adamslim;231701 Wrote: > Any questions as to value are irrelevant - if it is the best-sounding > digital source available, then £9,600 does not seem an outrageous price > (indeed, good value?). > > Since it is dealer set-up, I presume that they set up a PC for you and > the network. If it works with a NAS, would a Klimax+NAS+ethernet > switch system be enough? If so, it should work out of the box and not > need a geek to maintain. > > Compare and contrast with Transporter: > - Digital inputs - who cares? All your music gets streamed to it, so > no need of other sources. Compressed DAB or DVD - who would pollute a > Klimax with such filth?!? > > - Sound - I bet it sounds better than a TP! The CD12 was truly > special... > > - Screen on the device - why does the screen need to be on the device? > Why not have a separate screen system, such as the remote? Or even a > dedicated wifi screen, to put wherever you like, communicating directly > with the server? > > - Server software - I suspect this is about 4-0 to Slim Devices here. > The flexibility, ability to stream and communicate with multiple > devices and so on is very cool. > > I bet that this increases sales of the Transporter, by 'legitimising' > to concept of HD streaming but with the TP being a sensible price. > It's now down to Logitech/SD to improve their product sonically and get > their marketing in gear. > > Adam
I agree with your comments, and hope to augment my multi-room SB setup with a DS in the future. Regarding the server software, I have a few questions - Is the UPnP approach (with a control point rather than a server doing most of the smarts) inherrently inferior to SlimServer - any reason they shouldn't be able to stream to multiple devices etc.? What are likely other limitations? How easy would it be to build a dummy SoftSqueeze emulator that is controlable from SlimServer and that essentially acts as a Slim-UPnP converter - acting as a control point for the Linn DS by forwarding forwarding its playlist/music-stream to the DS? -- netim3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ netim3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=219 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38815
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