I had dreamed of what the Squeeze products could do since I was about 13 years old. At the time, though, I thought the only way to get it was to own my own radio station, so that was my goal in life at 13. Later, as a poor newlywed in the early 90s, I splurged on a 5-disc CD changer. That got me one step closer to my dream.
In the late 90s, we relocated out here to the boonies. I had no job and no friends here, but I had a computer so I could teach myself stuff. Ripping CDs was one of the things I learned, and since it got me one step closer to my dream, and I had nothing better to do, I ripped my entire CD collection. Now my dream of music on demand was getting close, but it was confined to when I was at the computer. Which was most of the time since I had no job and no friends. ;-) My computer learning led me to land the job I have now, and that job soon led to me having a laptop and getting wireless networking in the house. Not long after we had a wireless network, I began to realize there had to be a way to utilize it to spread music around the house. I started researching network music players and that is how I learned about Slim Devices. I thought the Squeezebox 2 was way expensive, and I was looking for more of an all-in-one player with built-in speakers. I found this thing called the HomePod which was pretty darn ugly, but it sounded like exactly what I wanted and I bought one. Well, that was an awful thing and fortunately I got my money back on it. I took the refund from that and some birthday cash, and I bought my SB2 in May of 2005. THE DREAM OF A 13 YEAR OLD FINALLY FULFILLED! I also considered the Roku, but my diligent research while waiting for the birthday cash led me to dismiss that as an option. Being able to test the system with SlimServer and SoftSqueeze was a big plus! Then I started posting on this forums about my dream Squeezebox Boombox, and much to my surprise, I was invited to beta test one in 2008. :-) Now I have 2 Booms and a Duet and hubby has the the SB2 out in his shop. -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53831 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
