other company has been able to recently, kept a brand new product completely secret. They have just released a brand new Android smartphone with an internal soundcard which allows you to play lossless FLAC audio files, something not common amongst the smartphones on the market. The branding is immediately obvious and there are some unique additions such as the use of brass on the two headphone jacks and a volume wheel as opposed to a rocker switch. The hardware is not terribly impressive, a 720p 4.7" display powered by a Snapdragon 410 with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of local storage. This phone is more about the audio, how high a resolution do you want for your equalizer anyways? Check out more at The Register.
"The iconic guitar amplifier outfit''s headphones division managed something that Apple hasn't: it's developed a smartphone without having it leaked to a fan-site. So the launch of the London smartphone managed to catch the world somewhat by surprise."
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There are plenty of potential
There are plenty of potential uses for devices that fit this form factor. Not every one of them needs to also function as a cell phone. Why aren’t there any serious competitors to the iPod Touch, but so many also-rans in the market against the iPhone.
well i did last week but i go
well i did last week but i go to xda on a consistent basis so thats not really fair. best things about this phone are:
-Removable 2500 mAh battery
-Dual Microphones with noise-cancellation for stereo recording
-dual speakers 13mm x 18mm
-Wolfson WM8281 dac which is one of the best
-aptX bluetooth for true wired audio quality
-LoopStack 4-channel recorder that allows you to record four tracks independently. LoopStack offers high quality 44KHz 16bit, good for on the go audio recording
If I was Bill Gates I’d be
If I was Bill Gates I’d be feeling pretty content about the reception Microsoft has been finding for its Xbox 360 games
A proper MP3 encode from a
A proper MP3 encode from a flac file is practically transparent and takes up less space.
Ehh, not with the proper
Ehh, not with the proper playback equipment it isn’t. No matter how high the MP3 bitrate is or good the encoder, the highs are still cut-out.
With proper placebo I bet it
With proper placebo I bet it is.
He’s right, MP3 encoding
He’s right, MP3 encoding removes at the high frequencies to compress the file size.
i use google music as it
i use google music as it automatically transcodes all of my flac to 320 mp3’s for streaming on my device (or DL to local device for most listened to).
flac is the best but does not even remotely matter in my car or with headphones coming off of my htc one max