JJZolx Wrote: > This market is _really_ heating up, with each manufacturer approaching > it from a slightly different angle and at many different price points. > I suspect there are going to be quite a few casualties before very long.
I think there will be casualties in the HiFi market too eventually, especially CD players. They were once the pinnacle of convenience and so pushed turntables to one side. With an SB and a power amp, you can eliminate so many components and have total access to all your music. The new SB3 has caused me to totally re-evaluate my stereo system, not sure why the SB2 didn't but perhaps it's because the SB3 looks much more like an interface to a music library, it's much more like a display for something much bigger. Anyway, I've realised that my ideal system is now an SB3, a power amp (preferably valve because I like the glow and delicacy of the sound) and some elegant speakers (Sonus Faber Cremona?). Nothing else, no CD, no radio, perhaps a DAC, but that's all(!) I need now for audio niverna. Spend more on each component and you have an easy to use system that sacrifices nothing when it comes to the sound or rapid access to high definition audio. I think I just wrote a marketing message there...let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes it. Paul -- CardinalFang _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
