Philip Meyer;650505 Wrote: > I have both a SB3 and a Touch. > > I much prefer the SB3 in day to day use. For sure, the colour Touch > screen is nice, but I don't feel the display or interface capability is > fully utilised (and looks like it will not be extended much in the > future). > > I find the SB3 interface more intuitive. > > Also, consider if you have any 3rd party plugins that are important to > you - some may not be supported (or appropriate) for the Touch. > > e.g. I have the Auto Dim Display plugin for SB3, such that the screen > goes completely blank between 10pm and 7am, as the SB3 is used in the > bedroom. > > The Touch is quite a bright screen; there is an auto-dim mechanism, but > it's not as useful for bedroom use. > > There are some fundamental differences with Touch interface - e.g. > touch songs will play the song, instead of right-arrow to show song > details. > > Some people like this, some hate it. Just be wary that you have to > have an open mind to accept change to get on with the Touch interface > differences; if you are accustomed to the SB3 interface, it might take > a while to adjust. > > Touch has a line-in jack, which is nice if you want to play music from > another source, for example Podcasts from a portable media player.
I am torn between keeping the SB3 as my main and upgrading to the Touch for the main. Unlike most of the information in the reply's, I actually use the SB3 stock or out of the box. I have a T4 controller that controls the main system of turntables, DVD/CD players, TV, etc. Have a Lexicon pre-amp and MacIntosh Amps in a 5.1 setting. So... I stream some flac files from my pc (with the squeezebox software) and stream internet audio. That said I really have yet to fully utilize the SB3, so the learning curve with the SBT would be minimal. I would like to begin to store some of my CDs (collection is 2,000+) that I do not listen to in flac, reduce access storage, thus still being able to access them via the Squeeze Box. -- myvinyl333 http://www.iamnotjerry.com Supporting "live" Music ------------------------------------------------------------------------ myvinyl333's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22155 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89630 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
