I'll try one more time: MrSinatra;468847 Wrote: > like, does washing dishes mean you can't use a boom? can one not tell > the difference between a boom or a sbradio if they don't have perfect > stereo imaging body placement? or some other room noise? if i work on > my car, am i not more likely to want a louder device than a quieter one? > just b/c the environment isn't perfect, does that mean i need to > cripple my audio player to save $50? > > like i said, i get it, some in this thread disagree, fair enough.
As many people have said: THE BOOM ISN'T PORTABLE THE SAME WAY THE RADIO IS PORTABLE. The Boom requires AC power; the Radio (once the battery pack is released) doesn't. That's a big deal for me; but I don't claim that the Boom is "crippled" because it requires AC power - just that it is much less effective for MY needs. The Boom is twice the size of the Radio; that makes it too big for my nightstand - but the Radio fits fine. Maybe you can buy a bigger nightstand if you need to, but new bedside furniture is way down on my priority list. As many people have said: I am quite certain that the Boom would sound better than the Radio in a blind listening test. However, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE RADIO SOUNDS BAD. Lots of folks who were part of the Radio beta program have said that the Radio is comparable to stuff that I *have* heard and liked, such as the Tivoli One. Doesn't mean that YOU have to like it, but it doesn't make my liking it any less valid. If you would stop using such phrases as "cripple my audio player", you would be taken more seriously. And maybe $100 dollars (not including the battery pack) is no big deal to you, but to other people, it can be the difference between "I can afford this" and "I can't afford this". (I'm assuming that if someone has seriously considered the Boom, the portability factor is not an overriding concern, so the extra $50 for the battery pack is moot.) I'd love to have a Boom or two for various places around the house, but I just can't justify $300 right now for a smallish self-contained streaming music player that is tied to a wall outlet. But I CAN justify $250 for the smaller Radio and its battery pack; the size and the portability are big enough positives to tip the scales. If I don't like the sound, I'll send it back and keep looking. But please feel free to buy all the Booms you want - they do sound great and it helps keeps the Logitech SMBU profitable, and hopefully keeps you happy with good music. Isn't that what it's all about anyway? -- kmr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kmr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10664 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68947 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
