incircuitous;520398 Wrote: > I bought the Radio a couple weeks ago for a clock radio. We keep it on > the dresser (not bedside) so the lack of a remote is a deal-breaker. > > I considered sidegrading (downgrading?) to the Boom to get the remote, > but I'm very happy with the user interface of the Radio, and I think the > sound on the Radio is fine. My understanding is that the Boom interface > would be a step backward.
I would disagree. Especially from across the room. The biggest differences in the interface are - Radio's color, graphics capable display vs. Boom's text only monochrome. - Radio's multi-line display vs. Boom's one or two lines. - Boom's _much_ larger text, particularly using the large single-line font. - Dedicated volume knob on the Radio. - Much more comfortable button spacing on the Boom. The multi-line display is nice, but you have to be right on top of it, using the font panel controls. Boom's larger text, IMO, more than makes up for it as it's readable from across the room. I don't miss the volume knob at all on the Boom. Color graphics are eye-candy and, again, only a factor if you're sitting right on top of the Radio. You used to be able to buy a full-sized Squeezebox remote on the Slim Devices site for $10 or $20, but with Logitech, God only knows. The remotes that come with either the Boom or the Radio accessory pack are miniature, bare-bones things that have only a handful of usable buttons. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75638 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
