> Honestly I'd love to see a DUET 3 kind of device. They should focus on a > small, simple, no frill streaming black box. Main focus on sound > quality. Probably won't happen. They are trying to hit the mass market, and the relatively cheap box with the screen is a good selling point. 99% of the public has never even heard of a hi-res file and doesn't care. For a Duet type device to succeed, they'd have to have a separate controller more like an iphone or iPad with a large touch screen, and not much point in them producing that.
I doubt we will see any more truly audiophile products in the SB line (like the Transporter) with Logitech in charge. It just isn't what they do. praganj;676926 Wrote: > I hope that Logitech will read it... > > I don't know any SBT owner using the touch screen. > > :) I do, because I listen from next to the Touch. And it is one of the things I like about the Touch. At some point I may get a tablet to control it though. I agree that I'm probably in the minority. Again, I think the touch screen is great for marketing. Most buyers probably don't realize it won't be useful for them. But most have iPhone type devices, so don't need it. The way for Logitech to go might be to make something like the Touch with a 7 inch screen, so it could actually be seen from 3m/10ft away, and then the included remote would be sufficient (like the SB3). -- firedog GIK Acoustics Room Treatments. Tranquil PC fanless server running Vortexbox OS; SB Touch slaved to Empirical Audio Pace Car; MF X-DAC-V3, MF X-150 as pre-amp, ClassDaudio SDS-470 amp; Devore Gibbon Super 8 Speakers; Dual 506 + Ortofon M20 (occasional use); sometimes use PC with M-Audio 192 as digital source. SB Boom in second room. Arcam CD82 which I don't use anymore, even though it's a very good player. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ firedog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
