toby10 wrote: > Exactly. Those and numerous other reasons are why it is a dead product. > *WE* all love them and *WE* get/use the SB advantages. But the mass > market could care less, and for very understandable reasons. In a world > of streaming compressed music on a mobile device listened to via tiny > ear buds or tiny BT speakers, the SB experience is irrelevant to the > mass majority. The niche market for anything even remotely close to SB > is saturated with big name players (Sonos & Bose). The tweakers will > settle for PICore/MicroPC as SB player replacements. > > But would/could Logitech even sell or license the technology is a silly > question that has been raked over the coals to the point of obsurdity. > It simply won't happen if they would, and would not happen if they > could. It's dead baby..... dead. :)
All true but it does make for an interesting discussion. I agree that Logitech have nothing to gain by resurrecting the product line but they could do so under a hifi brand name except that the licensing isn't possible as all the software is now open source (isn't it?). What is crystal clear though is that they killed the product line at exactly the wrong time just as other high products such as Sonos etc were being launched. All this doesn't quite explain how you can still buy a brand new Transporter SE on eBay and that new stocks of same keep appearing. Are Logitech still manufacturing but only Transporters? *Pi3 with piCoreplayer music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets/Jogglers *Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton F20s *Office* - Pi -> Sony TA FE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN 755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch -> Topping TP21 -> AKG Headphones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107821 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
