chill wrote: > Over the years I've found that each change to my system re-energises my > appreciation of music. Getting my first SB3 was such an event, probably > the most significant over the long term, but adding my home-built > speakers made a step-change in the sound, which set me off exploring my > collection again. Subscribing to Spotify was another such event. Most > recently, adding a home-built integrated amplifier, with separate > channels for each speaker driver and a spare channel for a sub, has done > the same again, this time giving me a new-found appreciation for the > bass content in my collection! > > Just curious - what was it that lured you away from your Squeezeboxes?
Honestly, it was a combination of things... The "perfect storm" of sorts... Like @MeSue, my listening habits have changed. I wouldn't say that I have the same shift as her to podcasts, and other content, but my overall volume of music listening has dramatically decreased. And when I do listen to music, I no longer listen to my digital library. Most (read "almost all") of my music listening is casual listening via my Google Play Music subscription. Additionally, the locations/situations where I listen to music have shifted as well. I no longer listen to music on my traditional audio system. Most of my listening is in my car, or directly from my computer (with a reasonable set of PC speakers/sub-woofer attached). So based on that, I really have not been lured away from my Squeezeboxes to another network music eco-system. I have been lured away from the need for a network music eco-system altogether (if that makes sense). It doesn't help that my SqueezeBox Booms started to experience a number of different audio, hardware and physical appearance issues. The center soft-touch paint was starting to get very "tacky" to the touch on all of my booms. Some were very sticky, and others were starting to get sticky. This not only made it irritating for day-to-day usage, but also looked awful. One of the reasons I loved my SqueezeBoxes was that they looked fantastic. A couple of my boom displays became very dim. Again, adding to my frustration with day-to-day use, and appearance. And a couple of my booms had the infamous bass "fart" problem. I know I could have fixed this problem, but a combination of my changing use case, along with all the other problems I mentioned made it hard for me to get motivated to burn calories to fix the problems. My duet controllers and receivers fared better. There are no speakers, so "farting" was not a problem. But the controller batteries were losing capacity, and as I said, my use case did not include listening to music from my traditional AV rack. AND...with all of the above...it didn't help that Logitech abandoned the eco-system. I know that the Squeezebox Network is still being maintained (and I applaud Logitech for making this investment for the existing installed base), but the lack of a future for the eco-system certainly did not help matters. It really is a shame. I really did (and do) love the Squeezebox eco-system. It's a sexy and impressive set-up that I used to show off to all of my houseguests in the prime of my usage. I invested a lot of money and mental energy on the eco-system (and it did return a lot of joy). But with the "perfect storm" that I described, I decided it was time to do some cost recovery and figure out "what's next". Does that make sense? Sorry for the long explanation... SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 2 SqueezeBox Controllers - 3 SqueezeBox Receiver - 5 SqueezeBox Booms ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110742 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
