erland wrote: > I haven't looked into Olive One in detail, but generally I think it's > important to not just look at the hardware but also look at the > software. > > The Squeezebox hardware might be great but if it weren't combined with > LMS and mysqueezebox.com it would just be another music streaming > devices that didn't differ much from the other devices avaialble on the > market, it's the software that makes the Squeezebox stand out together > with the fact that it has hardware suitable for many different type of > rooms. > > If you are only looking for a device in the main listening room which is > able to play an album/song with excellent audio quality after selecting > on, it might be ok to focus primarily on the hardware, but if you have a > large collection that requires better browsing abilities or you want > smart playlists or you need to be able to play music also in other kind > of rooms and maybe even synchronize audio between multiple devices, it's > important to also take a look at the software part of the setup. My > feeling from what I've seen on the market is that it's often the > software part that's lacking compared to a Squeezebox setup.
That's it . many of the features we have are taken as a given by many squeezebox user ,not only the general browsing and playing experience but also some more mundane functions like gapless playback replay-gain sync and wide fileformat support . I had some friends using thier game consol for music ,just a plain list on the TV ? or try browsing an usb stick with your blueray player ,that's the kind of software experience you could end up with ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97599 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
