Mark Lanctot;147478 Wrote: > The Transporter is their first, and only, very high-end audiophile, > niche product. Depending on how things work out, it could be that Slim > Devices may not be able to introduce new products to this market - they > may no longer have the "credentials" for this. I hope what Junien just > posted is right, but audiophiles are a finnicky and fickle bunch. > > But what really pays the bills is the Squeezebox, aimed at the > up-market consumer. Slim Devices may have been kind of caught here in > terms of growth - they just did not have any retail presence. Where > could they have gone from here? We heard calls for taking the > Squeezebox to the consumer - how could that have happened otherwise? > This now completely eliminates that concern and will allow Slim to > expand its product line for things users have been asking for - the > Squeezebox boombox, the Squeezebox clock radio, perhaps even the > Squeezebox portable player? The sky is kind of the limit now. They > will have the financing and the marketing ability. > > The Squeezebox was not really a consumer item. Now, suddenly, it is. > > There was one mention about Apple DRM. Support for this has gotten > much closer - I'm sure Apple would never have worked with Slim Devices > but they might work with Logitech. > > Also they can solidly trounce Roku, as if they haven't already. :-)
But if the quality stays the same or better, who really cares if the "audiophile credibility" goes down? At $300, the sb3 already doesn't have "enough", and is cheap enough to go pretty mass market. I, for one, couldn't care less, since what I want from the thing is sound quality and convenience, rather than bragging rights. ;) -- totoro _____________________________________________ squeezebox 3 -> behringer 2496 -> classe 5 -> mccormack dna .5 -> audio physic tempo 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ totoro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
