Thank goodness for a post slightly down on SB that hasn't descended into slanging. I am playing poker and drinking Talisker, so I apologise now if any of the following is disjointed etc.
I think it is fairly well documented [citation needed] that VHS won when the porn industry started releasing very little on Betamax format. Perhaps a salutory lesson for Logitech - they keep trying to get in bed with Napster and Spotify. They need to be trying to get in bed with Cathy Barry (you can Google her - I went to school with her). I struggled with a Netgear MP101 and enjoyed the results. I've struggled with my Logitech stuff but again enjoyed the results. I think there's a lot of stuff released now that falls well short of being ready for release. If my Mum bought a washing machine and found that it didn't complete a couple of the cycles occasionally until it had it's firmware updated, she'd be bamboozled. Yet that's exactly what happened when she went into a high street shop and laid down her cash for a new video recorder (she walked out with a PVR). Some people and some products expect plug and play. I doubt there's anything that really realises this dream for music streaming (Philips Streamium looked good to me - whatever happened to them?). I've always plugged in a TV and it's worked, same for a CD player and same for an amp. And I've never bought a cassette deck that, after setting up, I needed to consult the internet to get it working properly (in fact, for most of these products, I never had to look at the instruction manual). At the moment, streaming music through the house demands "know how" and if you can't be bothered then you return your purchase to the store. Have just read the post that states the Duet was a pup. For me it's the best fit of the SB products. I want a good controller (and the SB Controller always has that quality factor with anybody who picks it up) and the audio nuggets can go off and hide in a corner. My audio equipment is not on a nice rack in full display. It's hidden away from sight to stop my front room looking like a branch of Currys. I have one receiver in the kitchen hidden in the coping of a kitchen cabinet, the receivers are that slender. Lovely. When receivers are cheap on ebay, I'll be bidding on a few. In summary, the best product doesn't always win the day. And don't always go for your AJ, even when they're suited. Goodnight from Bath. -- InTheBath ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InTheBath's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15679 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89411 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
