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In Reply to: Question about CD transport manufacture for industry "insiders" or others more knowledgable than me... posted by Thermionic Dude on February 28, 2007 at 13:09:31:
Companies pooling ressources is actually a good idea theoretically and probably the only way for them, operating on a niche market and in small quantities, to come up with a completely new transport. Now, the practicality of this is another matter, as you would have to get competitors to agree on one design, and somehow "share" one technology which would make each of them slightly less distinct from the others. I know they're already all using the same transport, but most also claim tweaking it with "in-house" secrets in order to preserve some individuality. Plus the future of the "pool" would be uncertain (some might go out of business, or drop out, or suddenly decide that the transport is not that important), and what then of the future of the new transport?
Esoteric does offer to license their transport but in a quite vicious way, imposing manufacturers to buy 50 of them cash, which is a way to make sure they'll have to sell their CD player at least twice the price of a similarly positioned Esoteric player.
Also, a lot of manufacturer, as per Charles Hansen's response to a previous thread, feel that the money is better spent in other components.
Jean-Baptiste
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