Slim Devices was offering a product (SB classic and transporter) that higher-end audio was not offering. Logitech, a maker of basic computer accessories buys Slim Devices, and does not know how to market to wider higher end audio. (Slim Devices was marketed to technophiles that also liked audio.) However, high-end audio will not sit idle, eventually they will, or are, moving into streaming audio from your computer. Logitech does not have the branding for high-end audio to complete with well-known brands. Can they compete in the long-term? Is high-end audio a business they want to compete in?
The SB line also suffered from that is required some geek knowledge to get it to work at its best, and it was not plug-in-play like Apple stuff. Explaining to my wife how to use the SB when the computer is on vs off was a pain. (However, the Touch has a built in server which solved that problem, somewhat) SB flexibility is what made us like it, but it could have been its downfall. I am frustrated that Logitech dropped the SB line, but I can see why they did what they did. I do think Logitech was stupid to strand many of their existing customers and not offer us SB users a better fit into their new product line. At least they could have kept making the Touch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Nelson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58158 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97364
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