Howard Passman;467859 Wrote: > Yep, they only have two purposes...making toast or taking a bath with it > after the latest SB upgrade :-)(Do not attemp this. We are professional > bathers in a closed tub...) > > Most folks don't buy devices with the thought of doing much upgrading. > Generally, a current feature set is attracting them to the product. > They really aren't thinking ahead. A good example is a PC. You buy it > for your forseeable needs. After you outgrow it you could upgrade it, > but it really isn't pratical. To get the processor you want you need a > new MOBO and memory. At that point you might as well just buy the new > one anyway. Logitech is doing the same thing. Although the SB1 and SB2 > still work, they can't be updated to do what even the boom will do. So > you keep it around for a back up, give it to your little brother or bury > it in a box in your attic. Not much different than a toaster. > > Howard
That's kind of my point - the SB is moving steadily away from a "roll your own" component architecture to a more integrated one (but retaining its open API's). I think this is a GOOD THING...now. Things have moved on in the last 7 years. I think we are only 1 more generation away from seeing this become a reality. If the Touch could run a web server... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68947 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
