Pale Blue Ego;167910 Wrote: > Notice the conspicuous absence of Joe Blow in this picture? Joe > probably isn't aware of the music server concept. He knows about iPods > and might even know someone who has one - but he probably doesn't have > one himself. Forget about this guy. He probably doesn't have a DVD > player either, preferring to watch old Monster Truck rallies on VHS.The > quantity customers are probably outside the audiophile and geek groups. So to expand I think Logitech has to aim in the direction towards Joe Blow even though they may not have to actually reach him to get to the quantity customers.
Pale Blue Ego;167910 Wrote: > The greatest potential for expanding the Squeezebox market is from the > iPod crowd. They have computers and they "get it" that music is just > bits and it's cool to carry around your whole collection. The problem, > for Slim Devices, is that this group is being served by the many audio > systems that now feature an iPod dock. That makes it easy to pop your > iPod into your home or portable stereo, and for many people, that will > be all they'll ever need or want. The iPod is their home music > server. > > Slim Devices is a viable solution for people who have in some way > "outgrown" their iPods. Either they have a lot more music than even > the largest iPod will hold, or they realize that lossy files don't > sound very good on a decent home stereo. At this point, the customer > begins to resemble one or both of your core customers - the geek or the > audiophile.I had a iPod before my SqueezeBox, the main reasons I "upgraded" > the iPod to the SqueezeBox wasn't sound quality. I already had a capable receiver and didn't want to by a new one just to connect the iPod, I had a iPod docking station with line out connecting the iPod to the stereo. The two main things that made me upgrade was: 1. Remote control, to be able to change track from the sofa. 2. Display so its possible to see what is playing from the sofa. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-trackstat) , 'SQLPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-sqlplaylist) , 'DynamicPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-dynamicplaylist), 'Custom Browse' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-custombrowse),'Custom Scan' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-customscan) and 'RandomPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-randomplaylist) plugins) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
