Although the SR60's haven't seen the same success as the GS-1000's, I am generally very pleased with how the loan programme is progressing. I'm pleased to read impressions by people who are experiencing the phones in their own homes.
The fall is approaching and as I had mentioned, I would introduce new phones if things were going well. At the moment, I'm a little reluctant to start a European circuit until I see how the US/Canada one continues to pan out. So, the European phones won't be sent out until early 2009 I would think. That will give this programme about 7 months running for me to gauge the ease of maintaining control of the phones, both in terms of getting from A to B to C and ensuring their proper condition etc. Thus far the GS-1000's have been arriving as new, which they should be! I'm really thankful to the first three guys involved on that end because it gives me a lot of confidence to keep this up.
With such confidence, I had hinted at perhaps some new phones by the fall. There has been a lot of talk about the RS-1's and RS-2's lately on the board, particularly questions regarding the differences between them.
So, I'm going with a pair of each for the next bit. What I am proposing is perhaps sending both sets to the same person and having them travel in pairs so people could get a feel for both models.
How does that sound?
My thinking for this idea is that individuals will be able to conclude for themselves, whether they want to go the Reference series route and if so, either the 1 or 2. This might offer the most benefits to the most people who are involved in borrowing the phones.
The con is that instead of two people enjoying phones, one person has two...more responsibility on a single individual and it also takes longer to work through the list. Yet, if ABing 1's vs. 2's is seen as really unique and/or beneficial, then I'll stick with the original plan. Sometime in September I'll have the next two pairs.
