Andy8421;439655 Wrote: > As an early adopter of the Duet, I don't exactly regard the Duet as a > rock of stability, so if Squeeze is 100, and Popcorn 50, I wont hold out > too much hope for me ever seeing a picture out of the HDX..... > > The point that this raises is that as audio / video delivery devices > turn more and more into fully fledged computers, then the pricing is > becoming more and more computer like. It is interesting that the high > end audio firms with the resources to develop equipment of this type > (notably Naim and Meridian) are moving to offer streaming product, but > trying to defend their price points. When 99% of the active devices in > the box are digital, all of the functionality is software driven, and > only the DAC and subsequent filters and line drive circuitry are > analogue (and can justify the audio high end 'hocus pocus' premium) what > does this do to the overall pricing of the box? > > I guess we shall see.
Well the duet is one thing, comparing to SB3 ( aka SB classic ) then is more proper, in my opinion the SB3 is a whole magnitude more stable. In 2009 my SB3 has required one powercycling to resume function and that was after i did some upgrading in the 7.4 beta sw. If i had not been keen on beta sw... well i did a xilink reset 2007 I think ? And of course failed upgrades of SC but thats also mostly my own curiosity getting the better of me (SC seldom do major version change gracefully ). If I'd just let my SB3 be then it would probably worked for years on end without trouble. And the occasional wifi channel shuffle with the neighbors but that does not require any meddling with SC/SB system at all only changing channel in my router. -- Mnyb ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
