musicom wrote: > No, I just purchased a second Touch as a spare and also have a second > Duet boxed as a spare. Over the years I have used and continue to > useseveral orphaned hifi devices: 3 Carver power amps, 3 Soundstream > preamps & a tuner, 6 Philips CD players, a David Hafler preamp and 6 > Nakamichi cassette decks. Granted they are electronic devices not > subject to the need to have a server in the cloud or updated software > subject to the whims of Apple or Microsoft, but I've stopped waiting in > line for the latest computer operating system roll out. > > My decision to stay with the Squeezebox system is based on the quality > audio performance that could seemingly be bettered at this time at about > 3 times the price. I considered Sonos but the quality edge still goes to > Squeezebox (I compared Stereophile test results) > > Most critical listening is of FLAC files with podcasts being #2. > Slacker radio is a distant 3rd to discover new music artists ( which > leads to CD purchases to rip to flac.
My plan is to wire my Duet, and a couple of spare duet receivers to individual amps hooked to zone speakers, 5-6 zones in total. My amps will be the inexpensive $25 amps that were quoted earlier in the thread loop. Space is a premium and my closet is small and although I like to think I'm an audiophile, I'm an imposter who likes nice music. Probably going to purchase a Touch soon to put this by my bedroom and one in the living room so people can see what is being played. The other 3 will just be the duet network receiver tucked away in the closet where I can just control it with smartphone or ipad and more for just background music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ benybrady's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39813 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97106 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
