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Originally posted by gonk:
I-Link is one of several (too many) different names for the same thing: IEEE-1394 ... From what I understand, 1394 was accepted as the digital audio interface to be used with high resolution digital audio such as that used on DVD-Audio and SACD. It was intended for use with multi-channel audio, so it should carry a full six-channel digital signal. The acceptance of 1394 as the interface is several years old, but the encryption used across 1394 was not included in that acceptance. It took longer to hash that out, leading to a few proprietary approaches (most notably be Denon and Pioneer). That obstacle is only now falling away.


That obstacle is only now falling away!!!
Gonk!
Is there a chance that in the not too distant future, 1394 (firewire) connections will be the standard between all multi-channel players and pre-amps? I thought that it would eventually happen, but the copyright police would be dragged kicking and ... someday...

Why would anyone buy an expensive player today, if they knew that a non-proprietary format (firewire) was on the horizon? Or a pre-amp without firewire inputs for that matter?

curious...
Allan