Mark Lanctot;147722 Wrote: > I didn't say that I buy based on bragging rights either, I buy based on > quality and performance. > > I was just saying that that segment of the market may have to be > dropped, because Slim Devices may be able to sell Transporters, but > Logitech might not, even if they are the same device. It's a shame, > but it will probably be the case. In fact audiophiles are so finnicky > that many of them don't like the networked audio approach at all > because they believe that they can hear the difference between WAV, > FLAC, and direct off a CD. Makes no sense, I know, but then again, > this makes no sense either: > > http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C&Category_Code=VOLUME&Product_Count=2 > > http://marigoaudio.com/vtstuningdots.htm Sorry if I sounded snippy.
I guess we just disagree about whether losing that particular market segment is truly a shame :). As far as I can see, it's shrinking rapidly, and the correlation between sound quality and "audiophile credibility" got really weak a long time ago. There are good reasons why younger people and more tech savvy people are turned off to the whole "audiophile" culture, as exemplified by the links you posted. As the technology gets more mature, there shouldn't be much reason for a mass market company not to be able to make good products. We don't by "artisanal" cpus for our computers, after all. And at this point, rowland is selling icepower amps with el cheapo asp modules in them for 5k-- the whole scene has jumped the shark, imho. -- 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
