I entirely agree with Pat. I don't see them giving up on this market at all. Look at how many companies are moving in now - Linksys and so many others. And I think Logitech truly has unique differentiation potential and experience (potential for very long discussion here).
I could see Logitech giving up on 3 key value propositions of the Squeezebox concept though: - mysqueezebox.com... I bet the latest update caused quite a few people to drop it anyhow. It seems an awkward "demilitarized SB zone" these days, and the more intelligent the SB get (as with the Touch and Controller) the less it will be required. - The very lightweight philosophy with utmost dedication to best possible audio quality... fact is the later genration SB are getting "heavier", and it seems most of the market cares about price and simplicity and ability to hook up iPods in a foolproof way more than in being able to reuse most of your audiophile chain... but I hope with some education the market comes around. - The Transporter market segment. I would be surprised if they are not already talking to some audiophile brand that has been sleeping when it comes to the streaming revolution. I think Logitech's focus is naturally on the <$500 segment. Logitech has the ability to kick some serious b%tt here. I just did a bakeoff against a competing product that made the flawed decision to integrate the amplifier into the streaming device, and simply got in there twith an SB3 and a Logitech Z2300 2+1 speaker system. The latter combines serious power with some surprising audio merits at less than $150. It blew the other solution away to kingdom come for less than half the price. If Logitech gives up on this market they'd be utter fools. They have a lot of the core expertise here. I just hope they also maintain the SB concept alive when it comes to audio "purity". -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 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=72299 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
