The SB3 and Touch is in that price range when recycling them makes more sense than repair in some cases.
That said my SB3 is 5year in February never had any trouble with that one . Seems to be quality stuff :) I may even get my 10 years of service life from such low cost product to. I don't think that VFD is that susceptible to breakdown . But compared to what ? and reading this forum SB3 fail comes in as: Broken remote , WIFI-card, PSU or display and more seldom, the mainboard itself except for damaged caused by lightning or a failed psu or other stuff . It does not have many parts no moving parts not much can go wrong . So I understands that people wonders if they can fit a new display as it one of few lose components . Personally I think the SB3 is a design classic and i do want to keep mine alive as long as possible, and the geniality off the slim client powerful server design, makes it keep up with changes it is not obsolete yet :) How many 5 year old players runs spotify ? (with the help of a server plugin) Even if one keeps buying quality stuff you eventually end up with lemon from someone, thats life. One should be carefull with some garage brand hand made high end , it takes experience to get quality and longevity out off stuff. They may trying to get the best possible sound but neglects other factors. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) PLEASE FIX BUG 112 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84567 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
