Archimago wrote: > I can certainly see myself owning something like the ZERO 1 in the > future if I want to reset the system! All-in-one systems like these will > allow the designers to optimize all the parts for sound quality and > provide a neat tidy package. Certainly my wife would already appreciate > something like this in our living area especially if she can just stream > whatever off her phone without hassle. > > I have no doubt that it would sound excellent. Given that this is the > audiophile subforum, the main question I do wonder about is if it will > be afforded with the same -respect-. Would streaming through the Airport > Express be something that the traditional audiophiles see as on par with > the same quality out of wired transmission? There's also the loss of > flexibility; you can't just switch out amps and change the DAC at > leisure although I guess it might be interesting to have a modular > design...
I'll respond to your second paragraph first - All in one speakers like the ZERO 1 could and, most likely, would cause quite a bit unrest in the high end audio world. No expensive DACs, pre-amps, power amps and cables to buy would certainly represent a paradigm shift in the world of high end audio and there's a good chance that the ZERO 1 would not be given the same respect that more traditional audio components receive. Class D amps, lack of flexibility, etc. would be just the start. However Avantgarde Acoustics should be praised for being different and daring. I read through the information on the Avantgarde Acoustics web site regarding the ZERO 1 system but I could not discern if the system is capable of doing room correction along with the digital signal processing being done for the individual speaker drivers and amps. Now that would be a real game changer - an all in one speaker system similar to the ZERO 1 (if the ZERO 1 is, indeed not capable of doing room correction within the DSP) that not only uses digital signal processing to optimize each individual speaker driver but also optimizes the entire system based on the room and the placement of the speakers within the room. And if the system/speakers could use LMS and iPeng I would think that I died and went to heaven. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103847 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
