At the moment I personally don't think there needs to be a future for streaming devices. Squeezebox is the best and there is nothing out there that competes with it in terms of scalability.
The fact is that there is nothing new in audio that will change things drastically in future at least until someone come up with a eureka. You have... Resolution: they are already at loss less 24/96 the next jump will be 24/192 etc. but nothing major here, I may upgrade due to my upgrade bug then a major sonic improvement. Radio: There are many flavors available, they can now just improve quality, but it will never be loss less due to licensing. On-Demand: Many services available, with varied collection, they can always add more content. CD: You can always buy and rip CDs or DVD-A, if what you are looking for is not available through other means. Squeezebox support all the above so at the moment there is no need for a new device, just continue to market what they have and improve it. What one can see in future is... Multi-channel: This will gain some traction but, people already own HT receivers and blu-ray players. It will trickle down to streaming Room-Correction: More and more stereo devices may come with RC. Resolution: bit rate will continue to be there, a better number is expected in future. We will always be geeking about new equipment and upgrades but if you look at it from avg. Joe's perspective what they have now is more then enough for some time. -- MediaCenter Source Device: Transporter Amplifiers: NAD C272 x 2 Bridge Mono Speakers: Magnepan MMG Pre-amplifier: NAD C162 Room Correction: Inguz DRC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MediaCenter's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32623 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89332 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
