It's nice to see Mike making a teasing/sharing post ala Jason
My thoughts would be...
SOL: I stopped listening vinyls some time ago and I have little desire to come back to it, but since vinyl sounds different (better or worse is up to the listener) I can understand the appeal to get that particular sound. I'm glad Sol is in its final stages cause I know for sure a good amount of folks here are waiting for it, so great news.
CD TRANSPORT: This is a no-no for me. In an era where you can buy a cheap computer CD-transport that allows you to get perfect digital copies as .flac files so you can have literally your entire music collection, fully available after a couple of clicks, well... it just baffles my mind why anyone would want to go back to having to pick up a physical shiny disc, put it in a tray, way for it to load and oh if it's a double CD, 74 minutes later or so I'll have to do the reverse procedure to get the disc 1 out, put it in its case, so I can now insert disc 2 to continue enjoying my fav album. Arggg, this is to me like if for some weird reason some guys begin to advocate to go back to ride horses instead of ultra comfortable cars. No, thank you.
FLOORSWEEP: This sounds awesome, to have a great performer at a smaller size is always good news, I guess as a project it's also a good challenge.
THE GADGET: When it was announced, I was enamored with the concept, but as the time passed, the more I read about it, the less I cared for it. I got caught in the hype I guess (probably it was my own fault) and I really thought this was going to be revolutionary, but looking at the impressions from regular folks who tried it, it seems that "hair raising" effect is shared by just a handful of individuals, and all the rest rate it between "It's a very subtle effect, I think it's sounds better but I need to listen to more albums to be conclusive" to "I don't hear any improvement really, sorry". Also, the way it works -at least the prototype that was presented back in its day- asked the user to play with a knob in order to reach the sweet spot. That is something that just rubs me in the wrong way. Basically, I'm not interested in a device that asks me to be re-adjusting it for every new album, or even worse, for every new track in the very same album. The thing is, maybe I'm way out of the loop in the development process and today the device re-adjust itself automatically? Still... the less than warm reception of the prototype has me in a mood where I don't care anymore if it sees the light or not.
DIGITAL PREAMP: I'm not sure I need one, but at the same time it got my interest really hard. The fact that Mike plans to make it upgradeable via future boards like the very same Gadget, sounds pretty intriguing (for all the future possibilities).
NEW USB BOARD: I'm not sure this will have an impact when it comes to a better sonic performance, but the fact it would allow to have more competitive products (lower prices) is good news for everyone (except your competition tehehe).
Well, just my two cents.
Regards.