Siduhe Wrote: > I don't necessarily disagree with Paul and NicketyNick - I think the > Apple hi-fi will appeal to a lot of people looking for an 'out of the > box' solution. But [IMHO] there's a fairly wide category of people who > want a bit more than a speaker set to plug their Ipod into, but don't > class themselves as audiophiles or have high end systems..
But the question remains - is Slim going to reach enough of these people to maintain their current business model? I think Slim will see a sizable drop in volumes, although innovations like Pandora are going to help - but they'll need more of these! I'm afraid the lower volumes will force them upstream into a higher-margin market segment, if they can't keep volumes propped up with a steady stream of innovations. They may do better in the US & UK due to better market penetration - but they're certainly going to have tough sledding here in Canada (no jokes about all 3 of us already having one from the peanut gallery!) -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21592 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
