Just finished reading a review of the Transporter in Stereophile magazine and the article reinforced something I (and I'm sure many others) have been thinking about for sometime. Slim Devices needs a player that fits somewhere between the SqueezeBox and Transporter.
The SqueezeBox is $299 and the Transporter is $1999. I just can't justify in my budget a Transporter but I could probably sneak in something around $1000-1200, while still offering Transporter-like sound quality. So many people are adding high-quality external DACs to their SqueezeBox that this price range seems like a good market sweet-spot for Slim Devices. One way for Slim Devices to achieve this would be to cut back on some of the Transporter's niceties and focus on high-quality components that impact sound quality, such as of course the DAC. Personally, I would prefer a player that had a LCD-based wireless rechargable controller that could be placed into an angled recharging slot on the top of the main player unit. Nothing else would be needed on the player except perhaps a power indicator, everything else would be displayed on the LCD controller. The controller would still need to operate the player while in the recharging slot. This would eliminate the cost of the Transporter's 2 displays, buttons, knob and larger chassis. Perhaps some of the Transporter's input/output flexibility could be pared back a tad as well. Summary: - Simple but still high-end looking main player unit with power indicator and angled recharging slot on top. - High-end internal DAC and components offering Transporter-like sound. - Rechargable LCD wireless controller. - Priced $1000 - $1200 I don't want much, eh!? ;-) -- USAudio SB3 -> PS Audio Trio C-100 -> Revel Concerta F12's ------------------------------------------------------------------------ USAudio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8580 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31935 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
