jest;605719 Wrote: > Can someone set me straight on the Squeezebox options, or tell me if > there's some other way of getting decent-quality music in multiple > locations without a new computer in each one?
One thing you fail to mention is how you would like to control the device(s). Which is important. After the SliMP3 and prior to the whizbang Duet (consisting of a Controller and a Receiver) and the whizbang Touch, there where the Squeezebox, the Squeezebox2, and the Squeezebox 3 (later rebranded the 'Squeezebox Classic'). These were all roughly $300 MSRP. If you were looking for a player while any of those were the main product of Slim Devices, the answer would be straightforward. Today you have the Duet, the Touch, and (depending on the day of the week) the Receiver, which is the player half of the Duet. We'll assume you don't want the $400 Duet and its whizbang Controller, because either the cost is too much for multiple players, or you don't need multiple Controllers, or you're not particularly impressed with the Controller itself because there are better handheld means of controlling a Squeezebox. That leaves either the Receiver or the Touch. The Reciver's MSRP is $150, which makes it by far the cheapest zone player if you want to set up multiple players throughout your house. However, without the Controller half of the equation, the Reciver can be difficult to configure (although it _is_ possible with a little bit of effort). The biggest drawback to the Receiver is that there is no display or IR user interface, so to control it you _must_ use some other means, such as the web interface or an iPhone. That leaves the most obvious choice - the Touch. It has an IR user interface, or you can use the touch interface, or you can use any of the other interfaces available with the Receiver. It's MSRP of $300 is the same as that of the SB1, SB2 or SB3, which it replaces. Maybe best of all is that the audio quality of the Touch is better than that of all previous Squeezebox, with the possible exception of the Transporter. -- JJZolx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85124 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
