iPhone;586222 Wrote: > Who wants to listen to lo-res music? Think about where the files for an > iPod or iPhone came from. That's right, from a PC, your iTunes account > (PC again), or something that was ripped to MP3. So if you already have > them, why not just stream them with SBS, Doh. This Sonos thing is for > people with more money then brains!
Like most of the users who frequent this forum, I find the Squeezeboxes more suited to my requirements than the Sonos setup. That said, both are excellent products and each has areas where it shines over the competition. I personally own multiple Squeezebox devices (SB2, Duet and Touch) and Sonos devices (2 ZP80s and 1 CR100). It's fine to have a preference for one product over the other, but I see no need to ridicule a competitor's product or insult the people who use them. To your specific issues - There are a lot of people who are absolutely fine listening to lo-res music. But that is beside the point. I don't see how this product is automatically linked to poor quality or mp3. The files come from wherever you get them from, including lossless rips from your own CDs. I have friends with iPod classics full of lossless files ripped from their CDs. I can easily envisage a scenario where it would be quite convenient to plug such an iPod into a Sonos dock and listen to it through my Sonos connected through a Cyrus DAC-X or or TACT Digital Amplifier. These files would not be on my SBS and I might not want to copy them over and index every time said friend visits. I see this as quite a convenience and I see nothing lo-res about this approach. Finally to your point about money over brains - you should know that a Sonos ZP90 + Free iPhone/iPod/iPad control app at $ 350 is only about $40 more expensive than SB Touch + iPeng, so it's not that big a deal. my 2c -- Nikhil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nikhil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=993 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82988 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
