erland;665703 Wrote: > > ... > My local HiFi shop were selling Sonos, Teac and Logitech, their message > was that Logitech's devices (including Transporter) was bad in > comparison to Teac and Sonos, primarily from an audio quality > perspective. We all know this isn't the case, at least it's not a huge > difference, but it just shows that it might not be that easy for > Logitech to get their hardware into HiFi shops. > ... >
I know at least one HIFI shop who tried both Squeezeboxes and Sonos. They decided to sell Sonos and discarded Squeezeboxes. >From what I understood, it was not because of the brand Logitech, or because of the sound quality. When a HIFI shop sells a product, they have to make it work fine and easily at customer's house. We all know this is very difficult with SBS if the customer is not technically aware. The dealer cannot make a living if he has to support his customers, like Squeezeboxes fans support their non technical friends. The job of a HIFI dealer is certainly not to be a computer technical guy. The most problematic point is that the mere basic feature most customers will want is the following : Someone brings a new music file, let's say on a USB stick, or an external USB HDD. It MUST be possible to play it within a few seconds on the system, just plugging the USB device and clicking on the file. It is not the only desirable feature, but this one is mandatory. Every music software can do that. But it is simply not possible with SBS nor TinySBS. In my opinion, it is no use to try to find another explanation. A HIFI dealer would lost a tremendous amount of time if he has to provide the slightest service (and if he does not, people will buy online, not from him). He also would have to explain that the very basic core feature I mentionned is simply not possible to achieve ... I guess it is much better for them to tell it is not good, or simply not sell it at all. -- nicolas75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicolas75's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91090 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
