RonM wrote: > I'm completely comfortable with cloud-based services. However, I seldom > listen to music as background; when I listen I like to listen > purposefully. I have virtually no interest in streaming audio. > > This probably makes me a-typical, but I just won't have much use for the > platform except as a way to play my local music. > I think there are a lot of users who feel the same way as you do, but hopefully you will change your mind when you have seen ickStream in action and how online music and social interaction can improve your music listening experience even if you mostly listen to local music.
Are you saying that you are aren't interested in online music at all, or is it just streaming services which streams radio where you can't select the exact track or artist which you aren't interested in ? In my mind, there are at least the following types of online streaming services: - *Internet radio*: Streams radio, you can select radio station but not much more, TuneIn would be a sample of this. Typically available for free. - *Personalized radio*: Streams radio but you are able to influence the content, for example selecting an artist and it plays music from this or similar artists, Pandora would be a sample of this. Typically free or available for a small fee. - *Music on demand*: Lets you select an individual track, album or artist in same way as you can do in your local library, some samples of this is Spotify, Deezer, Rhapsody. Typically requires a small monthly subscription fee. Are none of these of interest to you or are you still interested in the last "Music on demand" services ? I think ickStream can provide some benefits also for people who are only interested in local music, especially on longer terms or if you like to combine hardware from different manufacturers or for some reason want to use another content server than LMS, but the main advantages from ickStream comes if you want to combine local and online music and want to use the other cloud services we provide. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98467 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
