On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 04:39 -0700, max.spicer wrote: > What HiFI apparently raved about some expensive device this month. I > can't remember the name, but you had to buy a single server for some > expensive amount of money (c. 500GBP) and then a device for each room > (c. 300GBP). The device for each room was basically a pda that gave > you a colour screen and let you control playback. I heard about this, > and couldn't help thinking how cheaper a SB2 solution would have been. > However, no mention of the SB2 at all. It was also missing from their > wireless player round up the month before. >
The main feature was for Sonos, which they appeared to love. However they also have a "Reader Rescue" article in the magazine, and this months reader was looking for, you guessed it, a network audio client for a collection of music on a PC. And the best solution was - (right again) the Roku. It was compared against the Netgear MP101 and the Sonneteer BardUSB. I've also contributed to the sales of at least 4 Squeezebox 2's through my enthusiasm for the product and demos. It's just very frustrating that there is virtually *no* press coverage in the UK. (I think I saw it in Stuff magazine last year, where they really liked it.) I must have missed the What HiFi review - I don't buy every copy so this is possible, and they don't appear to have a review list on their web site anymore. If it was reviewed then they can't have liked it since it doesn't make it into their product tables which take up about a third of the magazine. The Apple Express, Netgear MP101, Roku Soundbridge. Sonneteer BardUSB and some very expensive Opus system are listed. The SB will sell itself, to people that know about it. At the moment it's limited to word of mouth and some web advertising. That just isn't going to compete with high profile coverage like the UK hi-fi and gadget magazines. As the UK distributor and someone who's been trying to push the product into magazines maybe Lee can tell us if it does take advertising or bribes to get coverage. Otherwise, why is what appears to be a market leading product in the UK getting so little coverage, especially given it's audiophile following. -- "The biggest problem encountered while trying to design a system that was completely foolproof, was, that people tended to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." (Douglas Adams) _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
