mrfantasy wrote: > ... the important thing is maintaining the Slim protocol and ensuring > new servers and clients can be developed to it. > --MikeWhy? "Squeezebox" will be a dead system. Other systems will come along to replace and supersede it, maybe not immediately but within a couple of years somebody (maybe even Logitech) will realise it is possible to do audio a lot better and cheaper than Sonos. In time they will do it better and cheaper than Squeezebox too.
Personally I had a love-hate relationship with Squeezebox. The early days of the Duet were dire, with one catastrophic sever software update making the system unusable for about 3 months until they produced a fixed one. I think the setup and web config pages are too geeky and over-complicated for 99% of users who simply aren't interested. I like the idea of plugins, but would prefer an Apple App or Android / Google Play way of doing it with only "approved" Apps / plugins making it through. With some care and attention to their market the UE line has the potential to carry on where SB left off - but in a more "consumer friendly" way that would make the whole system more attractive to the mass market and more sustainable in the long term. They will have to produce a proper "hi-fi" player like the Touch though - with analogue stereo and digital outputs - otherwise I will look elsewhere for any replacement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96213 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
