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In Reply to: Re: CDP of the FUTURE are Fast Becoming Computers posted by bobp on May 13, 2005 at 13:17:48:
I think a middle ground will be found with future transports.I know there are a lot of PC fans out there, and Ive used a PC as a transport or source more than a few times myself (w/ hoontech dsp24 soundcard doing either analogue or digital out duties).
I think people have concerns and preferences here, I for one dont like hearing a PC in the background (and yes I have water cooled, used seagate V harddrives and 'noiseless' power supplies).. But for that matter, I dont even like hearing CD players in the background (I have some here where seeks and spinning is audible from the listening chair). I dont like the idea of using a mouse to navigate (and yes again, I have used remotes with pc's and its clumsy). I dont like the idea of having the power lines around my hifi being poluted with noise, nor the potential of EMI.
I think with toys like ipods and what not proliferating like mad, and becoming cheap, that the next step in transports might be something similar. A device with enough solid state memory to store a colection of CDs/whatever, and read it out of a buffer at extremely low jitter. Theres no reason the main advantages of a PC cant be made in a unit thats much less clumsy to use, and much more friendly to the surrounding hifi environment, while taking into account all the other 'audiophile' things we love.
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- perhaps.. or perhaps transports of the future will be radically different - avian 09:07:27 05/14/05 (0)
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