Actually there will be a commercial product most likely announced later this year. But its going to make a transpoter seem inexpensive. (ie it won't be a cheap product) We were trying to get it ready for CES but that didn't happen. The plan is to make it work with Slimserver, but it will also play CD's, and work as a USB DAC as well. There is a full fledged computer inside running linux which will rip CDs and play from flash (but I make NO fancy claims like the memory player people, its just good solid engineering) with some special analog output stages I designed.
On the Cat5 with LVDS, the cable DOES make a difference but not for the usual reasons. The primary contributor to "sound" I have found for the cables between boxes once you get reclocking properly taking place is EMI radiated from the cable geting picked up by other parts of the system. Getting good connectors and proper cables cuts down on the EMI. This is also my biggest complaint about the SB3, as is from the factory it radiates a lot of stuff, both from the Switching supply and the box itself. I'm not saying it doesn't meet FCC rules, but when you get into some of the very high end high resolving systems the EMI from it can really make a difference. Thats one of the nice things the Transporter has going for it, the EMI is WAY down from the SB3. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31080 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
