Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I think this is a good thing and I wish it all the success in the world.
I certainly don't think it is excessively priced, considering the quality of the hardware you're getting and broad support of streaming protocols. I have been using a Cubox-i2ex with a iFi nano iDSD as my bedroom headphone rig for over a year (connected via a power line modem). Once I'd paid for the hardware and for DHL to transport it from Israel to the US, I'd spent $150 on just the 2" cube and its switched-mode power adapter. Then I was on my own to install Debian, Squeezelite and configure Squeezelite to output to my iFi nano DAC (with -D for the DSD support). The way I look at it, for $300, you're getting a fully configured solution that supports not only Squeezebox streaming, but gives you Roon and HQ Player end-points out of the box as well. Plus, it's a supported product that works out of the box (just add a USB DAC of your choice). I also no longer care about having a display on my streaming boxes, especially not a 4" low resolution display that can't be read across a room and can't be picked up and taken to your chair for browsing. We have tablets for that these days, and thanks to iPeng and the like, they do a much better job. I have no connection with Small Green Computer or Sonore, and do not stand to benefit financially from sales of their products. I do want to see a successful and sustainable ecosystem grow up around high quality music streaming, though. For that, we need sustainable business models, and healthy (but not obscene) profit margins. ---------------------- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104962 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
