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12 Replies Last post: Oct 23, 2007 10:04 PM by sandbag1

MW Forums

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Aug 2, 2004

Oct 22, 2007 10:40 AM

Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPod

iPod accessory-maker Griffin Technology has released the Evolve Wireless Sound System for iPod. more

Cheese7007

3 posts since
Oct 11, 2007

1. Oct 22, 2007 2:05 PM

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Re: Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPo

Too bad they did not make these new speakers iPhone compatible. At least according to they website they are not. There seems to be a dearth of iPhone compatible audio accessories.

Schneb

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Dec 10, 2002

2. Oct 22, 2007 2:37 PM

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Re: Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPo

I'm on a T1 line, and their site is DOG slow to load.

OM_user

649 posts since
Oct 13, 2004

3. Oct 22, 2007 3:37 PM

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Re: Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPo

I closed down their page because I just couldn't stand all the stut-stut-stuttering of the video. Our company has a DS3 pipe and it's about as fast as a 3 legged turtle. Unbelievable. It might have something to do with those massive videos that play by default when you get there. Why do companies insist on designing sites like this?

Flavum

56 posts since
Sep 2, 2004

4. Oct 22, 2007 3:51 PM

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Re: Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPod

I got as far as "Wireless rechargeable stereo speakers. Digital sound" before I bagged it. I want Griffin to write on the blackboard 100 times "Sound is analog". There is no such thing (other than marketing hype) as "digital sound", unless you're talking about horrendous screeching akin to modem noise. Blech.

wafflelad

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Nov 4, 2005

5. Oct 23, 2007 11:15 AM

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Re: Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPo

That all sounds good if you also write on the board 100 times, "I will not take everything literally and make really lame jokes about it." While we all know you're right, and not nearly as cute as you think you are, the sound INFORMATION is still being transferred digitally from the base to the speakers, and you know very well that that is what is being communicated.

Martian

1,321 posts since
Sep 27, 2001

6. Oct 23, 2007 12:02 PM

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Re: Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPo

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... and you know very well that that is what is being communicated.

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Youre too generous to these marketing types.

Even marketing people have a level of competence in something. They are, or should be expert wordsmiths. So when a marketing wordsmith misuses buzzwords, it is either because he doesnt understand the technology (usually the case for consumer products marketing types) or because he deliberately wants to confuse (frenetic obfuscation is the stock and trade of consumer level marketing). Guaranteed the website slowness is caused by the bloat that the marketing department insisted on.

Regardless, I am a big fan of wireless everything and I hope this is a good product.

Flavum

56 posts since
Sep 2, 2004

7. Oct 23, 2007 2:41 PM

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Re: Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPo

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That all sounds good if you also write on the board 100 times...

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Why play the apoligist? Is Griffin excused from misusing buzzwords and spreading pure marketing BS? There are plenty of truthful angles that they could have taken and still sound impressive. They're not off the hook as far as I'm concerned. I am pretty cute, though.

fat_and_sassy

1 posts since
Oct 23, 2007

8. Oct 23, 2007 3:42 PM

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it is either because he doesnt understand the technology (usually the case for consumer products marketing types) or because he deliberately wants to confuse (frenetic obfuscation is the stock and trade of consumer level marketing).

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I like to think that it was worded specifically to give folks like you and Flavum cold sweats.

I suggest accepting the word choice as a charity from Griffin to you, as you apparently are in dire need of something to feel superior about. Why not assume that they provided you with a comically negligible semantic wording issue because they knew you'd get off on it? In that scenario, they'd be right, and y'all could still satisfy your aforementioned longing for forum-thread significance. Everybody wins.

whitedog

990 posts since
Aug 9, 2004

9. Oct 23, 2007 4:21 PM

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Re: Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPo

For whatever reason I had no trouble viewing the web site over my home DSL connection. Web site aesthetics aside, I think the speakers look great; the only real question is how good is the sound? I guess we'll have to wait for a Macworld review to get an idea on that score. My experience with wireless headphones is that they don't match a good set of wired phones.

Don't anthropomorphize computers - They hate that.

Flavum

56 posts since
Sep 2, 2004

10. Oct 23, 2007 5:25 PM

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Re: Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPo

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I like to think that it was worded specifically to give folks like you and Flavum cold sweats.

I suggest accepting the word choice as a charity from Griffin to you, as you apparently are in dire need of something to feel superior about. Why not assume that they provided you with a comically negligible semantic wording issue because they knew you'd get off on it? In that scenario, they'd be right, and y'all could still satisfy your aforementioned longing for forum-thread significance. Everybody wins.

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Of course! Why didn't I think of it? It's not Griffin - it's me! [/sarcasm]

Sorry, but your blatant Straw Man abuse isn't working, but thanks for playing.

Martian

1,321 posts since
Sep 27, 2001

11. Oct 23, 2007 7:48 PM

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Re: Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPo

fat_and_sassy, is this really your first post?

sandbag1

817 posts since
Jan 28, 2002

12. Oct 23, 2007 10:04 PM

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Re: Griffin releases wireless sound system for iPo

I liked the web page. If I want boring static ads, I'd read the newspaper.

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