Well, for what it's worth, I'm a relatively new SB3 owner, going on about 3 months. Love it. So much so that I'm in the process of re-ripping my entire 800+ disc collection to ALAC and then the CDs go into deep storage.
Based on my experiences with the SB3 (and having read all 30+ pages of the Logitech Thread), I pulled the trigger on a Transporter today. I think it will be a nice addition to my system and I'm eagerly anticipating its arrival, if not the impact to my wallet. Eek. I'm looking around for things to Ebay now to offset the cost. I've got mixed feelings about the Logitech acquisition. I liked the small company feel that I was getting from Slim Devices, and I like supporting small companies, and that was part of my initial decision to get an SB3. But now that I have that SB3 (and soon a Transporter) I guess I'm more interested in how well the products work. I'd still *prefer* the small company feel, but it's not a showstopper for me. I see potential for both good and bad. I'm hoping that the quality of the hardware and the attention to detail remain, and that the (presumably) increased resources that can be brought to bear will benefit everyone. I'm not concerned that Logitech bought Slim to shelve them. Slim has several strong products that give Logitech a big leg up in the market and it'd be poor business to kill those products. But I also figure that worst case, I end up with the hardware I have now, and the software I have now, and both work well now. It's not like the product will just quit working if Logitech decides to shelve further production/development. The server software is open source and written in perl, so even absent corporate support and development, the software can continue to be developed and improved. Even by me with my heinous perl skills. I guess what I'm saying is that if you like what the hardware/software can do right now, get it now. If you're not sure it's a good fit for you, maybe take advantage of the 30 day guarantee and give it a shot. If you're concerned that Logitech will orphan the product or screw it up in some way and you're concerned about long term support, maybe wait for things to shake out. But I'm not that concerned. -- benh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ benh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6732 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28952 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
