Pale Blue Ego Wrote: > Bingo. Most whole-house systems consist of a homerun closet full of > gear and miles of wire. The main skills of the custom houses are in > hiding all the wires and configuring a complex control system. The SB > sweeps away the need for most of that. Very apt initial point by Jez and I think he is accurate in his assessment of that industry segment. Traditional audiophiles like tangibles like boxes and cables and wiring etc. and do probably have a hard time with concepts like wireless data. Not being condescending, I just always felt there's a strong traditionalist element in Hifi.
I'd like to see Slim perhaps do more co-marketing with the likes of Meridian and ATC. You know, have some systems to sell at various price ranges with each manufacturer getting a cut. Maybe even in conjunction with a small/silent server box maker (like the recent hook-up with the RAID stuff) to help folks understand how SB works. I think that's still the biggest barrier to entry for people with CD/Vinyl libraries -- it's not at all obvious for many what they need to do to make the transition, or even why they should. The techy/geeky stuff, the stuff you can't see or feel, probably turns prospective customers away. And they're often the one's at the upper end of the age bracket who'd happily blow a grand or so on a CD player. -- GeeZa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GeeZa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24901 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
