Catching up on the thread. Lots of words resonate with my own feelings (apart from those entering into OS wars :p ) I remember the experience of opening the packaging of my first Squeezebox 3 the attention to detail was obvious all the way through the product. I can safely say it reignited my love of music. All those CDs stuck in a corner gathering dust now ripped to a server and available to play in high quality; jumping from song to song as memories were awakened, not something you'd do with a CD player.
Maybe one of the things overlooked in the comments is the visual detail of the Squeezeboxes especially the VFD in the SB3. It exuded quality and matched the attention and choice of the audio DAC. I still think the SB3 was the best player for visual looks the simplicity and beauty of the VFD was lost with the Radio and Touch. The alternatives suggested in the thread so far have not suggested a player that matches the SB3 in terms of audio AND visual quality. I wonder what Adam and Dean would come up with today? Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Squeeze Server 7.6 on Windows 2008 R2 SB3 x1, SBB (Squeezebox Boom) x1, SBR (Squeezebox Radio with battery) x1, SBT (Squeezebox Touch) x1 RIP - dBpowerAMP R13 to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.41 and Discogs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107925 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
