Who uses the built in speaker on their iPhone?

Word up peeps,


I forgot my headphones. I was listening to podcasts over the speaker -
it sounds just fine! another reason to get this over the ipod touch.


Chris Smith

<childish.chris@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> Word up peeps,
>
>
> I forgot my headphones. I was listening to podcasts over the speaker -
> it sounds just fine! another reason to get this over the ipod touch.
>
>
> Chris Smith

The bass rendition must be marvellous.

But it won't be. In headphones the waves are essentially inserted directly
into the ear canals - dispersion and loss are minimal, and so the size of
the transponder (speaker) is not very important.

OTOH for a loudspeaker the wavelength is many times the size of the
transponder for bass and the output suffers - this is why decent room
speakers are large.

On Apr 1, 10:18 am, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> <childish.ch...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> news:8ab0d5cb-fb3c-4341-b2c0-05bf76131c6c@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
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> > Word up peeps,
>
> > I forgot my headphones. I was listening to podcasts over the speaker -
> > it sounds just fine! another reason to get this over the ipod touch.
>
> > Chris Smith
>
> The bass rendition must be marvellous.
>
> But it won't be. In headphones the waves are essentially inserted directly
> into the ear canals - dispersion and loss are minimal, and so the size of
> the transponder (speaker) is not very important.
>
> OTOH for a loudspeaker the wavelength is many times the size of the
> transponder for bass and the output suffers - this is why decent room
> speakers are large.

But for voice only podcasts, the sounds is fine.

peace out.

<childish.chris@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> On Apr 1, 10:18 am, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>> <childish.ch...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:8ab0d5cb-fb3c-4341-b2c0-05bf76131c6c@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > Word up peeps,
>>
>> > I forgot my headphones. I was listening to podcasts over the speaker -
>> > it sounds just fine! another reason to get this over the ipod touch.
>>
>> > Chris Smith
>>
>> The bass rendition must be marvellous.
>>
>> But it won't be. In headphones the waves are essentially inserted
>> directly
>> into the ear canals - dispersion and loss are minimal, and so the size of
>> the transponder (speaker) is not very important.
>>
>> OTOH for a loudspeaker the wavelength is many times the size of the
>> transponder for bass and the output suffers - this is why decent room
>> speakers are large.
>
> But for voice only podcasts, the sounds is fine.

It will be fine for voice.

>
> peace out.

On Apr 1, 11:21*am, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
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> > On Apr 1, 10:18 am, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
> > wrote:
> >> <childish.ch...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> >>news:8ab0d5cb-fb3c-4341-b2c0-05bf76131c6c@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com....
>
> >> > Word up peeps,
>
> >> > I forgot my headphones. I was listening to podcasts over the speaker -
> >> > it sounds just fine! another reason to get this over the ipod touch.
>
> >> > Chris Smith
>
> >> The bass rendition must be marvellous.
>
> >> But it won't be. *In headphones the waves are essentially inserted
> >> directly
> >> into the ear canals - dispersion and loss are minimal, and so the size of
> >> the transponder (speaker) is not very important.
>
> >> OTOH for a loudspeaker the wavelength is many times the size of the
> >> transponder for bass and the output suffers - this is why decent room
> >> speakers are large.
>
> > But for voice only podcasts, the sounds is fine.
>
> It will be fine for voice.
>
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So for the purposes of a voice podcast (rather than for dancing to on
a packed dance floor) the iPhone is fine. Which is what the OP said.

<childish.chris@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> Word up peeps,
>

Up who?

>
> I forgot my headphones. I was listening to podcasts over the speaker -
> it sounds just fine! another reason to get this over the ipod touch.
>
>
> Chris Smith

I really hate people that try to listen to music in the queue at Tesco - so
common. Tinny, nasty, distorted audio from tiny phone speakers. It annoys
everyone else.

In article <T7GdnSkFW4w2kW_anZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@bt.com>,
"R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton@btinternet.com> wrote:

> <childish.chris@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:fd9c4543-128d-4997-beb6-fae395b2d347@a22g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> > On Apr 1, 10:18 am, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
> > wrote:
> >> <childish.ch...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> >>
> >> news:8ab0d5cb-fb3c-4341-b2c0-05bf76131c6c@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> >>
> >> > Word up peeps,
> >>
> >> > I forgot my headphones. I was listening to podcasts over the speaker -
> >> > it sounds just fine! another reason to get this over the ipod touch.
> >>
> >> > Chris Smith
> >>
> >> The bass rendition must be marvellous.
> >>
> >> But it won't be. In headphones the waves are essentially inserted
> >> directly
> >> into the ear canals - dispersion and loss are minimal, and so the size of
> >> the transponder (speaker) is not very important.
> >>
> >> OTOH for a loudspeaker the wavelength is many times the size of the
> >> transponder for bass and the output suffers - this is why decent room
> >> speakers are large.
> >
> > But for voice only podcasts, the sounds is fine.
>
> It will be fine for voice.

Well gee - thank you for giving the rest of us permission to use it that
way.

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<London.Embankment@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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On Apr 1, 11:21 am, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> <childish.ch...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> > On Apr 1, 10:18 am, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
> > wrote:
> >> <childish.ch...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:8ab0d5cb-fb3c-4341-b2c0-05bf76131c6c@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> > Word up peeps,
>
> >> > I forgot my headphones. I was listening to podcasts over the
> >> > speaker -
> >> > it sounds just fine! another reason to get this over the ipod touch.
>
So for the purposes of a voice podcast (rather than for dancing to on
a packed dance floor) the iPhone is fine. Which is what the OP said.

Well not quite, until after it was pointed out the sound would be hopeless
and tinny for music, unless I am missing something and podcasts aren't
normally music...

On Apr 2, 1:07 am, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> <London.Embankm...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> news:e02d1db1-8860-45c5-83ee-6fbb4e085ae7@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 1, 11:21 am, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
> > <childish.ch...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:fd9c4543-128d-4997-beb6-fae395b2d347@a22g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>
> > > On Apr 1, 10:18 am, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >> <childish.ch...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> > >>news:8ab0d5cb-fb3c-4341-b2c0-05bf76131c6c@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > >> > Word up peeps,
>
> > >> > I forgot my headphones. I was listening to podcasts over the
> > >> > speaker -
> > >> > it sounds just fine! another reason to get this over the ipod touch.
>
> So for the purposes of a voice podcast (rather than for dancing to on
> a packed dance floor) the iPhone is fine. Which is what the OP said.
>
> Well not quite, until after it was pointed out the sound would be hopeless
> and tinny for music, unless I am missing something and podcasts aren't
> normally music...

I can't think on any music podcasts actually. All are voice. I
thought peeps couldn't podcast music cos of copyright law and stuff
like that (I'm not including crappy independent 'podsafe' music - I'm
talking about real music that people pay actual money to go see)

I subscribe to a bunch of podcasts. ALL are voice

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:55:22 -0700 (PDT), childish.chris@googlemail.com
wrote:

>
>I can't think on any music podcasts actually. All are voice. I
>thought peeps couldn't podcast music cos of copyright law and stuff
>like that (I'm not including crappy independent 'podsafe' music - I'm
>talking about real music that people pay actual money to go see)
>
>I subscribe to a bunch of podcasts. ALL are voice

NPR has some rock concert podcasts.

<childish.chris@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> Word up peeps,
>
>
> I forgot my headphones. I was listening to podcasts over the speaker -
> it sounds just fine! another reason to get this over the ipod touch.

...But it's not stereo, like my N82 :-)

In message ft0vgb$prf$1@aioe.org,
Matthew Long <No-Sp@m.com> Proclaimed from the tallest tower:

> <childish.chris@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:8ab0d5cb-fb3c-4341-b2c0-05bf76131c6c@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> Word up peeps,
>>
>>
>> I forgot my headphones. I was listening to podcasts over the speaker
>> - it sounds just fine! another reason to get this over the ipod
>> touch.
>
> ..But it's not stereo, like my N82 :-)

So the N82 has stereo speakers? How far apart are they? Surely only a matter
of a few inches.
Can you actually get any sort of stereo image from speakers that are so
close together??

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On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:55:59 +0100, ChrisM wrote
>
> So the N82 has stereo speakers? How far apart are they? Surely only a matter
> of a few inches.
>
> Can you actually get any sort of stereo image from speakers that are so
> close together??

Depends how far apart your ears are