There seems to be a plethora of SB Touch replacements / killers, mostly focused on improved SQ. BUT - why do all the manufacturers continue to think that i-Things or their Android equivalents are the UI of choice and just produce headless devices?
I've played with RasPi-base solutions - sure they work well but it's still nerdsville central. I'm a long-time SB user and the ability to just stroll over to the nearest SB Touch, SB Classic, Radio etc. (I have them all) to control the music is seriously cool. We have multiple i-Things dotted around, but that's the point - they're not usually to hand, and then you have to swipe to the relevant app (iPeng etc.), wait for it to sync, blah blah. Sure we use them as well but a touch display on the actual client costs peanuts these days and I reckon it increases the marketability / differentiation of the product. We've also had visitors asking "what's that playing?" and being able to just see from the clients is great. Maybe I'm just the wrong target market these days but there are lots of us "greys" around with money to spend on an easy-to-use high-quality system. And it hasn't stopped Sonos either. An updated 24/192 capable SB Touch form-factor (display and Touch input) with Spotify, Tidal etc. apps at around £250 sterling would be a killer IMHO with a big name behind it. Yes I know - it sort of exists thanks to Triode -et al- but that doesn't count. So I'm not getting rid of my Squeezes in the foreseeable future . . . -Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it ...- Asus EeePc, 1TB disk Windoze 7 FLAC/MP3 server (MediaMonkey) -> Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 + 3 bridges SB Touch/DacMagic -> Naim CDX/XPS + NAC52/Supercap + NAP135s + Dynaudio Contour 1.8 MkIIs SB2 -> AudioEngine A5+ study SB3 -> AudioEngine A2 terrace Boom kitchen Radio bedroom SLIMP3 -> Rotel RA820BX2 -> MA252 garage Controller; iPad2 + iPeng / SqueezePad; Android + SqueezeCommander; Windoze PCs + SqueezePlay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GRC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103588
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