Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
MeSue;346120 Wrote: It tends to grab people's attention, even more so than the coolness factor of the Controller. You're right. My brilliant techie son could care less about the SBC, but when he saw the SB3 last night he said it was the coolest part of the whole thing. Go figure :-) Howard -- Howard Passman Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
Nonreality;346150 Wrote: From what I've heard I'm also glad that I have a SB3. It has always been easy and fast even when it has problems, which are far and few between. The duet sounds cool and would probably be great but I love the display of the sb3 so I think someday I'll have a controller and a SB3. I think that is the best combo. You always have the SB3 remote to fall back on and the nice display of the SB3. It think it's worth the money difference. ... you have the perfect setup with the SBC and SB3. Great combo. I am keeping one SBR to use with my AudioEngine speakers as a portable set up for outdoor party situations. The BOOM works great for just me or when there's just a few of us, but the SBR and A5's are really good for a bigger gathering or just more noise :-) Howard -- Howard Passman Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
I would have been a much happier camper in the beginning :-) Relative to the DUET, the Classic and the BOOM were an absolute joy to set up. I think the Classic took less than 3 minutes. If Logitech made the DUET set up similar to the rest of the line, they would probably cut their tech support calls down significantly. Nice little machine :-) Howard -- Howard Passman Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
The duet took me less than three minutes to set up. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
ModelCitizen;346074 Wrote: The duet took me less than three minutes to set up. It takes me three minutes just to type in my WPA key... -- CatBus CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
I was pretty nervous about setting up the Duet last week. I had company staying here and didn't want to get drawn in to a big ordeal as these things often tend to go. Anyway, I had to unplug and replug the receiver after resetting it (purchased used) but other than that it all set up without a hitch. I am loving the Controller while cozied up in bed. I use it with the Boom which is across the room and hard to see from in bed. It's nice having a screen, though, even with the Controller. -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
MeSue;346088 Wrote: I was pretty nervous about setting up the Duet last week. I had company staying here and didn't want to get drawn in to a big ordeal as these things often tend to go. Anyway, I had to unplug and replug the receiver after resetting it (purchased used) but other than that it all set up without a hitch. I am loving the Controller while cozied up in bed. I use it with the Boom which is across the room and hard to see from in bed. It's nice having a screen, though, even with the Controller. Oh Sue, you will really like it with the SB3. Big fat screen like the Boom but bigger. Very cool. Howard -- Howard Passman Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
Howard Passman;346109 Wrote: Oh Sue, you will really like it with the SB3. Big fat screen like the Boom but bigger. Very cool. Howard I had an SB2 in the bedroom for several years, but when I got the Boom, I passed the SB2 on to hubby for use in his workshop. That way he couldn't say anything when I bought a Duet. ;-) Never had an SB3, but I think the screen is the same size as SB2. It tends to grab people's attention, even more so than the coolness factor of the Controller. -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
MeSue;346120 Wrote: Never had an SB3, but I think the screen is the same size as SB2. That's right. The case shape of the units is obviously different, but the VFD and electronics are the same.** The SB3 screen is a different color than the SB2 due to a different lens in front of the VFD, and the SB3 screen is not as quite bright as the SB2 for the same reason. -Peter ** Newer SB3s have a slightly different, and theoretically slightly better, Burr-Brown DAC than the SB2s and older SB3s. I think Sean said that there was no audible difference, that the DAC upgrade was like putting RAM in a computer that was rated for higher speeds than the computer could use anyway. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver ContextMenu FuzzyTime KitchenTimer PlayLog PowerCenter/BottleRocket SaverSwitcher SettingsManager SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
MeSue;346088 Wrote: I was pretty nervous about setting up the Duet last week. I had company staying here and didn't want to get drawn in to a big ordeal as these things often tend to go. Anyway, I had to unplug and replug the receiver after resetting it (purchased used) but other than that it all set up without a hitch. I am loving the Controller while cozied up in bed. I use it with the Boom which is across the room and hard to see from in bed. It's nice having a screen, though, even with the Controller. I know what you are talking about. My Duet arrived on a day that I came home a little early from work to cut the grass. After spending an hour and getting sucked into setting the Duet up, my wife starting getting a bit upset telling me that my stuff always comes first. :-). It was after cutting the grass that I finally figured it out. The duet is just by its nature more complicated to set up. A large part of it is the fact that you are actually setting up 2 devices, not just one. And, as you go through the setup for the first time, it isn't really clear to you what you are setting up at any given point in time. Having security on your squeezecenter complicates things further. Having gone through a factory reset as a troubleshooting step on my controller recently, I can say that the setup procedure has improved and worked much better. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 10.2 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.2, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave http://www.last.fm/user/maggior maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
ModelCitizen;346074 Wrote: The duet took me less than three minutes to set up. MC I takes me 5. About every other day to get it working again... The SB3s and the Booms in the house have been flawless in comparison. -- pablolie pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
Howard Passman wrote: I would have been a much happier camper in the beginning :-) Relative to the DUET, the Classic and the BOOM were an absolute joy to set up. I think the Classic took less than 3 minutes. If Logitech made the DUET set up similar to the rest of the line, they would probably cut their tech support calls down significantly. Of course. Unfortunately that would be impossible without adding a display and an IR remote, which would add significantly to the cost (think SB3 + SBC). I was personally amazed at how easy it was to setup my Duet when it came in. Of course, if you have problems or want non-standard things, things become a lot more difficult. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If I had bought the SB3 first....
Howard Passman;346069 Wrote: I would have been a much happier camper in the beginning :-) Relative to the DUET, the Classic and the BOOM were an absolute joy to set up. I think the Classic took less than 3 minutes. If Logitech made the DUET set up similar to the rest of the line, they would probably cut their tech support calls down significantly. Nice little machine :-) Howard From what I've heard I'm also glad that I have a SB3. It has always been easy and fast even when it has problems, which are far and few between. The duet sounds cool and would probably be great but I love the display of the sb3 so I think someday I'll have a controller and a SB3. I think that is the best combo. You always have the SB3 remote to fall back on and the nice display of the SB3. It think it's worth the money difference. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
