seems appropriate pic
also , JBL/HI has started TV commercials for their wireless headphones. Almost stupid/insipid , more turkeys (no mention of sound quality , just NO cord ..is that something new ?)
seems appropriate pic
also , JBL/HI has started TV commercials for their wireless headphones. Almost stupid/insipid , more turkeys (no mention of sound quality , just NO cord ..is that something new ?)
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
With the myopic push for higher profit margins every quarter that most corporations are engaged in today only to please shareholders and enrich their execs, usually at the expense of quality, customers, employees, and community/environment - nothing surprises me. Apparently Harman feels the MP3 Average Joe doesn't care much about SQ, as long as he can carry them around wirelessly.
Given that Apple recently bought Beats for $3 billion, it's no surprise that JBL is pushing out headphones with no emphasis on sound quality. Beats makes pure junk but somehow has that magical "cool factor" that gets people to overpay for in inferior product. I hate that my HP laptop has some Beats garbage in it but otherwise it had what I wanted and who cares how a laptop sounds? The average mp3 or streaming service listening headphone user has no idea what high fidelity is about.
Apple ? yup, they're in the news today
Apple 'deleted' rivals' music from iPods, court hears
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30328309
My Vaio laptop has 6 speakers (including "sub") and optical output , sounds OK, but going toslink to external DAC is pretty sweet. It's got a 19 inch , 3 gun LCD . traded my $100 L7's for it. Trader had paid 3k for it 6 months earlier. It's so big that Sony calls it a "desktop replacement"
It feels like HI is coasting on JBL's name to try to play along with Beats (will never own a pair) ... Synchros get good reviews, but the POP TV commercials only have annoying "music" (I heard the ad, said to myself "WTF" ?? and was dismayed when the JBL logo came up). No mention of SQ , just that you can now be a klutz and not have to worry about cords.
James would most likely roll over in his grave.
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to spend $$ with HI ?
Meh!
well , this will certainly sell me speakers ?
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
Welp, I guess Harman feels they have to go back 30+ years for some gratuitous reference. Must be running out of marketing ideas over at Corporate™, (gawd how I hate that catch-all phrase for "we do what we're told like good sheep").
JBL Official Sound of the NBA. Uh, that's like sneakers squeaking on the floor & big men grunting. Not a sound I want inside my head.
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Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
Jeez, where do they get these guys? Apparently they haven't hired a 'Greg Timbers' of marketing yet.
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