I can only talk for myself but IMHO the Radio and the Touch is the best
Squeezeboxes I've ever had. The Duet(including Controller) is the only
disappointment I've seen recently.
- Classic is great but a bit boring with the monochrome display after
you've seen Touch/Radio
- Duet was a disappointment for me but that's mainly because I want a
central display
- Transporter was probably excellent but a bit expensive for my taste
considering the equipment I would be connecting it to.
- Boom is great but a bit boring with the monochrome display after
you've seen Touch/Radio
- Radio is excellent besides the buggy alarm handling
- Touch is the best Squeezebox I've ever seen (I'm not using the
built-in server which clearly have some issues yet).
We should also remember that all these Squeezeboxes was created while
Slim Devices people was in charge and took the decisions. It's going to
be more interesting to see where Logitech plans to go after this when
all the old Slim Devices managers are gone. I suspect we are going to
see more mass market related devices, with more focus on simplicity and
less focus on audio quality, but that's just my personal guess.
There are some possible new hardware versions that would make sense
because they could be supported with minimal software changes:
- Boom with color touch display
- Receiver based on SqueezeOS
- Controller with touch display (but I doubt they will do this as it
will be extremely hard to compete with iPhone/iPad/Android hardware)
However, personally I suspect Logitech will focus on selling existing
products a while longer, the old devices shouldn't cost them too much
in maintenance so there isn't any reason to get rid of them as long as
they are able to sell the units they produce.
It's easy to complain on Logitech but to be honest, can anyone mention
one product from a competitor that beats the price/performance/features
of the Squeezebox products, assuming you care about good audio quality ?
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