I am sorry I had to vent. I had to. What I experienced was shockingly frustrating. In many years, and with all the devices I have, I had never ever seen an SB3 claim ti was playing music when in fact the SBS didn't even know it was active. Anyone's troubleshooting activity is going to be around the amplifier and DA if the SB3 claims it is playing music, at least for a while until finally it slowly dawns on one there is something very odd happening, and that the SB3 maybe is acting in a way it hadn't in nearly 4 years of ownership. And it is especially unfortunate given the fact that the SB3 is my most trusted playing device, and the one I expected to be the most stable. 7.4.0 has changed that.
These forums are for people to both praise (which I have done a lot in the past) and to vent (which I have done today). There is no right or wrong way of using them, and no one can tell others what to write or not write. But I do not like the fact that now I feel I can not rely on the SB3s to reliably play music the way it always have. It shocks me because it is no the SB universe I have always known. The SB3s have always been stable (as have been the Booms), occasional hickups excepted, but never claiming they play music when they are not even registered with the SBS. And for someone to react telling me it was lack of technical proficiency on my part was unconditional SB groupiness and Logitech brown-nosing at its worst. I am not happy that I have to complain and vent. But I think the development needs to hear, loud and clear, that a long time supporter of the product line is, for the first time, ready to look for an alternative; because the one thing I can not accept is that my enjoyment of listening to music is ruined. The fancy pics and user interfaces and colors and what not... sure, it is nice. But never ever *ever* compromise the products' ability to play music. And with this message I have ranted sufficiently. I have picked up the SB3 from the floor and am happy it didn't break. And now I will observe,and next time know that I can not trust the SB3's display when it claims to be playing music. Sadly. Rant over. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27 - Ubuntu 9.04 - SBS 7.4 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet, Accuphase DP65v CD Amplifier: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower (tuned) - Audioengine 5/S8 - Acoustic Energy Aego M Headphones: Grado SR-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69945 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
