AVI's existing small bookshelf speaker, the active Neutron IV, retails for about £1050 in the UK. I've not heard the active versions but the speakers themselves are stunningly transparent and seem to punch well above their diminutive size. They need to be sited on stands to get the best out of them.
The new media speakers would appear to be similar but with the amp built in and not an addition on the back and the addition of a DAC for usb. I suspect the will retail for about £600 in the UK given this quote from the AVI site. "We did look to see what sort of separates you could get for the money and found a 40wpc Integrated Amp (insufficient headroom for modern recordings) for £600 and a well known 50wpc pre/power combination for £1500 or the price of our speakers and a decent computer" -- magnanimous ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magnanimous's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8977 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31557 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
