JJZolx Wrote: > And what's the new technology that enabled this revolution? > > There is none. Instead, it's an economic one... inexpensive storage > space has been the real reason that this is a feasible alternative > today.
Could be I'm missing something, but I don't think this is accurate. It appears to me that a variety of technologies, old and new, are converging to offer the alternative of computer-storage-based music. Software like EAC and AccurateRip help to ensure the quality of the copy process. Network storage devices and USB hard drives make the increasingly cheaper megabytes more useful in a centralized storage model, allowing us to access a central music store from multiple devices more easily - and economically - than before. Wireless networks help to de-couple storage from players, and control software becomes mobile. It would also seem that the SB itself is an example of the type of new technology driving this evolution. While the technology of the individual parts may not be new, the way in which they've been integrated certainly is. -- joncourage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joncourage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22301 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
