Jim, thanks for the answer! I didn't want to try locate the info myself in the JHive-threads and besides, I think it's good for others to read in this duet-thread instead of trying to search for the info and perhaps not finding it. So thanks to you and bklaas for clearing this out. And good to see that it was a quick response from you Jim. Not often that the marketing dept answers that quick in companies. I myself have been working at TelCo and TelCoOps as a manager at both marketing, tech and customer care and unfortunatly it's seldom that e.g. product managers participate in direct contact with their audience/customers. Kudos! :)
Regarding the remote, I just love the toggle wheel or whatever it's called. I've been using B&O DECT-phones for quite a while and it's sooo convenient and quick to use. So people who are implying that a Harmony and the controller wouldn't be possible to merge, think again. Add a scroll/toggle-wheel to the Harmony and you're there. Use that wheel to scroll through menus at any type of device, instead of clicking like mad on the up/down buttons. Regarding the controller, I understand it had the forward-button to the top right, but the back-button to the low-left of the scrollwheel, correct? For me, that's a weird setup. My 0.02$-suggestion is to move the back-button to the direct opposite of the forward-button. That's more logical. And the name being Logitech... well, go ahead ;) Regarding the sound quality, yes, I agree that the history of SD has shown it has delivered. But the reason I asked was two-fold. First, there's a change from BB to that Wolxxxx (sorry, can't see my previous post and am too lazy to open a new browser window) DAC and I have NO idea what that means in real life, second comparing the price of the SB3 and the receiver, I notice a 50% price decrease. Could really the VDC(?) screen, headphone jack and change of DAC really make it possible to decrease the price that much if either 1) the SB3 was overpriced 2) the new DAC is much cheaper because it's of less good sound/build/whatever quality or 3) since Logitech has become quite a big company since I sold computer equipment back in 1991, they also have really good batch prices cmopared to what SD had. Also, I want to say that comparing the Duet with the Sonos is not really fair. The Sonos does after all come with an included/integrated amplifier. Something I'd really want to see packaged with the Duet as well, either integrated or in a bundle. After all, buying a multi-room solution for people, or for first-time buyers for just one odd room, maybe the bedroom, it would be nice to have it all at the fingertips on the websites and not having to run around on all sites trying to find a matchinf amp. Quicker call-to-action if there was an amp-package as well, I think. Still, just my 0.02$ ;) The Sonos is much easier to setup for the iliterated(?) since it's packaged nicely. Too bad for them it's pricetag is huge for the average-Joe, who would be better off with the Duet if it was a more plug-and-play solution That all being said, I'm really happy to see this kind of product finally appear. Sure in my mind it still lacks some small details like the possibility to wake up an amp (if I've understood it correctly), the need of the controller to be able to setup the receiver and it should be available at least in one package as a turn-key-solution. May I make a wish: the next version is possible to use with the old remote (i.e. IR-receiver on the Receiver. Receiver could then be hidden away but have an IR-eye somewhere with an IR-blaster that controls the Receiver) or downloaded IR-codes to any other decent remote. The 2nd thing: To be able to set this thing up without the controller. If the last part would be possible (set it up without the controller) and someone pursuades me the sound quality is as good as the SB3, I'd buy one for each room in my house immediatly! 149 USD is just too good... Keep up the inventions guys! -- nicky6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicky6's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3258 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
