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Been having a bit of a stereo separation issue with this since purchasing, how about you?

I bought based on a Gilmore Reference listen and been mostly powering with the GS-1 since.

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Yea, is it possible the much hyped LCD2s are actually underrated at this point?

Any more impressions from HCers?

Fingers crossed a few indies (Powells, Keplers, Green Apple, The Strand, etc.) will be helped with Googles eBook program, but we'll see. May be wishful thinking.

Alternately, for who don't mind, the upsampling/downsampling seems to work well from my very limited A/Bing so far. Used 16/44.1 and 24/176.4 tracks to 24/96 (can find no way to output 88.2 over toslink).

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A pair of fivefingers treksports to go with the ksos.

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Very cool. Thanks JP. Seems to not to change bit depth, but does sample rate. Is this what you guys are finding and if so are you just leaving on 24? Also figure out a way to handle 88.2 in OS X?

Thanks much Grahame. Between this and FLAC Player, things open up a bit with playback in iOS.

Anything is possible, but so far Apple has played the content card beautifully and Sony terribly (at least from the electronics perspective). Apples content distribution has helped launch the iDevices and Sonys content ownership has killed the Walkmen. If Apple starts down the ownership path, maybe, but it's hard to imagine, as long as Jobs is alive, Apple would ever sue itself... Wired 11.02: The Civil War Inside Sony

Anyone compare the iPeng for iPad and Squeezepad apps by chance? Have been using the iPeng on the iPhone, but the Squeezepads stream to iPad functionality (for an additional $5) seems useful.

The ER4S straight out of the Apogee Duet is the best I've ever heard them. Crystal clear. Almost rebought a Duet just for the Etys.

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That's why you use Delicious. Oh wait, f*%king Yahoo. Did you set sync in iTunes?

I really don't want to sound like I'm bashing Google (have a Nexus One and a GoogleTV coming - I know, I know), but as this started out with the premise of iOS seeming a bit dated to Android now, I have to say I don't think it's caught up, let alone beat iOS. That's of course because of what I value. As others have said Apple will sacrifice functionality until it can get it into an integrated design. Google will sacrifice a holistic design as it pursues functionality. Tyll, you've got both devices. Visit a website and copy and paste a block of text over to a text editor in both (ignoring the text editor options on both which is another issue). The iPhone/iPod touch of course didn't have the c/p option on launch, but compare the two and tell me how Androids solution is as well thought out? Maybe good enough, but a sign of the differences. And I doubt either will change much in near future as an expected standard is now in place. So which is the better path to implementation? Which is the grander step in mobile computing? Probably depends on user. Some, but not all, of these issues are only exaggerated in more complicated different paths of AppleTV v. GoogleTV. One area I think they're on par is hype of release. Froyo was as overhyped as any iOS releases. As for tablets, I've spent a bit of time with the Galaxy Tab and last week the Nook Color. The latter is not even considered a tablet, but many are approaching it as an off-contact option half the price of the comparable iPad. The Tab is selling out all over. Nook seems to be doing well also. If you remove some side issues where people would want to avoid one or the other (Verizon v. AT&T, previously bought/future use apps, etc.), I don't know why anyone would pick either Android tablet. In smoothness or integration to the form factor they're way behind Apple. Argue phones, but this is a more lopsided fight. But we'll see sometime next year. I just thought it would be an interesting fight sooner. I think an interesting question is is iOS becoming more Android-like or vice versa in open/closed, design emphasis, functionality set, etc. I'd say it's easily Google becoming more Apple-like. When the opposite occurs then I'll say Google is ahead. And there are other options more open than Android. They're just not very practical, especially in the US. And once ease of use is taken into consideration, iOS, at worst, is a viable option. Finally, a lot of comments out there (not here) are by people who've never spent much time with the other OS. They don't have any experience with the app options available or a particular service integration. To them a better/worse email or Twitter or Wikipedia or RSS UI isn't even part of the equation. And these devices are much more about software than the desktop/laptop worlds.

Just spent ten days on a trip with Ety HF2s (needed mic so took instead of ER4P/S or JH13). Really plenty good. Since drivers aren't matched as closely as ERs it may depend on pair how closely they approach the other Etys, but with added functionality, significantly lower price and very near sound they'd be the model I'd recommend. Triple.Fis 10vi another option and most would likely prefer the bass (I go back and forth), but would suggest waiting on those $99 sales.

HBD. Remember the 100s are the new 90s.

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Having a iPhone 4 and Nexus One, I have to disagree with the UI rankings, but it's a close race, both significantly ahead of the others and probably the only you could live with once you get a taste of the other. Tyll, you may want to check out WunderRadio and This American Life apps for audio streaming. I can't imagine going back to non-networked DAPs. HifiMan, etc. would just be giving up too much content.

Thanks for the Crown Imperial feedback. That and Organ Sensation by Felix Hell I'm debating between HRx and HDCD. RR sale v. Amazon GC. Hmmm.