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epoch1970;642631 Wrote: > I think "Logitech Squeezebox" is dead. I have at home SB3s and Boom, and > have equipped friends&family with the same (+ a server I whipped up.) > They're working great (except for the irritating firmware upgrades > merely required by evolutions on mySB.com that I have to manage for > them.) > I had a Duet from day 1, and it was a disaster. 2 years later it was > still. What I hear from the other products isn't all that good either. > In 2 or 3 years Logitech hasn't deployed any compelling music service > over the internet. No store, no liner notes, live events, concert > tickets … zilch. > > I can't recommend the system to anyone I know now, because I don't > trust/value the available new hardware, and the software doesn't make > progress. Hearing about video support makes me shudder. > I hope the Apple Airplay solution gets cheaper over time; that would be > something easy to recommend. > > For me I still invest in the system but I have to buy 2nd-hand SB3s on > Ebay, and I run an old version (the oldest I can) of the server. I'm > getting "Slim Devices squeezeboxes" second hand, they run cheaper! (and > they look better) > I expect a community fork will finally happen for the server and hope > for community ip3k firmwares as well. > > (No need to tell me I am so wrong on such or such account. This is my > opinion.) I hate to say that I have to agree quite strongly with Epoch1970's sentiment. I have three Squeezebox v3s and three booms; been running this for at least 5 to 6 years now. Why? the SB3's are amazing audio quality and plug directly into my pre-amps in various rooms. They work and they stream music. The devices were designed to provide amazingly high DAC for amazingly low price. They do that; do it well. But, for those of us who use this is a primary whole-house audio device, what's happened in the last 3 years? -- rcstevensonaz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rcstevensonaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7419 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88916 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
