"poing wrote: > There sales at the time probably weren't the most important factor. I > presume what mattered to them were their expectation of (i) *future* > sales and their expectation of (ii) *future* costs. Even if their > decision to discontinue Squeezebox was correct at the time (which is > debatable), it certainly seems their decision was incorrect ex post > (i.e., from today's perspective): They left the market just as it began > to explode. And they had a great technology, audiophile credentials, > etc. in place. All that was missing from their product line was a > standalone speaker/player combo a la Sonos Play:1 or Play:3.
I wonder really how large the market is for streaming music from your computer . None of my friends have a clue about doing this so I'm guessing the market is fairly small and geared towards audiophiles . A minority for sure . Most are happy with Airplay ( they do know about that ) but if they see SB Touch they have no clue what it is , let alone a Transporter , but they sure think the analog meter is pretty cool . Some of these folks that have no clue about computer music streaming have pretty good stereo equipment too . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jimmypowder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102809 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
