Wasn't the Psion Wavefinder just a plug-in DAB radio for a PC? It always struck me as a pretty pointless little gadget, one which would never be able to overcome the fundamental problems that DAB coverage was poor (especially with a tiny little indoor aerial), and that even with a good signal its sound quality sucks. I doubt that DSG had much to do with its failure.
Ron: I hear what you're saying, but it's a point of view that I typically only hear from manufacturers, not one that I often hear from companies which do the product design. My own experience with Chinese manufacturing has been very positive. Yes, they do try to substitute components, but I've always been given the opportunity to check specifications properly first and to approve or disallow them. Typically any changes are made for ease of availability, rather than a cynical attempt to shave off a few pence here and there, but as design engineer I can always insist that specific components are used in critical positions where they matter. It's certainly not something that the end user of the product should have to worry about. It's not just labour costs that are much reduced, but component prices too - a Chinese factory making thousands upon thousands of products has much greater buying power than a small company making batches of a few hundred at a time, even on components that are unique to a low volume design. Whilst I'd agree that cost savings aren't guaranteed, once a design is stable and there's reasonable volume, they can be very substantial indeed. -- AndyC_772 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AndyC_772's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10472 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35899 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
