P Nelson wrote: > 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.
This for me is the issue, Squeezebox is not a mainstream product but that is entirely Logitech's creation they have owned the brand for six years but failed to transform it into a consumer friendly product. The rebranding effort appears to be an effort to change that, but for reasons beyond my comprehension they have allowed no upgrade path or compatibility between the two products even though the new product build appears to be built upon the Squeezebox code base. It's a bizarre reckless abandonment of a loyal customer base, what exactly are they thinking? I for one will not be purchasing any future Logitech products because of their stupidity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ smiggs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35768 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97364
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