Originally Posted by Richard W
I cannot see many people needing >10M so if you're think "mass-market" and keeping cost down stick with passive and think about expanding to an active solution to flog to those with money to consider buying the original AC12.

I keep wondering about a 511 eqivalent box, in terms of parts and labour probably not that much more expensive? For most people; buy it once and expand into it? But then dismiss the idea that if the basic 2 channel box is good and sensibly priced we'd just buy 2 or 3 (or 4?)

Richard
I agree, 10m should be adequate for most situations. I may consider designing a second solution for longer cable runs, but it really depends on the demand.

As for cost, I've no idea yet. It depends on the final solution chosen and the grade of components used. For example a Neutrik RJ45 connector in a rugged shell could easily be an order of magnitude more expensive than a simple pcb mount connector. Although cases with a number of pre-cut Neutrik D-series holes can be bought off the shelf, whereas a bespoke case may need to be specified and manufactured if using a number of connectors with different dimensions.
I come from a pro-audio background, so I would typically use slightly more 'industrial' style connectors (e.g the Neutrik D-series) than one might typically find in consumer audio. The sort than even bass players can't break... wink

My intention was to develop a product capable of supporting 2-channels of audio only, as people are likely to have a mixture of SL and non-SL speakers at any given time. They can therefore buy the required number of adapters for their setup. A significant proportion of the cost will be connectors, transformers (if going for a passive solution) and labour, all of which will increase as audio channels are added.

Originally Posted by dr.bill
t42: i believe we discussed this solution last year. if you could devise converters to go from non SL center and then out to SL left/right speakers w/ zero performance loss then i'm in.
Just to clarify, are you looking for a more cost effective solution than the AC12, or is the AC12 unable to do what you want?

Last edited by t42; 2010-09-22 17:10.