JJZolx;445838 Wrote: > I think there are several reasons for this. > > The USB DAC concept is much easier for them to grasp. Much of that > crowd is over 50, 60 years old and computers are a mystery to them. > Setting up a home network scares the hell out of them. These are guys > who quite honestly ask whether defragmenting their hard drives will make > the music sound better and believe it 100% when somebody answers 'yes'. > USB DACs are much closer to their comfort level. The computer sends the > DAC a signal and the DAC makes sound. It's a simple diagram.
I'll offer a different point of view, from the vantage point of someone who I suspect is closer to the cited age range than you are ;-). I think USB DACS are purchased by people who know more about computers than about music/sound. Someone who "knows nothing" about PCs just uses it as is, and doesn't tinker, add or subtract. People of my generation who are "afraid of computers" don't use them to play music, and rarely listen to music when using one. They can buy music from the itunes store and take those tracks, together with CDs ripped by itunes, and put them on an ipod. Listen to that music in the house? Buy a radio with an ipod dock. Done. Want to listen to music on your home entertainment system? Use your CD player, or use the audio channels that come on the TV cable. The TV guy set that up when the installation was done. Most whole-house sound systems I encounter (in houses of people older than 30-something) are usually playing the residential equivalent of Muzak, off the TV cable. I've run across plenty of 20-30-40 somethings who asked for my help with a home network. And no, I'm not a techie-type. I think that is less age related than you think. -- Goodsounds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66342 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
