I still have all my cds out, so browse through them to find an album then tell the Squeezebox to play it.
Max cliveb Wrote: > I'm a very satisfied SB2 user. The device is superbly thought out, and I > sold my high-end CD player a few months ago as a result. But I've > noticed one minor downside to this way of delivering music. It's not an > SB problem specifically - it would apply to any network music player. > > Back in the days when I used a CD player, there was a wall full of CDs > in a rack. When I fancied listening to some music, I'd walk up to the > rack and start browsing, often scanning almost at random. I'd spot a CD > that took my fancy and put it on. > > The network player approach is different. Browsing the entire music > collection just doesn't work the same way. Sure, you can do a "browse > music -> artists" and step through the alphabet, but it just doesn't > feel as convenient. I believe the end result is that you tend to pick > an album you want to play in advance and put it on. (Note that when the > CDs were in a rack, it was also very simple to find a particular album. > So it seems to me that the operational paradigm of network players is > more restrictive). > > Maybe I'm just peculiar and nobody else thinks this. but I'd be > interested in others' thoughts. -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye ------------------------------------------------------------------------ max.spicer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20138 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
