Reading the new Sound and Vision I found out that Linksys by Cisco has released several new product that are direct (albeit uniformly more expensive) competitors for the Squeezebox line
'DMC 250, the Director' (http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/DMC250), equivalent to the Squeezebox Classic, except that it has an integrated amplifier so you can add speakers and make it into a Squeezebox Boom, for 449.99. 'DMP 100, The Player' (http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/DMP100), equivalent to the Squeezebox Receiver, for 299.99. 'DMRW 1000, The Controller' (http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/DMRW1000), equivalent to the Squeezebox Controller, for 349.99 'DMC 350, The Condctor' (http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/DMC350), equivalent to nothing in the Squeezebox line, in that it is like a Touchscreen Boom with a built-in CD player, for 699.99 They also offer packages like 'The Premier Bundle' (http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/KWHA700) where you get a Director, Receiver and Controller for 999.99 While there are certainly differences (Windows only on the backend, higher priced), to a regular consumer I think they would see the new Linksys products and the Squeezebox products as direct competitors...with the added bonus in the Linksys that you can 'dock your ipod' (http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/MCCI40) for 79.99 and then control it like the rest of the system, and (unlike the Boom's line-in), have it available as a source to any of the zones. I'm firmly entrenched in the Squeezebox family (and happily so, except for the Receiver requiring a Controller), but I thought this was interesting and thought I'd post it here. I'm actually disappointed with Sound and Vision (something that is happening more and more often) because in their review they never mentioned Squeezebox...they only talked about the Linksys products being cheaper alternatives to Sonos. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: hero_rhapsody,0.png | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8011| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- thing-fish ' Most Recent Tracks' (http://www.last.fm/user/thing-fish/?chartstyle=basicrt10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thing-fish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5288 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67094 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
