I have been reading this thread since day one and have thought about commenting, but I wanted to see how things develop. Below are some of my thoughts on scope and features:
I currently have a SB3, two SB radios, and a SB touch connected to my hi-fi system. The Touchs digital output (coax) is feed into my Rotel sound processor. I am happy with the sound quality. Since I already have various SB, I really do not need a replacement unless is solves a problem. My interest in a new box would be either or both of the following: 1) The DAC analog output is excellent as promised by John Swenson. (But I still want digital S/PDIF output in case I dont prefer it the Rotel DAC.) 2) It can run as a local server and fix the nightmare of trying running tiny LMS on the Touch I am interested in the Gen2 as I do not understand all this technical linux stuff. I dont see a big need for USB out or HTML, but I do see it as future proofing the box. (I am a little old school in the hardware department.) But does this need to be in a Gen 1 or Gen2 product? Would advances in technology make a current implementation of USB and HTML obsolete? As for formats, I am not particularly interested in high bit (24) or sample rates (192). There is a point of diminishing returns of improvement and, for me, it is not worth the cost nor the headache. I gave up on my high end CD player, which sounded better than the SB3, to gain the ability to call up any song in my inventory. I found music services like Pandora which increased my use of my hifi system and I listen to music more. The reason I bring this up is that it is clear that some really like to tinker with technology, and that is fine. But to build something that would interest more people, then think about what features will most people use and then execute it very well. Perhaps a poll on certain features is a next step to scope Gen1 and Gen2 features? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Nelson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58158 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881
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