I am not part of the mass market. I'm typing this on a laptop running Linux. There are plenty of people like me but I realise they are the minority.
I like Slim Devices products because they tap into a home network and data server that were already there for me. I don't need to pay for things which I've already got (and I've got them because they are useful in general). On the audiophile side, the SD products are characterised as minimal players which can be connected to my main rig. The total absence of physical noise from fans and electrical noise due to moving parts is very attractive to me as an audiophile. Such basic characteristics seem to be lacking from other products and that pretty much disqualifies them by comparison. Just as the audiophile cognoscenti are reversing their hogwash about CD players being inherently better than music servers (to the truth) a few other audio sacred cows are going to get slaughtered in the medium term. Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz -> Krell KAV-300i (pre bypass) -> PMC AB-1 Dell laptop -> JVC UX-C30 mini system ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46767 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
