Posted by: keybplayer
Latest information on Ketron Audya? - 03/21/08 09:21 AM
Okay, March 2007 was the first time that Audya was revealed to the public at the Musikmesse International Trade Fair in Frankfurt, Germany. A year later it was revealed again at Musikmesse 2008 (a few days ago) and people have gotten a better glimpse and a better understanding of what the Audya is and what it can do. But I don't think I've ever known a new product that has been showcased at two different Musikmesse Trade Shows, a year apart from each other, and the company still does not have that product on store shelves within that span of time. Do we have to wait for Musikmesse 2009 before we can actually get our hands on them in stores or will it perhaps be not until Musikmesse 2010??
All jesting aside, what is it presently that is holding up the production and/or release of the Audya to stores? AJ mentioned they were thinking about going with the P4 instead of the Pentium 3. To do that they would have to use a different motherboard but I don't see the difficulty in switching motherboards. You discard the old one and put in the new one... done! Okay, yes I realize the dimension of the new Main board will have to be scaled (customized) to fit inside the Audya but Ketron should have no problem accomplishing that task. So is there some 'other' hardware issues that still plague the Audya or does Ketron simply enjoy going to Frankfurt each year for the brautwurst and beer and the Audya is just one of the means to get there? In other words, what's the hold up fellas????
I appreciate Ketron's attention to detail regarding the Audya and going with a P4 CPU would be better than a P3 of course but even better would be a Core 2 Duo processor. Since the Audya has already been built around the Intel Pentium 3 architecture perhaps there would have to be too much "retooling" on the Audya to go with the even more advanced Core 2 Duo CPU/Motherboard architecture. I would settle for a P4 over a P3 any day of the week though of course.
So I guess the real pressing concern I have is - what will it take to get the Audya out the door and on its way to retail establishments? A better question still is when can we expect that to happen?? Or should we simply stop expecting it to be released at all and simply wait until Musikmesse 2009 before we get to see additional videos and sounds of the Audya when Ketron shows up at Frankfurt to demo it yet again? I know I am being facetious but I think you get the point right AJ?
The reason I am asking these questions is because there is a good chance I will get an Audya once it is released. If I haven't already kicked the bucket by then that is.
Best,
Mike
[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 03-21-2008).]
All jesting aside, what is it presently that is holding up the production and/or release of the Audya to stores? AJ mentioned they were thinking about going with the P4 instead of the Pentium 3. To do that they would have to use a different motherboard but I don't see the difficulty in switching motherboards. You discard the old one and put in the new one... done! Okay, yes I realize the dimension of the new Main board will have to be scaled (customized) to fit inside the Audya but Ketron should have no problem accomplishing that task. So is there some 'other' hardware issues that still plague the Audya or does Ketron simply enjoy going to Frankfurt each year for the brautwurst and beer and the Audya is just one of the means to get there? In other words, what's the hold up fellas????
I appreciate Ketron's attention to detail regarding the Audya and going with a P4 CPU would be better than a P3 of course but even better would be a Core 2 Duo processor. Since the Audya has already been built around the Intel Pentium 3 architecture perhaps there would have to be too much "retooling" on the Audya to go with the even more advanced Core 2 Duo CPU/Motherboard architecture. I would settle for a P4 over a P3 any day of the week though of course.
So I guess the real pressing concern I have is - what will it take to get the Audya out the door and on its way to retail establishments? A better question still is when can we expect that to happen?? Or should we simply stop expecting it to be released at all and simply wait until Musikmesse 2009 before we get to see additional videos and sounds of the Audya when Ketron shows up at Frankfurt to demo it yet again? I know I am being facetious but I think you get the point right AJ?
The reason I am asking these questions is because there is a good chance I will get an Audya once it is released. If I haven't already kicked the bucket by then that is.
Best,
Mike
[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 03-21-2008).]