Pat Farrell;142570 Wrote: > 95bcwh wrote:[color=blue] > > But I don't understand what you are asking for. The Transporter as a > unit is very cool. Without the DAC, it would be a lot like having two > SqueezeBox 3s, but lots more expensive. > > Removing $100 worth of parts from an electronic product does not reduce > > its price by $100. It may, in fact, increase costs because now there > are > two products to make and keep straight, and two means some folks will > get the wrong one, needing replacements, etc. >
I thought a large part of the material cost of the Transporter was in the power supply used for the DAC? Removing the DAC and all the associated circuits and parts would introduce a pretty big chunck of the cost. -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28246 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
