acousticsguru;229431 Wrote: > I'll admit it, I'm new around here, but have spent several days reading > through hundreds if not thousands of posts here and on other boards, > and come to the conclusion that many, if not most (!) audiophiles are > looking for exactly the same product as I am: an easy-to-use streaming > client to feed data into their high-end D/A-converter, in other words, > an already existing stereo in which it would replace the CD-transport. > > I appear not to be alone in looking for something like the Squeezebox, > with all the necessary digital outputs (AES/EBU still seems the choice > of audiophiles), a word clock input (to complete the wish list, 24/96 > or higher resolution capability appears on many people's wish list - > but I understand the latter could not be implemented in the current > Squeezbox), with *NO* unnecessary expenses for DAC, output stages, > extra power supply and regulators (nor even, necessarily, a costly > aluminum chassis - most users seem wholly satisfied with their > Squeezebox). > > At this point in time, all there seems to be is the Transporter, at > (depending on the source) rougly seven times the cost. Looks like a > neat product to me, just not what any audiophile not born yesterday > needs (i.e. it aims at people who are in the market to buy their first > high-end stereo). > > Maybe the product I'm alluding to, a streaming client to replace one's > high-end CD-Transport can be had from some Squeezebox modder and I just > haven't found it yet? Of course, the existence of modders merely proves > my point, that there are others looking for a streaming client to > replace their high-end CD-transport. > > Makes me wonder, is Slim Devices/Logitech going to offer an audiophile > Squeezebox anytime soon? I mean, since it's so obvious from these (and > other forums') pages that if fairly priced, it would sell like > hotcakes? > > Greetings from Switzerland, David.
I support this idea 100%. I would love to have a SB-like purely digital device, a "transport" with maximum possible connection versatility, without being have to pay for rather expensive high quality analog stage that I don't need anyways. I always believed in modular architecture, and even though modularity has it's obvious overhead over integrated devices, the inherent flexibility makes it worth the trouble for me. -- 325xi sb3 || simaudio nova cdp >> simaudio moon i-5 >> revel performa m20 on *skylan* stands via acoustic zen matrix reference ii and acoustic zen satori sb3 >> audioengine 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 325xi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5661 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38637 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
