thinker wrote: > I've got a critical mass of Squeezeboxes in my house now and I'm > contemplating either getting a Squeezebox Controller or an iPod + iPeng. > Any thoughts about one or the other? This would be something that > lives in the living room full-time; I wouldn't be using the iPod as an > iPod outside or anything. Cost-wise, they appear to be about the same. > Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.
Copied from another thread where I argued against the controller: The Controller is a relatively expensive single-purpose device. Compare this with an iPod touch which can do LOTS of things, including serve as a superior Squeezebox remote. Other negatives: 1) It's quite slow/sluggish 2) Abysmal battery life. You have to replace the battery on these things every year or two, and you pretty much have to leave the Controller in the charger at all times; if you want to carry it around for a few hours you'll probably exhaust the battery. 3) I had intermittent issues with lousy wifi reception with mine 4) As has been mentioned, the actual interface is kinda hard to use. The scroll wheel isn't terribly smooth or precise; combine that with the sluggishness and I always felt it ended up being really fussy. In my opinion, the Controller is absolutely the worst squeezebox product ever developed and there's no reason to buy one now that there are alternatives like the iPod Touch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96749 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
