My name is Alec Lane, I have a company which is proposing to design and manufacture high end home audio products. We are currently developing our first product and would like to get a idea from the audio community if there is a particular opportunity in the market.
How would you describe your perfect audio product?
What would you like to see that is not currently available?
I would love to have one box for streaming to do the following - USB and spdif and optical outputs for connection to a DAC - HDMI outputs (more for driving a monitor than audio) - hard wire and wireless LAN connectivity for downloading and streaming internet content - remote control program to work on a tablet/phone - an interface with the flexibility of iTunes both on screen and tablet - Bluetooth mouse and keyboard control - support for dual hard drives in mirrored raid config - hot swapable - USB and FireWire inputs for connecting external hard drives - playback of raw digital files - no modifying the digital content - CD/SACD playback capability - real time conversion of DSD files and DSD output for DAC's that support it
I currently have most of the above features, but it takes the following to provide it... - iMac computer with iTunes (no FireWire) >>> with Audirvana software >>> external DVD drive (no SACD support) - NAS drive - not hot swapable - Retune software on my tablet
expanding on the responses above, i'm not sure that a genuinely all-inclusive product exists--i.e. one box which plays/rips cds, has hd storage, does wireless streaming/bluetooth and is an integrated amp. properly priced and designed, such an animal might have a lot of appeal.
An amplifier that has a Tube input stage and the option to choose tube or SS output all in the same amp. It's a tube amp and a hybrid SS amp! Choose which output you want depending on mood, speakers, power requirements, music type, etc...
Okay, how 'bout some really nice active monitors that can fill (at least) a mid sized room? If everything is going the streaming route then all one needs is the streaming device which should have volume built in (and it should have outs for a sub signal).
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