justreturned;637723 Wrote: > In my opinion SB3 is still the most awesome-looking piece of hardware > every made in this product line (designed by Slimdevices). I own Booms, > a Radio, a Receiver and a SB3, and while the SB3's fluorescent display > is not as flexible as a touchscreen, it just looks classy and is nicely > readable even from a distance. Also, can't beat it dimmed in the > sleeping room where an LCD is always too bright. > > Boom and radio are nice in terms of not needing an amplifier, they fit > their purpose, but they just don't have the looks of the SB3 and seem > built with less care for quality...too much plastic. As for the > receiver/controller pair, I might trade it any day for an SB3, > especially in these times of iPeng the controller is slow, inflexible > and not very userfriendly. The touch aims at continuing the SB3's line, > but the display is just not the same feel. > > Logitech, please bring back an SB3-like model, with nice design, maybe > a (tiny) set of somewhat hidden and invisible buttons (e.g. on the side > or on top), and with a bigger fluorescent display, and I'll be in > Squeezebox heaven. Maybe also a flat one for wall-mounting?
I'm on the same boat... the SB3 up to this point (for me) has been the pinnacle of the SB players. Great sound quality without too many bells and whistles. The ability to "quickly" select a track, album or streamed service that I want to listen. at that moment, is most important. Want a display?... You got it!... Don't want or need a the native display?... dim it or turn it off. Need a remote? Use the included dummy remote. If you want to get fancy and want color album art, info and lyrics on the palm of your hand... get a one of the remote apps for smartphones or buy the controller. Most important thing when I get home and want to relax... is to get a drink and and turn on the music without too much fuzz. Listen to what I feel like and avoid having to interact with the apparatus that's playing the music... I just want to relax and listen. That's the reason I got the box in the first place. -- tamanaco ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88170 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
