I'm currently in the UK having attended the CEDIA show with the guys at Progressive and we've seen the NAIM system and several others.
One interesting thing that came to light with NaimNet is it's lack of Internet Radio support. It may well be less relevant for their customers or it may just be someting they will add later - but us Slim folks it seemed a bit of glaring omission. Obviously at such a show there's a lot of 'old school' custom install systems at some amazing price points. I guess what I take away from it is there will always be a demand at the high-end for systems that 'do everything' regardless of cost. i think where it was interesting for us was that we are really bringing some elements of these systems to an audience that don't have that sort of money - and that potentially is a much larger group of people. It was definitely a case of some of the custom installers 'getting it' and some definitely not. A lot of people talked about sticking SB's in rack with amps, etc and running cable out to each room. We're happy for them to do that, but they couldn't seem to get their heads around having the SB in the listening room rather than the wiring closet. Having said that, we did have some great conversations with high-end audio manufacturers who 'get it' and understand that SB really represents an opportunity rather than a threat to them. We're just another source that ultimately is going to need amplification and speakers . . . OK, we might enjoy trying to put the wind up the odd CDP manufacturer, but it's surprising how many other guys actually said they owned SB's . . . made me feel very warm and fuzzy inside . . . well that and a decent cup of tea;-) -- Jez Jez Hildred Senior Manager - Sales & Marketing Slim Devices, Inc. http://www.last.fm/user/Kadosh/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jez's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4300 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24901 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
