Well, I'm glad to see the FREEPONY made it in there Sean. It's also nice to see the addition of the eye-candy this time around. People can scoff if they like, but groovy UV meters bumping out the beat are going to sell more than a few Squeezeboxes to folks who otherwise might be a competitors product.
Is anyone interested in my MKI SB? I will sell for $175, pending arrival of my SB2 of course. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Adams > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:30 PM > To: Slim Devices Discussion; Slim Devices Developers > Subject: [slim] Squeezebox2 > > > Hi everyone, > > Lots of folks noticed that we were running low on inventory, > spending less time here, and working our butts off on > SlimServer 6. As suspected, there is a new product. > Squeezebox2 is in full production now, and the first units > will ship on March 31. > > Squeezebox2 addresses all of the top performance and > functionality requests that come up here every day. > > 802.11g/WPA: for better range, compatibility, security, and throughput > FLAC: for reduced bandwidth usage > More memory: for better streaming of PCM audio over wireless > > I'm just getting started... don't worry, I'll get to the pony. :) > > Although I don't often contribute to the audiophile > discussions, I really do enjoy reading them. Regardless of > who can hear what, the fact is that there are indeed some > real measurable characteristics such as output levels, THD+N, > and clock precision where we had room for significant > improvement. Squeezebox2 has completely done away with all > the limitations - we're now doing all of the audio decoding > and DSP work in software, and this gave me the freedom to > design the digital outputs and analog stages exactly the way > I wanted them. Please see the FAQ and the hardware specs page > for details on the new design. > > Among other things, the new design has allowed us to > implement cross fading and some very impressive visualizers. > Of course, having it all done in software (on an extremely > fast processor) leaves the door open for more functionality > down the road. > > Now some people have pooh-poohed the idea of visualizers as > just being eye candy, but personally I think a high > resolution, ultra-fast spectrum analyzer is quite a thing to > behold. We've got one now - full screen, 64 bands, 30 frames > per second, and perfectly synced with the audio. There are a > few visualizers to choose from, including a smaller spectrum > analyzer and "analog" VU meters. > > Squeezebox2 also has a new vacuum fluorescent display - we > had it custom designed by Noritake specifically to support > the ideas we had in mind for new fonts, animations, and > visualizers. The display is slightly larger physically, and > has more than twice the resolution at > 320x32 pixels. It has multiple brightness levels of course, > but it also has grayscale capability, which we use for the > visualizers and graphics. > > A few "bonus" features that you might not have expected: > > Dual antennas: Squeezebox2 has both an internal AND an > external antenna. The 802.11g radio takes advantage of this > configuration to automatically select the best antenna for > transmit/receive, optimizing signal strength and vastly > improving range/throughput. > > Bridging: yes, Squeezebox2 can share its wireless connection > with a wired ethernet device connected through its (100Mbps) > ethernet port. > This allows other devices in the home theatre, such as > Xboxen, Playstations, Tivos, or HTPCs to connect wirelessly > to your access point. > > Pony: there is a discount code, "FREEPONY". Enter this on the > order page to get $20 off on either the wired or the wireless model. > > Finally, a big "thank you" goes to every one of our customers > and especially the people on this list. Thank you for > promoting the product, helping us improve it, and suggesting ideas. > > The new web site is up now: http://www.slimdevices.com > > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
