pablolie wrote: > The Boom sounds *much* better than any of these new things, despite all > the years. I now have a Boom in my Bedroom, one in a separate location, > and a spare one. Great sound. > > As to Sonos... I guess if I hadn't owned SBs, I'd plonked down the > money. But the only Sonos box I'd get is basically like a Squeezebox > Receiver, but at twice the price. Logitech's decision to this day > continues to make no sense :-P
I agree with both of these points. The Boom is an awesome little player, with great sound out of the box and scope to tune it to your own taste. And it goes surprisingly loud without distorting. A very clear-sighted design which, as you say, is not matched by any of the current portable speakers. At the time of the Boom's release, everything looked very promising. In contrast I remember being completely underwhelmed by the sound quality from the Radio - a bit muddy out of the box, and no scope to tune the sound. Lovely form factor, but the SQ was quite a surprise after the Boom. An updated Boom with the Jive interface would have been perfect IMO. Since that's not going to happen, I'm also making a bit of a collection of Booms, and have a small stock of foam surrounds to repair the bass drivers as and when necessary, and have experimented quite successfully with eliminating the sticky surfaces by spray painting with matt lacquer rubber paint. I have a friend with a Sonos system, and all I'll say is that the higher cost doesn't guarantee a smoother experience or better sound quality! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111136 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
