toby10;601985 Wrote: > Completely agree. ;) > *If* they find the players in the store at all (usually involves > looking it up on their inventory computer) they will be in a different > category / location in every store. > Sometimes they are with computers, sometimes with the iPod docks, > sometimes in home theatre, sometimes with boom boxes.... I know what you mean, it is the same here.
Having said that you can usually find the Radio. Because of its name it can usually be found among, wait for it, the section with all the radios in it. If you are lucky you can find the Boom there as well. However I have yet to find a Currys, Comet or PC World (Best Buy's UK equivalents) that stock's either the Touch or Duet (even though you can buy them on their web site), let alone the Transporter. They are products that most people simply do not understand. When friends come round for dinner and see me using the Controller the usual comment is "how are you getting your iPod to play music through your hi-fi". Well at least it is a conversation starter :) The UK has a bit of a head start over the US here as we have DAB digital radio. This gives us a hundred or so digital radio stations, but it is a power hungry and expensive technology so people are accustomed to paying around £100 for a radio you can only plug in - or with limited battery life. It also means the portable radio section of these stores is quite large - so the Radio fits in well. I think internet radios are just beginning to reach the public conciousness, so I reckon the Radio will be most users introduction to the SqueezeBox line. I have a friend who has just found, and become hooked on, Spotify. He now wants to liberate it from his laptop and headphones. He already has a good wireless router so I have recommended he try the Radio. Knowing him, I have little doubt he will own at least two before too long, and maybe even a Touch. -- TheLastMan Matt *SqueezeBoxes:* SB Duet (Controller + two receivers) *Server:* Synology Diskstation 107+ NAS (with firmware 2.3-1157) running Squeezebox Server 7.5.1 on Synology Package Manager *Network:* Netgear DG834GT ADSL modem/router, 2 x Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 as access points *Livingroom:* Receiver into Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver into Denon DM37 mini-system, B&W 686 speakers *Study:* Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/Headline. LPs ripped using Behringer UCA202 USB into Windows XP PC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84670
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