Replacing all ip3k based machines and make all squeezeplay products have the same capacity for file formats would be logical .
Touch is very capable just dump the useless Tiny server and use the cpu for other things and that platform can be enhanced for years to come. But you got to have new products it's good for marketing, we that that owns squeezeboxes realizes how many years they actually provide essential functionality and they get better each year, but it migth be hard to get trough in advertising, so lure the market in with yet another product migth work. Boom also has it's dsp and digital xover so it sound better than radio . You really could rationalize the whole product range to 2 products . Boom 2 (instead of Radio and Boom ) Touch as is with better fw for now until replaced with Touch 2 ,reintroduce the built in server with Touch 2 . With built in amp ? no , amps are built better by others. And there is another promising trend you actually see more and more active speakers that is not so expensive (like the new Audiopro range ). What they could do that would be a paradigm shift to fill the hole after the transporter, would be a complete "home theater preamp" and squeezebox thing in audiphile class with capacity for multi channel music, maybe include revue functionality too. with DSP for room correction etc all in open source + 7.1 analogue outputs hdmi switching. But the small and unpredictable audiophile market may not be their target these days. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85982 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
