tbessie;691523 Wrote:
>
> Does there exist a wiki page that describes the main differences?
>
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Hardware_comparison
tbessie;691523 Wrote:
>
> Have people found the newer hardware to be better in any way?
>
Some people like the old models and some the new ones.
I like the Touch better than my Classic because of:
- Color screen
- Improved audio quality
Other people like the Classic better than the Touch because of:
- VFD screen (which is easier to see from long distance)
- More customization possibilities
The same comparison for Boom vs Radio would be that:
- Boom have stereo while Radio has mono
- Radio have color screen while Boom has VFD screen
- The sound quality is better on the Boom, because of built-in DSP
processing and stereo support.
The decoding abilities on the newer models are a lot better than the
older models, this means that they have support for more native formats
and doesn't require the server to do the transcoding. However, from a
system perspective, the older models still support the file formats
it's just that the server has to work a bit more.
I would personally recommend the newer models because I think they are
a little bit more future proof than the older ones, but there will
probably be other people which recommend the older models.
>From my perspective, I think you can think like this:
- If you would have recommended a Classic for a specific room, you can
safely recommend a Touch
- If you would have recommended a Boom for a specific room, you can
recommend a Radio if the room doesn't need stereo support. If the room
can benefit from stereo support a Touch with separate active speakers
might be a better solution. It's the Boom that doesn't have a good
replacement among the newer models.
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