Re: Re: SonicBlue now have Rios on sale in the UK

["Frank Mc Alinden" <armagh@xxxxxxx>]

Hi every one

                    Wow 20 grand for audio distribution system unreal .Im sitting here with my quotation from Digihouse for Homevision and a couple of modules 2 grands worth and feeling guilty about placing an order.

Frank Mc

----- Original Message -----

From: BUTLER, Tony, FM

To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'

Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:19 PM

Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: SonicBlue now have Rios on sale in the UK

So in summary, let's say 20k for the 'basic' system.
Doubling it then to add your music sources doesn't seem so bad after all :D

After all, who would buy a 500 quid amp and then not pay 500 for tuner, cd
player, speakers etc?
It's all relative really :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennwatt@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 April 2002 11:09
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: SonicBlue now have Rios on sale in the UK
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> Eek!
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> K.
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> > The 'core' system without any sources costs enough as it is - eg:
> > 8 source into 8 zone intersekt - about 2.5k
> > RCU per zone - 400 quid
> > Line Receiver per zone - 400 quid
> > Amp per zone - your choice really, but let's say 400 quid again
> > Stereo Speakers per room, again 400 seems a nice figure (no point
> buying 6
> > quid car speakers when you're shelling out this much on kit, though
> > realistically, soem rooms will probably have 8 grand B&W
> stonkers!!!)
> > so 1600 per room = 12800 + 2500 for the intersekt = 15300
> just for the
> > infrastructure - no hifi sources and no sound servers!
> > That, of course, _excludes_ any cabling or installation - which your
> local
> > dealer will _insist_ on doing @ further great expense :<
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