AndyC_772;208110 Wrote: > it was sold through clueless retailers, who had no real idea what it > was, or why it was better than a VHS recorder at half the price or > less. In the store where I bought mine, the demo unit wasn't even > switched on. And if the store staff don't understand it, their chances > of explaining it to the even more clueless public are nil. > > With that in mind, I think the Squeezebox will be a tough sell. It's > many times more expensive than many CD players, and it needs a computer > switched on all the time, and you have to rip all your CDs to a hard > disc and organise them somehow, and set up a network... convincing the > average joe that all that cost and effort is worthwhile certainly isn't > a job for the non-tech-savvy.
You've made a very good point there. Even if the salesperson DOES manage to convince the customer that streaming music via their home network is the way forward, then the next challenge is to convince them to spend £200 on a Squeezebox when they could buy two Philips Streamium SLA5520 Wireless Music Adapters and still have change. Furthermore Philips is already an established hi-fi* brand. “Logitech? Oh yeah. They make computer mice don’t they? What do they know about making hi-fi equipment? I'll take 2 Streamiums instead”. *hi-fi = what the average person in the street calls their £100 stereo system. -- Ian_F ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ian_F's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8308 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35899
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