Accidental Tech Podcast

76: Not Suitable for Any Purpose

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  • Follow-up on Overcast:
    • Debug
  • Downloads, accounts, conversions, server load
  • Pixar and Ed Catmull get involved in wage-fixing
    • Previously on ATP
  • The Incomparable
  • Top Gear Series 3 Episode 4
  • Sega Saturn
  • Yosemite Public Beta
    • IMAP
  • VPN woes of the past
  • Radar
  • SuperDuper
  • OS/2 Warp
  • After-show:
    • Marco rents crazy headphones from The Cable Company
    • Marco's original post
  • HE-6 headphones (the crazy way that planar-magnetic drivers work)
  • The massive EF-6 amp and its crazy audiophile volume knob (top center) — it's a stepped attenuator, since common potentiometers are considered inferior.
  • XLR plugs and balanced audio
  • Casey still loves in-ear monitors (probably while listening to vinyl), but many experts in both prefer headphones.
  • Casey surprises Marco and John by playing Journey
    • Casey drops hints on Twitter days before and John picks up on it
  • PlayStation Store Credit on Amazon
  • Journey Soundtrack on Amazon and iTunes
  • Monument Valley
  • John's blog post
  • Tiff plays Journey
  • The Incomparable on Journey
  • Inception

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      Accidental Tech PodcastBy Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
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