adamslim;195953 Wrote: > So the Slim Devices angle questions are: > - What is the life expectancy of SD products? New models every couple > of years? Hopelessly outperformed after five years? Unserviceable > after seven? Just the nature of the current tech? I am now upgrading > my SB3 for a second time, and I've not even had it a year!
Given that the old SliMP3s and SB1s are still out there and still run on the latest SlimServer, I'd say it's quite good. Isn't serial number 00001 still operational? I think Dan Sully owns it, or maybe Dean Blackketter? It's very different technology though. Amps haven't changed all that much, really (yeah I know someone will quote some obscure super-rare exception). About the only significant thing has been the rise of class D. The realm of networked digital audio players is totally different - the SliMP3 really introduced it, and since then, there's been the rise of wireless networking, lossless codecs, digital outputs, multiple codecs, etc. You can't stay with the same device since this technology is changing so rapidly, and to Slim Devices' credit, the first SliMP3s aren't really obsolete - they will still play MP3s like they always have, but they can do it off the latest SlimServer 7.0a1. > Anyone got older equipment in their main system? People will laugh at me, but since they do anyway, I have an early '80s vintage Hafler DH-200 amp. I don't care what they say, I like it. It's built like a tank, it's got gobs of reserve power and I have never been able to make it hotter than even lukewarm. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34591 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
