To try to answer the original posting - I spent yesterday at ISE2017 - Integrated Systems Europe, one of the largest AV trade fairs in Europe. It filled pretty much the whole RAI exhibition centre, but only one hall was Audio. Even Harman International were mostly promoting their smart retail store concepts. Everything was digital. Audio-over-IP (AES67, AES70) seems a big thing, but audio is definitely seen as just one of the many integrated "smart living" components. I had a bit of overload of Jetsons-like solutions to run my life.
So forget optical. Forget audio cables (even Belkin was displaying their cat5/6/7 cabling systems). It will all be over IP, and using common protocols (instead of the current multitude of proprietary solution), but all too oriented towards "lifestyle". "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106933 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
