Redcarmoose
Headphoneus Supremus
Things are still in motion but at present we are torn as to the direction we should take.
Just to put it on the table, all variations have the same features give or take. The UI can be changed easily but at the end of the day, features remain the same.
We are still left with minimal eq options. To answer the above question no it can't properly handle a lot of 24/192 flac files.
Our intention was to create access, and not enter this project to import a bunch, inflate prices and make a bunch of money. But unlike Kogan, we also don't process a million in sales a day...lol. So the 24-29 price didn't seem super realistic to us before after all costs are added up.
But since we wanted to make this a community offering, we're going to now keep the price low within reason of course and maybe only for supporters of this thread/community.
So we need to decide what is more important. A nice fancy looking UI with the same features, or really work on this hard, spend some extra time and improve eq, tags, all that stuff.
We have even put money down to commission a dev for rockbox. Again not sure if it'll work out but we'll try anyway. Will have more info soon. Cause wouldn't that be legit!
So we need your help in deciding...
Happy holidays everyone!
CTC Audio
in St. Thomas
What you guys are doing is really cool. For anyone who has tried to get good sound out of the Low cost China DAPs, we know how much of a special thing the Kogan is. Having another company raise the bar is a gift.
It seems the audiophile community likes both features at times and a stripped down no nonsense piece of equipment. A look at stereo receivers, which the Kogan is a mini version of, shows some have lots of features and sound great, while others are popular and have an on switch and volume knob. I would say make it as simple as possible, your not going to make everyone happy in that regard.
Due to the UI, software-hardware simplicity Rockbox may find making another UI easy? It can't be easy to do what they did for the Apple beasts. Still Rockbox could be the ticket to a simple better sounding interface in the end? We all know that the main issue with these China DAPs is the UI/software.
It would be truly amazing if Rockbox could open up any latent volume or SQ still left untapped with-in the player. It seems though that by nature they will tend to make a whole bunch of audio features, as we saw mountains of options with the Rockbox IPod Classic. Their EQ was more adjustable and you had games ........actually more features that anyone can even take note of.lol
The player could be taken to another level by an aftermarket company also. Like Redwine Audio a group could create additions like audiophile parts. When you consider what the Kogan does with off the shelf-cheap as possible parts, it makes you wonder what a couple of different D/A chips or amps could do with the sound? This does tend to take away the value factor that the Kogan is known for. Still after loving the sound signature, it makes you wonder if some folks would pay more for a Super-Kogan?
Also any features added hopefully will not change the size/weight that is so special about the Kogan?
