EliteAV wrote: > If I recall correctly, the early discussions about a connector box / hub > may have been referring to what Olive are now calling a PAC which is the > box that provides a power connector & speaker connections (with a single > cable running back from the PAC to the ONE containing the separate wires > for power/analogue audio), however I may be wrong about this. > > The initial product envisaged by the Olive engineers wasnt going to > provide any audio connections other than the speaker connections in the > PAC, however, almost immediately people starting asking if a digital out > could be added ... > > Since then, people (I was one of them) started asking for additional > connections: analogue out, wired Ethernet & USB. Hence the reason that > Olive sent a survey to every backer asking for them to select which > additional connectors (& other features) were of most importance & to > confirm that they still wanted these to be included even if it meant > pushing out the launch date (from July to Sep). > > I believe that Olive didnt include a question in the survey about a new > connection box as this came after the survey results had been > collated... > > I think this is a great solution: for people like me who want to be able > to integrate the ONE into 4 different SB based systems that I have in my > house (one that uses the SB coax digital out to an external DAC, 2 that > use the analogue outs to active speakers and another that uses optical > out to an AV amp), I will buy the connector box; for people who have > more modest demands & just want to hook up the ONE to a pair of > speakers, they dont need to buy the connector box. > > Re the communications from Olive (and some comments being deleted), > whilst some people may see this as subterfuge, I just see this as a > company trying to provide a coherent message. > > Personally, I find the idea of being able to shape the design of a new > product very exciting a > > Until the ONE is launched, I will continue to make great use of my > current squeezeboxes.
1) The "connector box" discussion originated in the the comments a scant few days after the indigogo campaign went live - now deleted - and was not directed to the PAC. It was directed to the possibility of implementing analog outputs. I know because most of the original posts inquiring about whether or not a "proprietary connector" might be used to provide "analog out" were mine - I am also a backer - and o how I wish I had screen shots to share now. 2) The indigogo campaign homepage from the very first day provided that there would be a digital output from the One as originally designed - though of course they have since edited that. It appears that whomever was running their comments was not initially aware that this feature was included on the campaign homepage. The comments in the first week even clarified that this would be a coaxial output. 3) Analog outputs via a "dock" with "proprietary connector" were part of the discussion in the comments more than 20 days before the vote - but those comments are now deleted. 4) In the earliest comments concerning the implementation of any dock for analog out, the Olive representative provided that such a dock would be provided for free to backers - so its not subterfuge per se, just seems to me that they are chasing a profit motive with manipulative inducement. For the record, I do not mind the additional cost personally, and point this out so as to indicate a definitive motive beyond inexplicable "subterfuge" or an interest in providing a "coherent message" 5) As noted previously, the notion that we (backers) are somehow "shaping the deign" seems disingenuous, given that it appears that they began the campaign with a "coherent message" in mind- and then tried to lead a horse to water - i.e. the dock and analog output were part of their road map ab initio, and it seems their "reveal" was intended to maximize potential-market-awareness during the course of the campaign. I'm not sure that's a bad thing per se - these devices are not simple to engineer, such that it was arguably prudent of them to have a sense of where they could take the design. 6) I was one of the first SB3 users way back when it launched, and I'll be one of the last to go. But that doesn't mean I'm going to wait to find a replacement, given other needs and interest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ninthsrw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97599 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
