FWIW, I've tested Grace and Squeezebox (and a few others) side-by-side, and while they've done an awfully good job copying the physical look of the Radio, the sound quality is nowhere near what Squeezebox Radio has in that form factor. Squeezebox and Sonos are a giant step up in audio quality from all of the other players in this market.
The UI that powers Grace is usable but not nearly as nicely thought out. Reciva is the uPnP of streaming architectures too, and I don't mean that as a compliment. I don't think the Grace supports multi-room sync either. What I think is compelling about Grace is their price point of about $100, but you can buy a getting-rid-of-remaining-stock UE Smart Radio (which you can convert to a Squeezebox Radio through a firmware upgrade) for the same price. Since the local server is public domain, that device can run until it dies, which oddly enough gives it a slightly better long-term outlook than the Reciva-based Grace. cheers, #!/ben Former Logitech Developer: Squeezeplay/SqueezeOS/SqueezeboxController/SqueezeCenter Community Developer: Nokia770Skin (r.i.p.) http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ 'KHAAAN!' (http://khaaan.com/)...'BUNNIES!' (http://bettychuenglishangora.com/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101527 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
