Andy8421;451817 Wrote: > Damager, > > I am very nearly in your camp. My Wife is of the 'throw that damn thing > away and give me my wave radio back' school, but I have stuggled through > and now have a system which is stable - most of the time. I have > recommended squeeze proucts (the Duet unfortunately) to non technical > friends (3) who have now all given up on the system and have it > gathering dust in cupboards. > > As an aging EE graduate who cut his teeth programming PDP-11s in binary > from the front panel switches I have enjoyed learning about TCP/IP and > wandering around my house with NetStumbler, but I think that raises real > questions about whether the products are really ready for the > mainstream. For those who care, my experience is: > > Transporter (wired) - no problems > SB3 (wireless) - occasional problems > Duet (2 of them, wireless) hopeless until the last couple of releases, > still not great > Boom (2 of them wireless) - occasional problems > > Given the new products that Logitech seem to have in development > (Radio, Touch) it does look as if their engineering smarts are being > dragged away from software developing and fixing for existing products > and are working on the new stuff. Development of the whole new database > back end must also be a significant distraction. This is unfortunate, as > most forums on the web(correctly in my opinion) describe the squeeze > products as innovative, but really only suitable for geeks. I do think > Logitech should focus on getting their existing line stable. > > My next door neighbour has Sonos. In my opinion, it isn't cutting edge, > looks clunky and has limited options. He had it professionaly > installed, and says he has never had a single problem. My Wife would > drop squeeze and get Sonos in a heartbeat. I just keep hoping that the > next software release will fix all my problems........
Yeah - I've stuck with the Squeeze line for many years, and have also recommended it to many people. Now that I've lived with Sonos for a week, I will admit that it is missing many of the bells and whistles of Squeezebox products - no front panel indication of activity, no ability to add plugins, etc. However, it is bulletproof (or as bulletproof as I can deem it after 1 week). I'm not advocating for or against either product, because they both excel in different areas, but for me personally, dependable performance trumps bells and whistles. -- damager ------------------------------------------------------------------------ damager's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15940 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67040 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
