I am excited by the controller...and I was "so nearly" a beta tester...maybe next time? (hint). Anyway, I think (despite the price) this is a good move. What I'd really like is a convergence product that marries the controller to the Harmony One (or 1000) so that I can have control of everything from one remote. I used to have a Madrigal which was OK. I thought about a pronto (expensive). My Linn remote can do most things (including SB) except Sky - but I still tend to drive the SB via the web UI...coz I can see the artwork and a multi line i/f+mouse is just more...useable/responsive.
I realise that there is much more to this device than a simple "remote"...and it will evolve over time which is something I actually find exciting in a product. How many times have you bought something based on its day 1 functionality only to be left with the same capability years later, when the rest of the market has moved on? The SB - thanks to its community and internal devlopers - has evolved way beyond where it started from. Every few weeks/months something emerges that gets me excited again, with no need to spend more on hardware. That is a rare and valuable thing. The core of the SB (for me) is the bit-perfect digital playback and rich UI. The visual remote is the icing on the cake. Well Done Slim/Logitech. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
