Howard, when i first got my SB2 the slim universe was already well established.
so when i had problems with it, and i definitely did, and they were fairly big, (many diverse problems, certainly bigger than any router issues i've ever had), i found the forums. now, here's my impression of it all: slim stuff is not as easy as advertised. it just isn't. its not simple or any of the rest of it. now, i agree with andy that SN can simplify it, but thats only good if you want net radio only, and thats IF it works, and i've had (and occassionally still have) issues with that. slim has a natural tension between simplicity and power. power usually means more complex. elegance is achieved when simplicity is achieved without any loss of power. slim stuff is not going to be ipod elegant, (and yes, ipod is not as powerful, but that is not to say it isn't powerful of its won accord). slim stuff could definitely beneift from having "beginner" and "advanced" modes. slim stuff could also benefit from having "global settings" and "individual settings" modes. but right now it has neither. slim would probably also benefit from having a OS driver push the SB for users who would rather have that, or a tcp/ip dsp plugin for winamp for users who would rather winamp ran the SB instead of SC7. and i won't mention the all-in-one box idea. having said all that... perhaps b/c they are so accessible, and because they have treaed me quite well, and because you frequently can get issues addressed on the forums, i have stuck it out thru my issues, and at this point, i don't see that anyone is making a better product to do what i want to do. the SBC is to me, simply amazing, and while i certainly have had problems and issues with it, as well as concerns over how it actually works, i am content to not only use slim stuff happily, but try to turn other people on to it too. the only caveat, is that at this time, i only try to convince the small group of tech savvy people i know to get it, b/c it simply is not ready for average users yet, imo. i don't want to be the helpdesk for my average user friends. but you sound like you can handle this thing, its just a matter of if you are inclined and willing to do so and put up with the learning/development curve. best of luck. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.0.1beta - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47302 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
