funkstar;270338 Wrote: > The VFD displays were always said to be a major cost item in the > manufacture of the SB and the Transporter. Removing them and reducing > the over all size of the case should allow for a less expensive unit. > Not saying it would be cheap, just less expensive :)
Use a little common sense there... One VFD is included in a $300 product and two of the exact same displays in a $2000 product. What do you think the net savings could be from the $2000 unit if both displays were eliminated? I think there's about a one in a million chance of seeing a new Transporter now that Logitech is pushing the division to crank out consumer gear that will show a profit when sold by the boat load. But just for grins: - Eliminate all server-software-controlled buttons and knobs. It was a move in an obvious direction from a company that does everything in software, but in reality they're just not very reliable or terribly useful. - One display. The 2nd display balanced the face in the eye of some designer, but is mostly useless. The case could be made smaller - there's nothing magical about a 17" width case and plenty of high-end gear is housed in more appropriately sized chassis. - A reall power switch, located on the front of the unit. - A hardware input source selection switch to change digital inputs. I don't care that this isn't contollable from the remote - I just want something reliable. - A chassis designed by anyone other than Fred Bould, or any other industrial design company that designs furniture and flower vases and toothbrushes and consumer electronics. Something with more traditional lines and a solid front bezel. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43466 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
