JJZolx wrote: > For Bryston, installing Squeezelite, which they didn't pay a penny to > develop, on the BDP-2, with its bog-standard motherboard running Linux, > is a pretty low risk proposition. They didn't develop the system to be a > Squeezebox emulator; it's an afterthought. It may generate a few > additional support calls from their clientele, but they're charging > $3000 for the thing, which doesn't even contain a DAC, so they can > afford the support.
True they didn't pay for the development of Squeezelite. But they sure paid a lot for bringing it to market. Design, production and certification of a product is very expensive, hence the huge price tag of the Bryston device. 'M-DAC' (http://www.audiolab.co.uk/M-DAC%20Series.aspx?lang=En) -> 'Cambridge Audio Azur 840E' (http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/products/azur-840e-pre-amplifier) -> 'Focal MP1200' (http://www.mp1200.co.nf/) -> 'Focal Electra 1028 Be' (http://www.focal.com/en/electra-1000-be-2/209-electra-1028-be-3544053695099.html) 1 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio and 2 x SB Touch - all wireless 1 x Wandboard Dual behind the bedroom ceiling 1 x Wandboard Dual for 'msqueeze' (http://www.msqueeze.co.nf/index.html) project 1 x Wandboard Quad (will eventually become my LMS server) ReadyNAS NVX running LMS 7.8.1. - 1402661598 iPeng 7 on iPhone. SqueezePad & iPeng 7 on iPad. http://www.last.fm/user/phibon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102809 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
