------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88939 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: What would make it easier to recommend a Squeezebox ? - Simplified installation and initial configuration - Simplified usage after initial installation/configuration - Integrated support for ripping music from CD and tagging it - Support for more online streaming services - Improved stability of mysqeueezebox.com - Improved stability and/or less bugs in Squeezebox Server/Firmware - New Squeezebox hardware which have reliable support for local music without a computer - New Squeezebox hardware with built-in speakers and stereo support - New Squeezebox hardware with support for video - New entry level Squeezebox hardware with a lower price ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Far and away, #1 for me is -"Improved stability and/or less bugs in Squeezebox Server/Firmware"-. When my system was only two SB2s and an SB3, it was much more robust. Things started getting flaky a lot more often when the Duet came on the scene, particularly with regard to the SBC. Perhaps not coincidentally, this change also coincides with Logitech's acquisition of Slim Devices. Everything wasn't perfect with Slim Devices, but everything was much, much more robust. They were simpler devices, and they worked reliably. I think now the complexity of the devices has outstripped the development and QA needed to make them robust. My second choice, -"New Squeezebox hardware which have reliable support for local music without a computer"-, is somewhat at odds with my first. Even friends who know their way around computers and already have a computer on 24/7 are put off by the idea of running a "music server". Why do that when you can just stick your iPod in a dock? The trick is making a Touch2, or any SB device with internal software that can play from USB, and do it robustly enough to satisfy the "Improved stability" criterion. The Touch with TinySBS isn't close. I also ticked -"Simplified installation and initial configuration"-, but I think what is really needed in this department is better documentation, especially in describing to potential users how it all works. That is, more info about the "big picture", that can show what the advanatages are over just plugging an iPod into a dock. At one point early in the Logitech era the web site actually had reasonable explanations about how one could use different SBs in different settings, how SBS and mysb.com worked, and so forth. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88939 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
