Pat Farrell;142570 Wrote: > 95bcwh wrote: > > Does anyone has any idea whether a scale-down version (WITHOUT the > DAC) > > of the transporter will be released one-day ? > > But I don't understand what you are asking for. The Transporter as a > unit is very cool. Without the DAC, it would be a lot like having two > SqueezeBox 3s, but lots more expensive. >
And I don't quite understand how you could not understand what the poster was asking for, since several people have spelled out the advantages of the Transporter over an SB3 as a purely digital transport. Oh, look! Two of those explanations are direct responses to an earlier post of yours: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=142131&postcount=5 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=142130&postcount=6 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=142137&postcount=7 Forgive me for finding it a mite annoying when people play dumb in a passive-aggressive sort of way. Having said all that -- while I would definitely buy a pure-digital Transporter if Slim offered one (since I'm using mine now feeding just bits to a TacT-based system which needs to be fed bits, and I'd be glad to move that one to where its remarkably-good-sounding DAC could feed something analog), I'm not holding my breath for them to offer one. It's not clear to me (just seat of the pants, of course, not having done any kind of formal study) that in the the volume in which we digital-Transporter-wanters would buy them, any parts savings would even be able to result in a meaningful retail-price drop once the additional design and manufacturing overhead were factored in. And even if one were in the works, Slim aren't crazy enough to Osborne themselves by breathing a word of it while Transporter orders are still in their first flush. But still, I'd buy one if offered at even a nominal price cut, just because I'm freak enough to like the idea of a minimal, optimized digital-only Transporter. Maybe there are enough like me. -- jbm0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jbm0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3949 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28246 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
