Steven Sullivan wrote:
Chung wrote:

Is iLink emerging as the digital connection standard for hi-rez? How
much do players with iLink outputs cost now? I wonder if manufacturers
have to pay any license fees to incorporate iLink.

Pioneer's ilink players start at $900 MSRP IIRC,

In Europe the VSX-2014i (1099 Euros list price) is the cheapest
model with i.LINK (if you see references to the VSX-1014 having
i.LINK, that was a typo in their web page). The other two models
are the VSA-AX10Ai-S and VSX-AX5i-S.

http://www.pioneer-eur.com/eur/produ...omy_id=6 2-98

The American models with i.LINK seem to be the VSX-55TXi, VSX-56TXi and VSX-59TXi:

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...046362,00.html
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...728213,00.html
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...448491,00.html

According to froogle, the VSX-55TXi costs about $900, the VSX-56TXi $1000
and the VSX-59TXi $2500 (online prices).

while Yamaha has a model coming ou soon at the $750 price point.
That'll be the least expensive one out there.

I am suprised by that. The most recent models (Yamaha RX-V 1500
and Yamaha RX-V 2500) which cost about 900-1100 euros don't have
i.LINK. If Yamaha keeps the same release schedule of the last couple
of years, the next round of models should be the RX-V 460, 560, 660
and 760, probably in the next summer, and it would be a bit strange
for that range to get a feature that the higher range doesn't have.

Do you have any more information about that Yamaha model ?

Sony also has models with i.LINK, IIRC. Denon started with their own
link (it uses a RJ45 plug, but I don't know if it has anything to do
with Ethernet), but now has also models with i.LINK.

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