I am a couple of months into SB2 ownership, and am an extremely happy customer. However, I want to explain why I think Slim Devices might be underestimating the value of supporting native WMA lossless.
Because I wanted my ripped music to be lossless and be FF/RW-able by the SB2, I chose FLAC, and identified and configured EAC and Mp3tag. Having established this very good configuration, I will stick with it even if native WMA lossless support is added to SB2 some day. However, before buying the SB2 and during the week or two afterward, I wished for native support of either WMA lossless or Apple lossless. That is because these formats would have met my goals of losslessness and FF/RW-ability, and allowed me to use ITunes or Windows Media Player. Why would I have wanted to do such a thing? Well, EAC and Mp3Tag are very high quality pieces of software, and much more flexible and transparent than ITunes and WMP. And the openness of the FLAC specification is a real advantage. However, researching and configuring EAC and Mp3tag felt like an uncalled-for chore. Additionally, they will never be as easy for my wife to use as WMP or ITunes, which are all-in-one and, IMO, provide a "just works" type of user experience. My initial experience with SB2 would have been even more pleasant if I could have simply put it on the network and ripped/tagged/organized my music by telling WMP or ITunes "go". I realize many people may be less concerned about having FF/RW, more concerned with tagging flexibility, or more averse to ITunes, WMP, or the proprietary lossless formats. This is just my own take, for whatever it's worth. -- abdomen _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
