Chinanico wrote: > For me the dream SB4 would be basically a SB3 WITHOUT the DAC but rather > with a better digital output (of the likes of the transporter, low > jitter, and most importantly 24/96). > > If this is driven by an audiophile need, it might not be incompatible > with mass market requirements: look at the amplifiers on sale right > now, the large part is made of "receivers" for home cinema, which > anyway come with at least 3 digital inputs.
True, but the DAC is likely a very small part of the cost of the unit - the hardware, display, power supplies, etc. are the biggest costs. Removing a chip and a couple of sockets from the design isn't going to bring the price down very much and it makes the unit useless without an external DAC. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
