I am interested in the new Squeezebox Duet with the new remote but am undecided due to the high cost and not having seen the remote in action. If anyone who has used the new remote could help me it would be greatly appreciated. Apologies for the long post but I will try and explain my setup and situation in detail as this will no doubt help people to give me better advice. Thanks in advance.....
I currently have 3 Squeezeboxes as follows: Squeezebox V1 in my Living Room (occasional use as it competes with the TV in there) Squeezebox V2 in my kitchen (used pretty much every day when in there) Squeezebox V3 in my Dining Room (main one, attached to my Hi-Fi System). I work from home in my Dining Room so use my Squeezebox in there a lot, but as I am working from my laptop I control it from Slimserver on there most of the time. (My main PC is in a different room). When not working or when using one of the other two (less used) Squeezeboxes I use the remote. This works ok, but I have a very large music collection, so I tend to Browse using the remote, but generally enter the first letter of an artist or album on the remote to get there quicker. I presume that you cannot do this on the new remote. However, I have been waiting for this remote to be released with some anticipation, as I much prefer to use the Slimserver interface than the remote, mainly because the location of my Squeezeboxes makes pointing the remote and reading the screen very incovenient. Also, I know I am thinking ahead a little here, but I have a new baby daughter, and I intended to purchase another Squeezebox to put in her nursery/room. (She does settle down to music so it is never too early). For that one I am not bothered about a screen and would control it myself anyway. But a Squeezebox Duet plus remote is still more expensive than a single Squeezebox. So I guess my question is - just how user friendly is the new remote? Is it easy to find what you are looking for quickly if you have a large music collection and does it offer a big advantage over using the existing remote with the Squeezebox display? I am tempted to buy but it is a lot of money and do not want to make an poor decision. Hope this makes at least some sense. Any feedback is welcome. -- PLynas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLynas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11960 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42338 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
