Recent content by DCarmi

Especially true with ITV about to be sold to Comcast. It may be that the solution is probably to merge the state owned Channel 4 into the BBC and allow advertising on the platform and possibly a paywall for some programs or ad free access i.e. iPlayer+. The problem here is, Comcast won't...

I'm frequently told off for producing boring and irrelevant facts. In terms of anything practical, I'm useless. So I'll stick myself in Room 101.

Easy one! When a ancient computers "booted" they fired up low level code to load the OS. This was called the bootstrap loader. The paradox being, you need to load software to load software. It comes from the phrase "pull up by the bootstraps"., which means doing something that seems impossible.

It dates back hundreds of years. In horse drawn carriages the coachman stored his boots in the coaches "boot locker", which was shortened to "boot". "Trunk" originates from the time when people used to strap large storage boxes to the back of the car for to carry stuff around. I guess the...

Very true. I hardly ever use track skip on a CD and just about never using Vinyl. When streaming I do often hop around from track to track and even artist to artist.

One thing I did notice, when Spotify Wrapped hit my phone, was how much less I streamed this year than previous ones. There was also a big difference in the type of stuff streamed. This was most streamed was large play lists of classical music. Basically I am using it as background noise...

I probably would not wish to rely on the state pension if you have 22 years left. I'm fairly sure there will be some major changes between now and when you retire, possibly including the actual retirement age. One of the main parties and various so-called "think tanks" have indicated that the...

Which is why I would consider cancelling. However, I'd get some grief, from the other half.

Yeah! Well! It hasn't worked with me. My prime viewing has dropped by about 70%. I don't even look to see what I might be missing. If it wasn't for my other-half keeping Amazon in business with her parcels, I'd consider cancelling Prime, completely.

Our Ford has the factory fitted Ford badged stuff which is pants. I don't know who specs audio for cars and whether they actually bother to listen to them. The high end distortion is painful. The older (and lesser) model of same car we had, had a Sony system which was much better but it did...

Did you try the HLS streams,? I think HLS should work on iPhone. Both seem to work on Android. https://garfnet.org.uk/cms/tables/radio-frequencies/internet-radio-player/bbc-national-and-local-radio-hls-streams/

I am listening to a HLS stream of Radio 4 on a Marantz CR612 right now. You can add streams (HSL or DASH) to the HEOS app. Take a look at: https://garfnet.org.uk/cms/tables/radio-frequencies/internet-radio-player/bbc-national-and-local-radio-dash-streams/

I've tried with HEOS and it works.

No, I don't use Apple nor Linn. Airplay 2 "usually" transmits at AAC 256. Airplay 1 would likely be lossless, if Spotify support it. edit: manicm beat me to it.

Spotify is not yet lossless over Airplay 2. Airplay 2 does seem down-sample to AAC 256 over wifi but not cable. I'm not an Apple user so I'm happy to be shown up as an eejit. That said, I'd go the Wiim route. It is fairly cheap, with good support and good interface.