Episode 66

66: Boiling A Pretty Big Lake

Beats and headphone alternatives, Nintendo's situation, iOS 8 predictions, and the state of the iTunes Store infrastructure.

Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP

May 22, 20142h 2m

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Show Notes

The modern Apple-store experience
Follow-up:
- Marco reneges on his recent praise of Beats headphones, then receives the saddest real-time follow-up ever
- Headphones mentioned:
  - B&O BeoPlay H6: Great comfort, but not sound.
  - Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro (32-ohm version; Casey's headphones) for very good sound at a great value (when the price drops to $175).
  - Sennheiser PX 200-II i: Marco's favorite portable set. Great portability, clicker, and value, but poor sound and durability.
  - More picks from Marco
  - Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10 (Casey's earphones)
- Net Neutrality
Nintendo's sad trombone
- Nintendo in Crisis
- PS4 outperforms Xbone
- Game Controller Programming Guide
- Nintendo 64 Accessories
  - Expansion Pak
  - Rumble Pak
- Kinect-free Xbone
Beginnings of WWDC predictions
- Odwalla
- Healthbook
  - VO2
- The Prompt on Carousel, one of their many photo-management-related episodes
- The Infinite Version
- Casey and Marco explore mixed metaphors... politely. Ish.
- _ on the state of the Apple community
- WebObjects
- Fnd.io
- Multipath TCP
After-show:
- iOS 8 split-screen multitasking
- John obliquely discusses some Overcast complaints.
- Wearables. Sorta.
- More on headphones.
- John was wrong about something.