RE: Re: Audiotron vs Rio Receiver - Round 2

["Tony Butler" <tony@xxxxxxx>]

Indeed Mick, horses for courses as you say.

I don't like to have loads of kit on display either - which is why it's
all tucked away in node 0 (well that and node 0.5 in a kitchen
cupboard!)
When I get around to it, the audiotron linking to my multiroom system
will go in node 0.5, so SWMBO can just open a door, select her music and away she goes.
I however will use the iPAQ or PC or Fuji or ePod to control it.  I haven't decided on the location for my office Audiotron, but certainly
it won't have to be on display thanks to the web interface. 
The issue of the look and feel of the physical device is, in this case,
really only for SWMBO compliance, but I do feel tackiness can spoil
things a bit - eg, I have a sony NS700 (or 900? Can't remember).  A ni= ce
DVD player, brushed metal front (albeit hidden away), matching silvery,
slim remote - but they spoil it by putting a crappy 1 line lcd on the
remote with an orange backlight that you can't read, with a tacky
up/down selector.  It just spoils the impression of quality :(
(Of course, the pronto does all the hard work so no one need see this
remote - but it's the _principal_ of the thing.  Better not to bother<= BR> with the display than do it badly....)

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: Mick Furlong [mailto:hiltoneltd@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 May 2002 17:43
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Audiotron vs Rio Receiver - Round 2

Sounds like different things matter to different folks, horse for
courses.
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Some of the people on this list are willing to pay =A31000s for their
audio experience,=A0a tone deaf old bugger like me couldn't tell the
difference between a =A3200 and =A31000 device. Before someone says it yes = I
could probably tell which was which but beyond a certain level the
additional=A0 quality is indiscernable to me.
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Looks don't matter so much to me as I dont like loads of kit on view,
other people like to make a showcase of their kit.
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I guess there are seperate markets for these devices just like there are for all audio kit ....otherwise we would all be using Meridians or
Amstrads.
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In fact the lack of choice in the MP3 network market is probably the
only reason we are having this discussion if there was a broader range
with differing facilities and quality at dffering price levels we
wouldnt even bother :).
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all IMHO ;)
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Mick
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