I have owned a Boom for a while but only using it for internet radio via MySB.com. Decided now that I'm going to run a NAS in the home and get a touch. I just purchased a second hand Touch for 140 euros.
But it is dawning on me that I can better plan for the future. Touches are on sale, they cost as little as 219 euro now. I haven't owned a smartphone or tablet yet. But I just have this feeling that owning a device that is part of the interior (like a clock on top of a cabinet) is the only thing I really want. Smartphone control is all fine, but having a device that you can depend on at all times seems much more 'zen' and more pleasant in terms of stability of the environment. Not sure how to explain. I think I will order two more Touches. I feel that this platform will continue to see development from 3rd parties. This is not the end, I sense stability. We might see firmware updates for existing hardware. Perhaps even a company that takes on hardware development. I don't know. I just know that I know of no other device like the Touch and if Logitech kills this platform, chances are there will never -BE- another device like the Touch. There are plenty of expensive streamers that stack on top of your hifi set, there is AirPort Express (for some reason it is the only solution like that - is Apple swinging its legal arm here?), there is Bluetooth, there is DLNA which is not completely implemented as to allow gapless playback, there is Sonos which doesn't have a Touch-like device, and there are products like Streamium from Philips, which are only standalone products or complete systems. If this is the kind of solution I want - and I'm pretty sure it is - I better stock up on those devices while I can. Which is now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xenthar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
