On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 13:02 -0800, Masterbaron wrote: > Could someone from SD explain to me the resistance to selling the SB > without a case such that it could be custom mounted for all the > gearheads out there.
I'm not from SD, and I know nothing about its internals. But SD is a small company. Having two or more products is expensive. Having two products that only differ by the price of a plastic case is not generally a good business decision. You can always just buy the product and take the case off. > Better yet SD should sell a unit that conforms to the > 19" rack mount specification - there's a large market out there just > waiting for this to be professionally integrated in the home studio.. I can't imagine that there is a "large" market for such a mounting system. Very few $300 items are setup for 19" racks. You can, of course, just get a 19" rack shelf for $30 or so from any of the music gear websites. Even the $1000 Benchmark DAC-1 is not setup for 19" rackmounting. It takes special, and extra cost, wings that cost nearly as much as a SqueezeBox. How much do you want to spend? I could be talked into paying retail for some SB3s and putting them in rack mount cases for the right amount of money. I can't imagine selling more than a dozen or so. Look at the real sales figures for audiophile gear. Part of why the prices are in the many thousands of dollars is that the volumes are in the hundreds. SD has admitted that they've sold tens of thousands of units of SqueezeBoxen. Its a whole 'nother world. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
