Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-12 Thread BetterDAC
around your employees, lest they have to endure such insults from you on a daily basis. -- BetterDAC BetterDAC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14931 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-11 Thread BetterDAC
will deliver better quality sound for several $hundred less than a Transporter. -- BetterDAC BetterDAC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14931 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-11 Thread BetterDAC
a Transporter one of these days, but it’s hard to pay $2K when I consider the other combinations I could buy with better tech specs and still have money left over for a Duet in another room. -- BetterDAC BetterDAC's Profile

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-11 Thread BetterDAC
the same instrument: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28126 BetterDAC, your posts are quite ill-informed on the whole subject. You should read up further on our products, and on DAC characteristics in general, because your controversial viewpoints don't seem to be supported

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-11 Thread BetterDAC
better technical specs, and costs less. BTW, I'll happily change my handle if BetterDAC so offends you. It wasn't meant to be silly just the first name that popped into my head as I was planning to make a post but needed to supply a handle first. -- BetterDAC

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-10 Thread BetterDAC
Ben Sandee;256673 Wrote: On Jan 9, 2008 10:50 PM, BetterDAC BetterDAC.32yepn1199940901 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I shouldn't say it's worse. In fact the specs from the Wolfson website show that it has some good features, but it seems that Slim doesn't take

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-10 Thread BetterDAC
Ben Sandee;256857 Wrote: On Jan 10, 2008 9:11 AM, BetterDAC BetterDAC.32z7ez1199978101 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Ben Sandee;256673 Wrote: Maybe some were, but far more were asking for something cheaper. You were hoping for cheaper than $150

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-09 Thread BetterDAC
FLAC, which isn’t an effortless exercise. Thus we’d like to get the most out of our digital recordings and the DAC is the weak link right now. So for me that’s the biggest disappointment since it seems they may be targeting a different customer than us streaming audiophiles. -- BetterDAC

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-09 Thread BetterDAC
that much more. -- BetterDAC BetterDAC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14931 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-09 Thread BetterDAC
, and they could have really improved the DAC if they had just invested a couple more $ per DAC. But given the DAC that SD chose, it seems to me that Slim assumes their target customers primarily listen to lossy compressed music. -- BetterDAC

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-09 Thread BetterDAC
ezkcdude;256648 Wrote: BetterDAC;256641 Wrote: What qualifies you to make this judgement? I am able to understand the difference between $2,000 and $150. -- BetterDAC BetterDAC's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-09 Thread BetterDAC
advantage of them. At least not yet. But given the criticism that the SB3 didn't have 24x96k capability, I think a lot of users were hoping/expecting for that with the new Duet Receiver. -- BetterDAC BetterDAC's Profile