mlsstl wrote: > I'd be sad if my Squeezeboxes broke and they weren't making them > anymore, but that has happened at some point to the vast majority of > products ever made.... > I hope Logitech sticks with the Squeezebox line and continues to improve > it, but there are certainly far worse things that could happen if they > move in a different direction.
While ever the hardware lasts and the LMS code works and is supported by new operating systems then we can still use the system, which is great. Alas some people have invested a lot of money in this system over the years and you would like to think that it will be supported for sometime into the future. As we know there has been a huge paradigm shift over the last decade or so. Many years ago you could buy Hi-Fi equipment and it would last for years (with the odd repair) and it would still play your music. Now processors and software have turned the world upside down. Computer technology advances at a rapid pace, making devices obsolete virtually overnight; can we now invest a lot of money in computer Hi-Fi technology that has the potential to be superseded in a relatively short lifetime? I'm not saying we should be Hi-Fi Luddites, I personally love the technological improvements, but maybe we need to rethink how we interface music with our lives. For me streaming music is not the answer, however a lot people are going this way. My next investment will need to be well thought through. mlsstl wrote: > However, the neat thing is that, if I've bothered to back up my music > collection, it exists completely independent of the player I use. I > believe one can have a high level of confidence that there will always > be a way to play my music. I might miss the way the Touch or SB3 did > things, but I won't be left hanging with a big collection and no way to > listen to it. Very true. In respect of the music I believe I have future proofed myself as much as possible. Interesting times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gingernut63's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48490 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95885 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
