The moment I saw a SB3 at a friend's place, in 2009, I knew that this was it. This was the solution that I dreamt about in the 1990s, but eventually pushed to the back of my mind because I thought nobody else was interested, and that it wouldn't become a reality in my lifetime.
I was astounded by the elegance of the UI, how well engineered the whole thing was, and that it wasn't a cheapo low-end plastic gizmo from Hong Kong, and that it wasn't an unreasonably expensive steel brick weighing 20 pounds. Small, elegant, and there it sat between two Magnepans, sounding great. I was sold. I had a hard time figuring out what model to buy, what suited my needs. The marketing information was confusing as heck. It was almost like Logitech wanted to dazzle potential customers until they gave up. But my mind was made up. I ended up with a Duet, pretty much at random. I figured that as long as it didn't have speakers, it would probably suit my needs. Which was about right. The Controller, despite all its awkward neither-fish-nor-fowl-ness, melted my heart with its undocumented geek port and IR transmitter. I played around with using it as a second player instead of a remote, but never found a comfortable use for it. Then I found a second hand Boom for $180. So I sold sold my Tivoli model 3 bedside radio for $180, and put the boom in its place. The sound quality was superior, and now I could wake up to my own music instead of irritating garbage pop on the radio. Plus, I suddenly had a wealth of radio stations to choose from, some of them actually not that bad. And I could leave the Controller in the cradle, to serve its intended purpose for pausing and changing volume, and to be available when my SO or guests wanted to browse my music collection. Two Radios and a Touch later, and the house is full of music. I sort of want one more Touch for my headphone setup at the office, but my USB soundcard is more practical when I'm sitting by the computer anyway, so I can't allow myself that expense. Since there's no room for more squeezeboxes in my life atm, I'm content with evangelizing to my friends. I'm certain that I'm starting to drive some of them crazy by now. ;) -- Soulkeeper 'Bug 17797: Updating wiki.slimdevices.com' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17797) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soulkeeper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35297 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93924 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
