I wonder now if the trend will be that the mainstream audio vendors like Marantz and others (including specialty digital high end vendors) will be the ones that provide the digital source player components for home hi fi down the road that replace those that have gone by the wayside in recent years (Roku, Logitech)?
That would seem to make sense. These vendors need to keep with the times and not let the CD medium dropoff affect them. Designing and selling the next generation gadgets that enable one to play modern digital sources like internet and music server on ones system seems to be the ticket. After all, no hifi music without a digital source these days. I know there is always vinyl but I do not expect that to ever be more than a niche technology for some moving forward. Ipods and portable players alone will not cut it.
