On 16/8/05 at 22:06 +0100, Mark Bennett wrote
> 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.
Possibly hi-fi dealers don't like the Squeezebox, and maybe they haven't tried SB2. Or perhaps the features that make us really like SB don't seem of interest to them.
I had to drop in to my usual dealer, who I generally find reliable. I commented on the fact that they had the Roku but not the Squeezebox, and they said that the Roku was much better. I would doubt that even for SB1. Unfortunately I did not have the time to discuss it further with them.
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