Hovland hp-100 remote in the future?

anyone have info or a guestimate on whether hovland plans to bring out a version of this preamp with a remote?

kublakhan03-20-2003 4:05am

kublakhan OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 717 posts 03-21-2003 at 02:14am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete hey kf...exactly what i was thinking. the only negative i've ever read about this preamp is the lack of remote. seems like they'll have to come out with the option sooner or later.
kublakhan OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 717 posts 07-23-2003 at 10:38pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Dmailer, you're right: i just spoke to a dealer who said Hovland is positively coming out with a line version with remote. maybe i'm becoming a bit of a conspiracy theorist but doesn't this seem like a calculated step-plan to keep cycling through their preamps? put the first one out w/o remote and hammer the audiophile world with ads, money and perhaps favors and get across the board high reviews (which i'm told from virtually all owners are actually warranted - although i think it sounds a bit thin and not very romantic for my taste), then put out a line stage with a remote to get a bunch of repeat buyers with the plans on later coming out with a line/phono with remote. anyway...