Recent content by Mike in NY

Because they aren't experts at all. Even the mainstream old guard media publications had relatively few expert reviewers with regard to technical knowledge, but todays "experts" and the reviews I think you are referring to (video reviews) are not experts at anything except producing click bait...

I've got 3.3.8 on iOS, on Android I'm still on 3.3.7 however.

That did happen this time too, the original version of this update was posted on Sept. 24th and then withdrawn at some point thereafter, and a replacement with a different version number was submitted on Sept. 26th. The release notes were unchanged between the two.

The original point I made had nothing to do with me, or you, or how things are pronounced differently on a regional basis. Rather, it had to do with online reviewers failing to do even basic research/learn and use the correct pronunciation of a brand for which they are publishing a review. I...

No, but I do say Noy-mann (Neumann), Noy-trick (Neutrik) and Roy-terrs (Reuters) for example, and I'm a dumb American.

That is correct, and I am aware that ALL Americans pronounce that one wrong, but much like the silent H in words like "white" I do use locally generally accepted pronunciations in many cases. That doesn't mean I don't take the small amount of required time to look into it, I am generally curious...

Right, like I said, just a minor detail easily ignored by the YouTuber crowd. Funny, I've never had any trouble whatsoever with pronouncing any of the brand names you've listed, and the only one you've listed that I hear consistently mispronounced in the U.S. is Hyundai. I reiterate that...

Exactly, this had been officially clarified more than once, yet cheapaudioman among others ignore it or simply can't be bothered with correct pronunciation. Superstar legend YouTubers don't need to be concerned with such minor details I guess.

True dat, Americans (like me) tend not to properly pronounce the "h" in words like white, or whim, over time that "h" has fallen silent.

I said that in the YT comments and I bet you did too. Anything with an unusual spelling should be investigated for proper pronunciation, it's the professional thing to do. I blame cheapaudioman, he has mispronounced WiiM ad nauseam and I think others just copy him assuming he knows the...

I would think it more likely Apple would develop an "AACplus", or "AAC-HD" of their own before ever paying to license LDAC from Sony, or LC3plus from Ericsson. The rub for Apple there is that while there is no license fee to use LDAC on the source/transmit side, there is a license fee to use it...

But will Apple actually include support for either the LDAC, or LC3plus codecs that are necessary for hi-res playback? Don't be surprised when they ignore every question posed about this topic and quietly stick with the AAC codec only. Apple sells lots of AirPods, they will never enable those...

While completely true, that doesn't mean those folks can't ever be shown the light. Specifically, distros like Ubuntu and Mint are not only configurable to look very Windows-like from a UI perspective these days, but they are absolutely invaluable in breathing new life into older computers...

Nope, I have had no trouble at all with the app on a Google TV Streamer 4K (latest 2024 model). Sometimes the lyrics are a little slow to load, but other than that no issues at all.

This ends up being my mistake/misunderstanding. It turns out we have YouTube Premium Lite, which doesn't cut it for this purpose: