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'No demand' for CD players!

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Old 14-11-2009, 12:01 AM   #1
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'No demand' for CD players!

Linn press conference next week (19th), where it's promised "Gilad Tiefenbrun, Managing Director, Linn Products Limited, will....reveal all about this landmark move for the company and the hi-fi industry as a whole"

Sound decisions prove a hit for Linn


"Gilad Tiefenbrun, Linn’s managing director, said: “Over the last two years [music streamers] have gone from zero to being 25-30 per cent of our sales." The boost has more than made up for a big decline in CD player sales.
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Old 15-11-2009, 10:08 AM   #2
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re: 'No demand' for CD players!

Not sure...

I did however go to Stone Audio near Poole a couple of weeks ago and the MD there was off to their HQ to see new products have a meeting etc.

Seems like there are some exciting products about to be announced methinks!

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Old 15-11-2009, 8:52 PM   #3
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re: 'No demand' for CD players!

Well, they've just announced the Sekrit DS-I and Majik DS-I. These are both products with built in preamps and power amps, like the Sneaky DS, but they also both have external analogue and digital inputs. The Sekrit (£1500) is designed for custom installs and has no display, but the Majik (£2500) has a display as well as better sound!
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Old 20-11-2009, 7:13 PM   #4
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One of Britain's oldest hi-fi firms today announced it is to stop making compact disc players because of a lack of demand.

"We launched a range of streaming music players alongside our CD players, and we found consumers were overwhelmingly buying streaming solutions," said Linn's chief Ivor Tiefenbrun.

As expected, really.
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Old 20-11-2009, 7:32 PM   #5
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50% True, 50% marketing. Probably.
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Old 30-11-2009, 11:35 AM   #6
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50% True, 50% marketing. Probably.
50% True + 50% marketing = 50% True + 50% Lie

that is:

Marketing = Lie?
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Old 01-12-2009, 1:47 PM   #7
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10% true + 90% ***** CD players that didn't sell.
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