stoobie-doo wrote:
Can someone explain to me in non-audiophile terms what makes the various features of the Transporter so desirable, because it's hard for me to understand what people are getting (besides a knob).
Audiophiles often defy logic or at least economics. If you have to have it explained, you probably are not the target market. It is not about being worth more, it just costs more. Free markets and all that. Of course, some of the price is justified by 'stuff' you get, including higher cost parts, fancy cases, dual displays, etc. Some folks have complained that the Slim Devices stuff doesn't look right in a rack or stack with audiophile gear. The SB3 isn't 17" wide, doesn't have rack mount ears, doesn't cost more that a week's wages, etc. If it sells, then it is worth the price. If not, SD will stop making them. The audiophile market is not like consumer electronics. The volumes are tiny, most of the stuff is hand made, and it is made of expensive parts. I have heard from reliable sources that many of the 'big audiophile' brands sell only about a million dollars of sales per year. At $2000 per unit, that is only 500 units. And at more standard audiophile prices, say $10,000 a unit, it is only 100 units. Consumer electronics manufacturors like Sony and Yamaha probably lose more than 500 units to containers falling overboard at sea, let alone normal inventory shrinkage. Its a different world. Some of the cost is engineering time to lay out circuits to minimize noise that is nearly or maybe even totally too low to be heard. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
