One thing that interested me on their page was the statement:
Due to popular demand AudioReQuest is now shipping with an Ethernet Port which will be activated in a future software update!
While it reminds me how lucky we are that the empeg is upgradeable and its software will be continually improving (and these improvements free or at low cost), it makes me think. What hardware features would people like to see added, even if support for them in software wasn't immediately available? Would people want quad sound (left/right front/back), if for the moment the front and back were the same but they were promised to be truly seperable (e.g. via DSP settings or quad-channel sound files being availble) at some time in the future?
Sure, there are a lot of things that people have suggested that would be expensive to add - I imagine adding a RF out for a TV display might be cool but would cost a heap (especially if it has to conform to emission controls!). But there may be things that can be added in the Phase III which aren't that difficult or expensive and could be really useful when Hugo, Rob and all the rest get around to making them active...
Bring on the quadrophonic sound for me :-)
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