I agree - we really need a reasonably priced "fully loaded" official "SB+" and some favourable reviews to blow the whole upmarket CDP sector wide-open.
However - and I know this isn't where SD are at - to really make this a mass market revolution we'd need to get rid of the dependency on an external computer and its CD drive - let's have a one-box "SB with display, integral hard disk + usb/firewire i/f for more disks + integral cd rom for ripping + eac, tag editor etc pre-installed + easy method of updating the box over lan/wi-fi (including internet connectivity) for new server/firmware updates, plugins, complementary apps etc + a wide variety of control options - remote, pda etc etc + audiophile connections, PSU, DAC and so forth" ...would be a killer. In fact, thinking again, it should come with a Marantz/Philips style programmable wi-fi 2-way "super remote"/PDA hybrid - that's the SONOS gone then... Basically, what many of us have partially (or totally?) built ourselves but condensed into a single audiophile-shaped box that is the hub of an SB-system. A bit like the Linn Kivor but much better (and cheaper!). ...oh and if it could rip, upscale to 1080i/p and stream bit-perfect DVD's over HDMI that would be nice... "All I have to do is dream, dream, dream" -- Phil Leigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24041 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
