------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96660 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Would you buy a new Squeezebox player if it became available? - Yes , if less than $100 - Yes, if less than $200 - Yes, if less than $500 - Yes, if less than $1000 - Yes - price is no object; I just want the best sound - No - I would NOT buy another Squeezebox player ------------------------------------------------------------------------
ninthsrw wrote: > Seems to me that there three distinct markets evolving here: > > 1) is the Radio market (i.e. streamer + built in speaker) - a SB revival > won't win this because Logitech has it locked down - though such a > device is arguably best suited to mass i-device appeal. > > 2) the sub $500 market of people who want a device to deliver streaming > music to their existing stereo (from personal cloud storage, internet > radio, NAS, USB stick, SD Card, PC/Mac, whatever), which is likely > comprised of a receiver with its own DAC(s). In this use case, analog > outputs and amplification are completely necessary - the entire device > could be digital, designed for the sole purpose of passing the highest > quality (bits/Hz) signal to a receiver for decoding - from a marketing > perspective the quality possible should be better than the best offered > by Sonos. Building AirPlay or Bluetooth into a device like this might > also increase the size of the market to which it would appeal. > > 3) the HiFi folks who want their streamer to also serve as a super high > quality DAC - the use case here is for folks who are going to plug a > Transport like device into a power amp, such that high quality outputs > are an absolute necessity. Users of this deice would probably not want > any AirPlay or Bluetooth potentially introducing noise. Other digital > inputs that the super high quality DAC portion can be used independent > of any related streaming functionality would also probably be > appreciated by these user. > > Why not aim for 2 and 3? Seems there profitable markets for both. I think this is a fair assessment. But what was/is so nice about the SB ecosystem is that it provides a common framework for both Radios AND Transporters. Manage your library once, access it anywhere. Also: sync between such disparate devices. The only difference is playback quality. That's why I think it's important to support a broader spectrum of devices rather than just targeting one of your use-cases. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96660 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
