What is new with the Memory Player?

Askat, How long before the VRS II comes out and what will the price be? You obviously have inside knowledge about the innerworkings of both the VRS and the Memory player. My question is whether the Memory Player is overpriced because it is the first of its kind sold to the public. My fear has been that you will be able to have this same performance for 20% of the price in a year. Bob

Maybe 30%, the trickledown theory after the initial dust has settled, someone will definately take the lid off to see what makes them tick.

Computer and Pro-Audio entering the forefront of our highend two-channel systems, I used to laugh at it, not anymore.

The obvious difference between these two units seems to be the initial read and transfer methods from what I gather.

I'm not sure if this is the same product that Askat is referencing, but according to the VRS site pricing for the Revelation Music Studio starts at $9500 and can go up to $15k. Then if you need or want additional storage add another $1K - $4k.

You can also read more about the VRS here:

http://6moons.com/audioreviews/vrs/vrs.html

However much I applaud the technological advances benefitting musical reproduction, ie in this case 16/44 redbook CD playback. I'm worried that, as is suggested above, the socalled "ace in the hole" is solidly based on software development. And that may mean annual updates/versions, or in other words obsolescence within a very short period of time...and that for something costing >$10K with unacceptable built quality, general user unfriendliness.

Probably some of the reasons why this player hasn't taken off. I'm normally early adaptor, but it's clear to me that this product is far from being ready for the market at large. So I'll content myself in following the various discussions...

To RX8man, people have taken the lid of as Mr. Perry has said, and no one has been able to duplicate the sound of the Memory Player, and that does include VRS.

As per cost, of course the price of this technology will eventually come down, but what most people don't realize is that what you are really paying for is the two plus years and 1,000s of man hours developing the code employed by the Memory Player.

If you compare the Memory Player to Microsoft's latest attempt to get it right "Vista" then you can get a great perspective. A retail copy of Vista costs about $300.00 when the net cost to produce this product in quantity is probably less than $5.00.00!

What is in a box of software a disc, some printed pamphlets
and a nice looking box. So why $300.00? As I am sure Mr. Gates would tell you it costs millions and millions of dollars to develop the code over many, many years and a ridiculous amount of expensive programming man hours!

Unlike Microsoft both of these companies will sell hundreds of units not millions so the cost for a while will be high to cover, recoup and then to make profit for the designers and principles.

Most audiophiles have no problem spending a lot of money on a pair of cables or other associated hardware, the Memory Player and the VRS both are more than the sum of their respective parts, and should be thought of in that light.

The fact that you can take apart a $32,000.00 pair of Avalon Edilon Diamonds and build your own knock off version for the sum of its parts which would probably cost you less than $6,000.00!

So why doesn't everyone build their own? Obviously it isn't as easy to do, or everyone would be building their own speakers.

As per the difference between the companies just check out the bio difference between the designers.

With Nova Physics you have two of the most respected audiophile engineers in the industry: Mark Porzilli and George Bischoff. Melos had a ten plus year run with great sounding and innovative products and technologies.

Remember the SHA Gold, which was I believe the first audiophile headphone amplifier, then there was the photon coupled volume control developed by Porzilli, then there was the Pipedreams speakers which reinvented the line source array and there were also if I remember the first really high powered triode based tube amplifiers.

VRS looks like they have a snappier website, and probably has a real user interface, but given the engineering backgrounds between the two companies I would bet there would be no contest between them.