[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mitch Harding Wrote: >> It may not be SS job, but I do agree that some people may feel >> entitled to a slicker UI if they paid $2000 for the player. > Whether >> that is justified or not is, of course, debatable. > > No problems with that. > > I am not sure how to create the slicker UI though. Should it > be a fancy remote (like Sonos), a software frontend (like > moose, but OS agnostic) or implemented in the player itself ? > In an ideal world it would be all of them.
While a slicker UI would be nice, I am not sure that this is what is needed most. I would think the main thing is a rock solid and flexible database. I know that a major part of the 6.5 development is the database, and I have high hopes that eventually it will satisfy the needs of classical and jazz listeners. But as an audiophile, I want to be able to store and retrieve all kinds of information about the recording. Musicians, and the instruments they play, the record label, performer, composer, conductor, composition, movement, date of the original recording as well as the date of the particular pressing, etc. Of course, a UI that would allow me to access this information will also be necessary. I use CATRAXX to store that information now, but I would really like to have that information available when I am browsing slimserver from my handheld or Nokia or whatever while sitting on my couch listening. I keep looking at Olive units, not so much for the audio quality, but because in fact they have developed their database to deal with classical music. I really like the SB, and am sticking it out for now with hopes that eventually I will be able to properly catalog my library with it. We will see. -Steve _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
