HectorHughMunro;665474 Wrote:
> Now that larger SSD are becoming available, isn't the real competition
> for Squeezebox going to be the laptop or some kind of tablet plugged in
> to an asynch USB DAC?
>
> We're about a year or two away but surely, this is the future.
>
> In the interim, Squeezebox is fine and mine will cope until 500 Gb SSD
> are cheap enough for me to justify buying a laptop equipped with one
> amd moving to that.
>
>From my perspective, the advantage with Squeezebox is that I have
access to the music independent if I'm in the kitchen, the living room
or the bedroom and I don't need a computer in each room to accomplish
this. Also, in each room I can select the type of player that suits me,
a Touch in the living room, a Radio in the bedroom and a Boom in the
kitchen and they all have access to the same music library.
Currently I'm not sure if there are anyone except for Logitech and
Sonos that offers this kind of flexibility.
I don't think SSD is the factor that's going to change things, there
are silent computers already today, instead any system that's going to
sell to the masses needs to be easy to setup and then just work. As
soon as you mention the word "computer" you are in trouble because it
scares people that just want to play music.
A computer with USB DAC might be the solution for audiophile's but it's
not going to be the optimal solution for everyone else that just wants
access to the music in all rooms in the house.
I think the alternative to Squeezebox/Sonos is going to be the Apple
solution with a amplifier/speaker with AirPlay support and music
streamed from a portable device. The question is just if people want
their music player to be stationary or portable, with Squeezebox
through third party iOS/Android apps we get the best of both worlds.
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