Rumors, rumors, rumors. I just know I read the powerpoint presentation made by Logitech where it was clear they were going to go small box, cheap end, simplify, sort of the Apple way, no need for tech knowledge whatsoever because that's where the growth is. I can't remember whether they mentioned UE at the time, but I'm sure they just measured the brand name traction, and went with the strongest. With the success of Spotify, and software makers increasingly going into online subscribition models, the writing was on the wall.
I never even got round to buying a Touch, and as supplies dry up, prices are rising. So what would I get instead? I would only get a piece of hardware if I could get a 24/96 digital out, either AES/EBU or SPDIF. Hook it up to my Tact digital amps. I wonder why shouldn't I just get a mini ITX motherboard with built in wireless, a SPDIF header, or even SPDIF digital out, get a Lundahl transformer, a PSU, some memory, some SSD, (or even remotely access a hdd server) and then feed that directly to my Tacts? Could run the Squeeze software on that as well, for that bit perfect, low jitter, gapless playback, no? Hardware cost will be higher (but not by much unless I get a really fancy box), take more watts, but it's more flexible, could still be fanless, could do movies too, with XBMC or some other software. I'll miss those live recordings from the Squeezebox the most. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gadgety1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33223 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97579 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
