Joe Blow - heh heh - up here in Canada, we call him Joe SixPack. My
reply below is more towards Jim's question of "WHY do they realize it's
great? Do you have a particularly cool way of demoing the features?".
I have been an SD customer since the SB1 came out. I remember when the
SliMP3 came out but I was just beginning to understand digital music at
that time and did not realize what it really represented. When the SB1
came out, I picked it up and was hooked. I have since bought an SB3 as
well and will most certainly purchase more products from SD as they
continue to grow.
Every time we have guests over to our house, they see the SB3 in our
living room, notice that it's showing info about the music that is
currently playing and start to ask questions about it. When I begin to
explain the setup (mp3s, home network, home stereo, slim server etc...)
one of two things happen: they get the concept and are interested, or
they gloss over and don't understand. When I see people glossing over,
I usually bring them back to reality with a quick summary, show how the
remote can access the music wicked fast (even letting them try it) and
then get them a drink as they listen to the music. For the ones that
get it, they usually want more details on how it all works, how much
does it cost and where they can get one. After that, their reaction is
usually "Man, that sounds like too much work." or "Damn that's
expensive." or "I'll be getting one of those real soon". To date, I've
only had one buddy actually buy one after seeing mine, the rest I'm
still working on.
The "oohs and aahs" usually come from the following:
- How quickly I can access all my music using the remote (search,
genre, playlists etc...)
- The look of the browser interface with album art etc... that can
control my Squeezeboxen
- The sound. "That's an MP3 we're hearing? Wow it sounds just like the
CD" (neither myself, my equipment or my friends are Audiophile-quality
btw)
- The plug-ins ("Hey, it says the Giants are up 28-0 over Philly in
the 3rd! Cool!"
- Synching the SB1 in my basement with the SB3 upstairs
- Internet radio integration (everyone has heard of Shoutcast)
The other oohs and aahs are for the Harmony 880 remote which controls
my whole entertainment system.
I find everyone loves the sound and look of the SB3, but don't want to
spend the time/effort to set it up and get it done right. The "iPod
crowd" gets it, but would rather just plug their iPod in to their
stereo. The "non techie crowd" just wants something they can plug in
and work right away and not need a dedicated server to run the show.
The "techie crowd" understands right off the bat but the decision then
comes down to cost/effort.
I'm always showing it off when we have guests over that are interested
and I will continue to do so because I feel it is the best product out
there for streaming digital music.
My $0.02.
Cheers.
--
shabbs
[shabbs]
*Rip/encode:* 'EAC' (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/) 0.95b4 [secure] w/
'Lame' (http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.html) v3.97 [-V 0]
*Audio:* 'SB1' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) -->
boombox; 'SB3' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) -->
Technics SA-DX1040 --> JBL E30's
*Storage:* 'Linksys NSLU2'
(http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1118334819312&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper),
'WDG1U5000 500GB External USB Drive'
(http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=232&language=en)
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