| Steve’s most famous home is probably his Woodside mansion, which he bought in 1984 and in which he lived throughout the 1990s. The house was famous for its grandiose dimensions (it was the party house of a copper magnate) and, especially, for its total lack of furniture. This is one aspect of Steve’s personality that hasn’t changed in decades: he is such a perfectionist that he can never decide on what to buy, thus ends up buying nothing. As a bachelor he only had a mattress, huge Ansel Adams prints, and a [size=medium]super-expensive stereo system [/size]as pieces of furtniture. He did not sleep on a bed for years — even though he was a multi-millionaire. At Woodside the kitchen was the only room that was fully furnished. He did have a Bosendorfer grand piano and a BMW motorcycle in his living room however, testaments of his love of German engineering. |
| Originally Posted by .Sup /img/forum/go_quote.gif his setup is: ipod>fiiO>T1 he is a very knowledgeable audiophile I think if he was an audiophile ipod would be a decent portable player without any modifications. So I think its safe to assume he's no audiophile although he might enjoy music just as any of us. |
| Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif Also keep in mind that Macs had great sound, even at the very beginning. I can't recall the specifics of the early ones, but the sound was a big selling point back in the day. Trash the iPod if you want, but no product has transformed music this much since the CD. It's actually a pretty good player, as long as you use headphones/IEMs that fall in line with its output power. As much as I love vinyl, tubes and big electrostatic panels, the iPod with IEMs makes me happy, too. |
| Originally Posted by hawat /img/forum/go_quote.gif My mbp actually has background noise on sensitive headphones. I think if they cared for mac user using headphones, they would at least try to avoid that. |
| Originally Posted by grawk /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's a computer. Aside from purpose built systems, you're going ot have noise. Apple at least provides bit perfect optical IO. |
| Originally Posted by nikongod /img/forum/go_quote.gif For a while the apple stores in the local area stocked high end shure headphones, sennheiser, and AKG. I say stocked, because I cant say sold. Although both of these men may be audiophiles, they are also businessmen responsible for companies they have not managed to sink yet. A large part of that is being an adult, putting your personal desires aside, and saying "whats good for my company"? If they personally like high-fi audio, thats awesome! should they stock headphones that probably dont appeal to the same demographic as the rest of their product? |
