ctbarker32 wrote:
It boggles my mind to think that Boulder believes there is a market for
$55k DLNA Network audio player/DAC that is still slower and has less
features than an LMS server plus say PiCoreplayer RPi clients?
'Boulder 2120 DAC (Network Player)'
(http://www.audiostream.com/content/boulder-2120-dac-network-player)
I don't see why Logitech and other companies can't make a success of
selling potentially better spec'd featured products for way less money?
I am curious that Bryston has apparently built in LMS support into one
of their products (USB1) but still for about $2k.
It would seem that the network music player market continues to evolve
and even heat up?
Has Logitech completely abandoned the Squeezebox marketplace? Would they
ever re-enter at some date?
The following is all IMHO
The death knell came with no protected IPR left in the product. The
only part of the product that was effectively protected nad paying for
development was the Slimp/SB3 type product line. These had some custom
firmware that customers couldn't clone for their own use. When the
Touch came along with a Linux implementation, many of the use base,
enthusiast and computer literate, could clone the operations onto other
platforms. From a Logitech management perspective, what have we got
left to sell? At the same time the very flexibility of the core
Slimpserver/Squeezebox Server/LMS allowed a vast array of facilities but
also a significant bug area. So we have Logitech with no guaranteed
hardware sales and and open software suite to maintain. Frankly I
wouldn't support that business model for long. Loads of enthusiasts on
this site despair at the loss, but with the Picoplayer, Squeezepad and
iPeng, the users have what the system was always going to evolve into
from the business practice.
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