Re: [slim] Future - no future!?
JimC;244472 Wrote: We're working with all of the serious players in the area of internet-based music and can support the appropriate ones, once the Byzantine licensing structures in Europe are fixed. The CRB here in the U.S might be a pain, and may not fully grasp the value of internet radio/music services, but at least it's a one-stop shop for broadcasters. Did you know one of the redundant server farms for SqueezeNetwork is in Europe. We really do want to make it work, and work perfectly, for everyone. -= Jim Thanks for the reply - good to know the European capacity exists, now all we need to do is sort out the licensing. Can't see that being a problem... ;-) -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I bought my first SB3 a few months ago to replace a Netgear MP101, and I've just bought my second. I use iTunes/iPod, so when I set it up (6.5.3 at the time) I ticked use iTunes and after the scan it was good to go. Dead easy. I think the default options are good; if you use DHCP and all your music is either in one place or you use iTunes, then there's not a lot more you need to do to get it working. And the default transcoding options should mean that your SB doesn't care what audio you squirt in, which is what most casual buyers would want, I guess. So I think, in that sense, it is a lifestyle product - of course, like many others, I couldn'r resist tinkering; but let's face it, you don't **need** to add plugins, and your own RSS feeds etc to listen to your music. That you can do this sort of thing if you want is brilliant, I think. One area I think could be improved is tagging - like many other music playback products, SB and TP are as good as your tags. I think there's something to be said for a proper (either printed and with the product, or downloadable pdf) guide to ripping/tagging - by this I mean something that avoids some of the things that may not make sense to the new user, such as how to store compilations, why have some things got cover art and others haven't etc. I know there's stuf on the wiki, but for wider user acceptance pr'ps a couple of sheets of A4 would help? Just my £0.02. -- moley6knipe moley6knipe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10014 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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JimC;244252 Wrote: And we're doing a LOT of work in the SqueezeNetwork area, so you'll see it continue to improve and evolve. -= Jim That's good to hear Jim, but I still think the levels of support for SB3 are crucial to its success in the wider marketplace. I'll shut up now! -- morris_minor SB3 Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Sennheiser HD 595 Michell Gyrodec SE DC [Tecnoarm, Goldring 1042] Graham Slee Era V Gold [Sugden Headmaster] . . . Pioneer DV565 universal player, Panasonic DVR, Yamaha DSPAX750SE, Kef Cresta 30 (fronts), Tannoy Profile 633 (rears) Mac Mini [1.83GHz, 2Gb], Iomega Minimax 500Gb, LaCie Ethernet BigDisk 1TB, D-Link DSL604+, M-Audio Transit USB, Audiolab 8000A, Monitor Audio M2s Crappy old PC - 1GHz Athlon morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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JimC;244252 Wrote: Actually, it is already far more than a world-band radio. It connects you to music services like Pandora, Rhapsody, Live365, RadioIO, and now Slacker Radio. It also allows you to store your personal music collection in an MP3tunes music locker*, for access whether or not your computer/server is available. Basically, it's an IT-less, always-on, everyman version of SlimServer. About the only things you don't have are FLAC / ALAC support (*MP3tunes allows only compressed music files), and local plug-ins. And we're doing a LOT of work in the SqueezeNetwork area, so you'll see it continue to improve and evolve. -= Jim I know you already know this, and it's not meant as a dig, but Pandora, Rhapsody and Slacker are US-only, therefore meaningless to the rest of us. I understand the reasons why, and I know it's not Logitech / SD's fault, but I do hope that some of the SqueezeNetwork development is focused on providing alternative, comparable services for non US owners. -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Has any thought been given to setting up a training/certification process to have some of the very knowledgable folks around here act as installation helpers? This would help those prospective customers that would like to go beyond the Squeezenetwork option but just don't have the requisitite skills/confidence to work through the process? I've always offered to help friends set up their system if/when they decide to join the ranks of happy Squeezebox owners. No takers yet, but I'll be showing off the Squeezebox (including the new in-ceiling speakers I've hooked up in the bathroom!) to the guests during Thanksgiving so who knows??? -- ChrisNY ChrisNY's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5004 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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jeebers;244298 Wrote: I know you already know this, and it's not meant as a dig, but Pandora, Rhapsody and Slacker are US-only, therefore meaningless to the rest of us. I understand the reasons why, and I know it's not Logitech / SD's fault, but I do hope that some of the SqueezeNetwork development is focused on providing alternative, comparable services for non US owners. We're working with all of the serious players in the area of internet-based music and can support the appropriate ones, once the Byzantine licensing structures in Europe are fixed. The CRB here in the U.S might be a pain, and may not fully grasp the value of internet radio/music services, but at least it's a one-stop shop for broadcasters. Did you know one of the redundant server farms for SqueezeNetwork is in Europe. We really do want to make it work, and work perfectly, for everyone. -= Jim -- JimC well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that. -- BKlaas' college buddy JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I think the most of the current SqueezeBox owners fall in either of the following categories: - Computer geek - Audiophile Both these categories needs a computer at home and thus also likes to setup a local SlimServer. The audiophiles because the internet radio sound quality is't good enough and the computer geeks because a SlimServer will results in an extra computer or a cool NAS box. I think a probable future is that Logitech likes to target a third category of users, those that like music but really doesn't care as much about the sound quality as the audiophiles. The optimal solution for these users would probably be a setup with no local SlimServer. If/when the internet radio services get good enough you will be able to stream your choice of music and there are already sites like mp3tunes.com that allows you to play your own music through SqueezeNetwork. It won't work for the audiophiles because the quality when streaming over internet isn't good enough, it won't work for the computer geeks because they want their precious extra computer/NAS, but I think it will work for the third user category. This will of course simplify the setup a lot, because all you have to do is plugin your SqueezeBox and connect to your router and register att SqueezeNetwork and your are done. This third category of people are also not represented in any polls in the forum, which also results in that these polls that indicates that most SqueezeBox owners runs Linux and have a local SlimServer might not be representative of the future. My guess is that SlimServer/SqueezeCenter will probably still be supported in the future for the audiophiles and computer geeks crowd. Especially since SqueezeNetwork as I understand basically is just a customized version of SlimServer running on a central place. The thing that is going to make the really cool stuff happen is the Jive remote, if developed correctly. When the Jive remote will be able to play music directly to your ears, we won't even be needing the SqueezeBox. A Jive remote in the format of a portable device would mean that you will have access to all your music anywhere where you have wireless access. Of course, this would mean that the Jive remote needs to take the logical step from being a remote control to be a portable internet streaming device. I think we will probably see a intermediate step to reach this goal, where the Jive device is just a remote control to control your local SqueezeBox. When getting into the portable device area colors will also start to matter. For a SqueezeBox standing in the living room you want it to fit the style/color of the other equipment in the room, so a blue or pink SqueezeBox doesn't make much sense to me. But for a portable Jive internet streaming device is certainly does, because then it's starting to be a life style product and Logitech is going to be in the competition with the iPod. Even though I personally doesn't listen to internet radio at all, I think internet services will be the future. The number of people that feels it is important to have a nice record collection visible in the living room is probably going to decrease in the future. The strange thing is that the current main obstacle for internet services is the music industry itself. But it is probably just a matter of time until they will open their eyes and adapt their business models to streaming based solutions. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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But the tarket market of the Squeezebox is for people who appreciate good quality music. If colour is the guiding principle for your buying decision and outways the sound then why are you spending so much money? Plenty of other products on the market are much cheaper versions (cos they only play MP3) and come in lots of colours. Surely Squeezebox is positioned as a product with a USP of the best quality network music player for the price point? -- Paul_B Paul ~ Slimcentre 7.0A1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2 (SP2). Remote storage QNAP(2.1.1T)~(300GB WD) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP R12.3 to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.39 ~ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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sd2100;243989 Wrote: I'm very sorry :-( but Mike your answer is the typical engineers answer. And that is not *god* enough. I don't think he ever claimed to be a deity. If the buying process is cancelled after a quick view at the black box it doesn't matter how good it performs sonically (if I can say so) or how easy it is to operate/use. I'm far from convinced that the lack of colour choices is a factor here. How many home audio components offer anything other than a very limited (or no) choice of colours? I don't believe that's a decision driven by engineers. Most audio companies employ very proficient marketing people and rainbow schemes tend to be noticable only by their absence. -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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cliveb;244020 Wrote: Perhaps the SB3 is in danger of attempting to address two markets and missing out on both. Exactly! It is to beautyful designed to be taken serious and to boring (all black) to be lifestile. -- sd2100 sd2100's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14013 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Fifer;243994 Wrote: I'm far from convinced that the lack of colour choices is a factor here. How many home audio components offer anything other than a very limited (or no) choice of colours? As a lifestyle product, maybe sd2100 has a point. But I don't regard myself as having the aesthetic understanding to appreciate what is important in a lifestyle product. As a serious audio component, the packaging just isn't right. The current cute styling makes it *look* like a lifestyle product, and a lot of people who are serious about sound quality will dismiss it for that reason. If it were packaged in a more traditional 19 box it would have a better chance of acceptance by the audio world. Perhaps the SB3 is in danger of attempting to address two markets and missing out on both. -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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cliveb;244020 Wrote: As a serious audio component, the packaging just isn't right. The current cute styling makes it *look* like a lifestyle product, and a lot of people who are serious about sound quality will dismiss it for that reason. *If it were packaged in a more traditional 19 box it would have a better chance of acceptance by the audio world.* Isn't it even more bizarre for people who are serious about audio to dismiss something on aesthetic considerations? Don't serious audio enthuisiasts make decisions based on sound quality rather than appearance? Why would a manufacturer restrict the versatility of something which fits in the SB3 form factor by housing it in a casing more than ten times the volume it needs to be? The SB3 happily fits in nooks and spaces where a 19 box would be compeletely impractical. That (to me) is versatility, not 'lifestyle'. I'm obviously just not getting this issue. -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Fifer;244023 Wrote: Isn't it even more bizarre for people who are serious about audio to dismiss something on aesthetic considerations? Don't serious audio enthuisiasts make decisions based on sound quality rather than appearance? Why would a manufacturer restrict the versatility of something which fits in the SB3 form factor by housing it in a casing more than ten times the volume it needs to be? The SB3 happily fits in nooks and spaces where a 19 box would be compeletely impractical. That (to me) is versatility, not 'lifestyle'. I'm obviously just not getting this issue. I think the problem is that SB3 will be sold in places where convenience and lifestyle products are sold by the bucket load - and, guilty by association, it too will be perceived this way by a great many people. Us folks who've embraced the SB3 know what a quality device it is. But if you aren't too computer savvy, setting it up may be a problem. I wonder how many SB3s will be returned by customers who haven't persevered (or just couldn't be bothered) to get in running. It's not a plug and play device unless you already have your network configured, Slim Server running, and CDs ripped. If SB3 is to have a future it has to either live in its current niche as a great product for those in the know with the ability to get it running, or be sold with the proper support from the retailer. A great many people I know would never think about trawling through this forum for the great advice that the SB3/TP community offer (or even want to). They need their High Street/Internet/Mall (whatever) retailer to support them properly. This, IMO, is Logitech's greatest challenge in taking the SB3, and the streaming media concept, forward. -- morris_minor SB3 Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Sennheiser HD 595 Michell Gyrodec SE DC [Tecnoarm, Goldring 1042] Graham Slee Era V Gold [Sugden Headmaster] . . . Pioneer DV565 universal player, Panasonic DVR, Yamaha DSPAX750SE, Kef Cresta 30 (fronts), Tannoy Profile 633 (rears) Mac Mini [1.83GHz, 2Gb], Iomega Minimax 500Gb, LaCie Ethernet BigDisk 1TB, D-Link DSL604+, M-Audio Transit USB, Audiolab 8000A, Monitor Audio M2s Crappy old PC - 1GHz Athlon morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Fifer;244023 Wrote: Isn't it even more bizarre for people who are serious about audio to dismiss something on aesthetic considerations? Don't serious audio enthuisiasts make decisions based on sound quality rather than appearance? In principle, yes. But the world is full of cute lifestyle products, and as a general rule a lot of them are hopeless. Therefore, when one is faced with something that looks like a lifestyle product, the psychological instinct is to start with an assumption that it's probably mainly form and not much function. It's just not possible to thoroughly research every option, so a lot of people will remove items from the shortlist based on the it looks like a duck, so it's unlikely to be a swan premise. -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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cliveb;244031 Wrote: Therefore, when one is faced with something that looks like a lifestyle product, the psychological instinct is to start with an assumption that it's probably mainly form and not much function. It's just not possible to thoroughly research every option, so a lot of people will remove items from the shortlist based on the it looks like a duck, so it's unlikely to be a swan premise. Fair comment clive, but these days, there is the great leveller that is the internet. More and more people now begin their pre-purchasing research by googling for whatever it is they are looking for (even if they intend to buy from a store). I think on that basis, anyone googling for 'music streamer' or 'wireless music player' is going to get a pretty strong nudge in the right direction. -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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morris_minor wrote: Us folks who've embraced the SB3 know what a quality device it is. But if you aren't too computer savvy, setting it up may be a problem. I wonder how many SB3s will be returned by customers who haven't persevered (or just couldn't be bothered) to get in running. It's not a plug and play device unless you already have your network configured, Slim Server running, and CDs ripped. Wow, this is so missing the point. It _is_ a plug an play device with squeeze _network_. The server is not the everyman solution, it's the hacker solution. For the non-tech-savvy consumer market, they've got squeeze network. As long as you've got a router that sees the internet, it Just Works. - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Marc Sherman;244048 Wrote: morris_minor wrote: Us folks who've embraced the SB3 know what a quality device it is. But if you aren't too computer savvy, setting it up may be a problem. I wonder how many SB3s will be returned by customers who haven't persevered (or just couldn't be bothered) to get in running. It's not a plug and play device unless you already have your network configured, Slim Server running, and CDs ripped. Wow, this is so missing the point. It _is_ a plug an play device with squeeze _network_. The server is not the everyman solution, it's the hacker solution. For the non-tech-savvy consumer market, they've got squeeze network. As long as you've got a router that sees the internet, it Just Works. - Marc Well, yes - if all you want is a World Band radio . . . -- morris_minor SB3 Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Sennheiser HD 595 Michell Gyrodec SE DC [Tecnoarm, Goldring 1042] Graham Slee Era V Gold [Sugden Headmaster] . . . Pioneer DV565 universal player, Panasonic DVR, Yamaha DSPAX750SE, Kef Cresta 30 (fronts), Tannoy Profile 633 (rears) Mac Mini [1.83GHz, 2Gb], Iomega Minimax 500Gb, LaCie Ethernet BigDisk 1TB, D-Link DSL604+, M-Audio Transit USB, Audiolab 8000A, Monitor Audio M2s Crappy old PC - 1GHz Athlon morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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morris_minor;244058 Wrote: Well, yes - if all you want is a World Band radio . . . and assuming our non-techy user even knows what a router is . . and can then set it up . . then it does Just Work :o) Actually, it is already far more than a world-band radio. It connects you to music services like Pandora, Rhapsody, Live365, RadioIO, and now Slacker Radio. It also allows you to store your personal music collection in an MP3tunes music locker*, for access whether or not your computer/server is available. Basically, it's an IT-less, always-on, everyman version of SlimServer. About the only things you don't have are FLAC / ALAC support (*MP3tunes allows only compressed music files), and local plug-ins. And we're doing a LOT of work in the SqueezeNetwork area, so you'll see it continue to improve and evolve. -= Jim -- JimC well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that. -- BKlaas' college buddy JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I've had my SB3 for just over a week and a must say - GREATE. The network was found very quikly and the SB3 was up and running within minuets. My concerns wasn't the hardware but the a little bit boring black looks compared to the fantastic sliver version! Looks sells whatever you might think. A study just publish recently showed that womens influence in the buying process has increased significantly over the last years. If money isn't the main buying criteria - what would most women buy if you put a SB3 next to a Sonos? You know the answer. In hifi (and in other areas of the consumer market) designers a working with WAF (Wife Accentence Factor). That's just a FACT. iPhone wrote New products are going to be coming. I hope so. I can justify a black box in the living room, but 3-4 (boring) boxes around the whole flat? That's a challenge. -- sd2100 sd2100's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14013 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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sd2100;243728 Wrote: If money isn't the main buying criteria - what would most women buy if you put a SB3 next to a Sonos? You know the answer. But Sonos isn't styled much differently. It's just a white box while the SB3 is black. In fact I believe the box is larger and less discreet. I'm curious what you think of the SB2: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?HardwareComparison which was restyled into the SB3. (Note most SB2s use the case pictured with the SB1 in that comparison). I do agree with you and I'm more or less lamenting the deplorable state of the market that places looks over all else. It's like buying a car based on its cupholders, which sadly many stupid people do. I'm a function-over-form person and it just goes against my philosophy. I blame the iPod. As much as I hate the audiophile market, at least there, looks are secondary. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Mark Lanctot;243761 Wrote: But Sonos isn't styled much differently. It's just a white box while the SB3 is black. In fact I believe the box is larger and less discreet. I'm curious what you think of the SB2: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?HardwareComparison which was restyled into the SB3. (Note most SB2s use the case pictured with the SB1 in that comparison). I do agree with you and I'm more or less lamenting the deplorable state of the market that places looks over all else. It's like buying a car based on its cupholders, which sadly many stupid people do. I'm a function-over-form person and it just goes against my philosophy. I blame the iPod. As much as I hate the audiophile market, at least there, looks are secondary. The SB2 looks awful. Absolutly awful! It has the looks of a extremly cheap clockradio :-( And with the SB3 it's totally opposite. In black very good - in black/sliver best looking player on the market! And it bothers me that they just needs to ad some colours and then could charge 5 - 10 $ extra, that would be pure profit + gain a lot more customers. IMHO it's very strange. Your analogy to the car market is quite good. European cars makers were very slow to install cupholders in the cars due to fact that no one in Europe used to drink and drive. But Americans wanted cupholders so the got them at last. -- sd2100 sd2100's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14013 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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sd2100;243774 Wrote: .. Your analogy to the car market is quite good. European cars makers were very slow to install cupholders in the cars due to fact that no one in Europe used to drink and drive. But Americans wanted cupholders so the got them at last... That's very good example of how things work indeed. People sometimes don't even know they have an option, untill somebody else comes and shows what else is there. -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially. slimkid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8881 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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My fear is that SB will be seen as a lifestyle product, and even worse marketed as such! And it bothers me that they just needs to ad some colours and then could charge 5 - 10 $ extra, that would be pure profit + gain a lot more customers. IMHO it's very strange. A pink SB3 might not sound any better, but would it sound any worse? And if you are scared your favourite toy might become this month's must have high-street thing, you might want to think about why that is really an off putting prospect.. -- James_B James_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11309 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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James_B;243794 Wrote: A pink SB3 might not sound any better, but would it sound any worse? And if you are scared your favourite toy might become this month's must have high-street thing, you might want to think about why that is really an off putting prospect.. Perhaps he's concerned that (undoubtedly limited) resources expended on cosmetic developments are resources not being spent on sonic developments? Perhaps it wouldn't be a major issue (and perhaps it would), but it seems a reasonably valid concern to express. -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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sd2100 wrote: I've had my SB3 for just over a week and a must say - GREATE. The network was found very quikly and the SB3 was up and running within minuets. My concerns wasn't the hardware but the a little bit boring black looks compared to the fantastic sliver version! Looks sells whatever you might think. A study just publish recently showed that womens influence in the buying process has increased significantly over the last years. If money isn't the main buying criteria - what would most women buy if you put a SB3 next to a Sonos? You know the answer. In hifi (and in other areas of the consumer market) designers a working with WAF (Wife Accentence Factor). That's just a FACT. iPhone wrote New products are going to be coming. I hope so. I can justify a black box in the living room, but 3-4 (boring) boxes around the whole flat? That's a challenge. I said it before: My favorite sound system would be invisible. No SB, no amp and no speakers in sight. With the Jive platform we're (slowly) getting there I think. Just the speakers left. I believe in the US in-wall speakers are popular. I haven't seen them here. Would be rather difficult opening up the concrete walls though... ;) Regards, Peter (nobody's wife) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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sd2100;243774 Wrote: And it bothers me that they just needs to ad some colours and then could charge 5 - 10 $ extra, that would be pure profit + gain a lot more customers. IMHO it's very strange. I'll take mine in a paisley pattern... no, no wait... how about a nice tweed! Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Systems slimdevices.com mvalera's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11086 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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mvalera;243838 Wrote: I'll take mine in a paisley pattern... no, no wait... how about a nice tweed! Mike I vote for herring bone :) Joking aside, have you seen the graphics on the back of the new Zunes? Very cool! -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Peter;243842 Wrote: I said it before: My favorite sound system would be invisible. No SB, no amp and no speakers in sight. With the Jive platform we're (slowly) getting there I think. Just the speakers left. I believe in the US in-wall speakers are popular. I haven't seen them here. Would be rather difficult opening up the concrete walls though... ;) Regards, Peter (nobody's wife) For some odd reason women tend to like boxes, so how about this setup: A box like this one form your local IKEA store: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30115491 It comes with a transparent window and I guess it's large enough to hold both a SB and a small T-amp like the Trends TA-10. Cut a few holes in the back for power chord and speaker cables. Then get a pair of bookshelf speakers, take it to someone who know how to use an airbrush and have him paint them so they look like book covers on the sides and book spines on the front grilles. Voila - a camouflage Squeezebox-in-a-box with audiobook speakers! -- KoxxBoxx KoxxBoxx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13356 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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For me there are three main things about the SB3 that justify the cost: 1 - Sound quality; a FLAC CD from my NAS is exactly the same quality on my stero as playing the CD mid-priced Hi-Fi CD player. 2 - The accessibility of my music; not just being lazy and getting a CD out the drawer but hearing one tune and thinking of another then finding it instantly on the SqueezeCenter rather than emptying every CD to find it. 3 - The VFD Display; even when I am not listening to music the SB3 has a beautiful display which is very clear (even with my eye-site) and I can display time, weather ot integrate it into my HA system -- Paul_B Paul ~ Slimcentre 7.0A1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2 (SP2). Remote storage QNAP(2.1.1T)~(300GB WD) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP R12.3 to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.39 ~ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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So, let me get this straight - the SB3 has no future because it isn't available in gaudy colours? And here I thought Holland was the place for wacky tabaccy, but I guess it's Denmark... And yeah, those lifestyle products are typically all styling and no performance. No thanks on that one. Leave the lifestyle products to the trendies who have to have the latest thing and have no clue how to operate it, but are so pleased that it comes in insert gaudy colour here to match their insert another lifestyle product here. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I totally forgot the usual suspects. Ipod and Tivoli Audio. Greate products (I believe they are market leaders in theire business area) and the products they sell all comes in a greate variety of colours. But, if SD wants to loose the battle, there isn't really much to do. Sad but true. -- sd2100 sd2100's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14013 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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My wife looked at the first SB...a kludgey black and silver model My kludgey reference was a lame attempt at mild sarcasm. I also prefer the silver/black over the all black. The white was, well for other households. Back to the music. RadioIO Jazz is on right now...glad to have em back. -- utowana utowana's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4204 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Squeezebox in different colours - so 2005 http://web.archive.org/web/20050127014514/http://www.slimdevices.com/ -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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sd2100;243360 Wrote: I totally forgot the usual suspects. Ipod and Tivoli Audio. Greate products (I believe they are market leaders in theire business area) and the products they sell all comes in a greate variety of colours. But, if SD wants to loose the battle, there isn't really much to do. Sad but true. How in the world could anyone think that a retail powerhouse like Logitech is going to let Squeezebox fade away? They just spent half a Billion dollars. New products are going to be coming. New looks are going to be coming. But first, as with any acquisition, the process has to be streamlined and merged with the new parent company. Logitech is already putting its retail distribution network behind the Squeezebox. My local Frys Electronic store has 4 on the shelf for $299.99 in the computer department. The biggest problem that I see for them is who is going to sell it. The Transporter is easy, HiFi Shops. The SB3 is a different animal in the big box store world. Does it belong in the computer department, the audio department, the video department, over in the separate section for MP3 players? On to color and style, good thing my better half never saw a Rhapsody in Blue or Purple Haze SB2. I would have one of each color in every room of the house. Hey maybe she should have seen it now that I think about that! Anyway, Slim Devices has already tried the color/style thing and I am sure the results were pasted on to Logitech. What is at issue is whether it was to soon for that without enough word of mouth or market share. Now lets look at the white SB3. It must not have been selling or they would not have stopped making them and reduced the price on them to get them out of inventory. With the price gap to Sonos, Logitechs manufacturing and distribution (wait until it hits Best Buy), and the SB3s market share growing, there is a long and diverse future for Squeezebox. -- iPhone iPhone Last.FM http://www.lastfm.com/user/mePhone Media Room: Transporter, Vandersteen Quatro Signature, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center Channel, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco 710, RAM Oppo DV970HD, VeraStarr 6.4SE Living Room: Squeezebox 3, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold Bedroom: Squeezebox 3, Thiel 2.3, NAD C370 iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I think one of Logitech's problems is going to be educating the workforce of the stores that'll sell the SB to give proper advice and support to those attracted by the proposition but lacking the technical knowledge in computing terms to get it running. The Transporter's fine, since proper hi-fi stores will sell these. But you can imagine the scenario in Currys (in the UK) with SBs stacked up alongside toasters and food mixers. It's hard enough to find anyone to ask even a simple question. Try wireless networks and CD ripping and there *may* be problems. The SB has to find a mass-market identity. Lifestyle products have to work straight out of the box . . . -- morris_minor SB3 Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Sennheiser HD 595 Michell Gyrodec SE DC [Tecnoarm, Goldring 1042] Graham Slee Era V Gold [Sugden Headmaster] . . . Pioneer DV565 universal player, Panasonic DVR, Yamaha DSPAX750SE, Kef Cresta 30 (fronts), Tannoy Profile 633 (rears) Mac Mini [1.83GHz, 2Gb], Iomega Minimax 500Gb, LaCie Ethernet BigDisk 1TB, D-Link DSL604+, M-Audio Transit USB, Audiolab 8000A, Monitor Audio M2s Crappy old PC - 1GHz Athlon morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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When I was looking into getting a wireless music player, and then hence decided on a SB I went around a lot of stereo etc stores trying to find someone that had a demo model etc of something anything. The problem was as said above, no-one would really be able to set it up, they don't have wireless networks and mp3 folders setup etc, I guess they could just have a computer setup with it plugged straight in but it wouldn't really be a benefit when you can just play around with squeezesoft to see how it acts yourself. I had a conversation with some guys in a sony centre, they said sony used to do a wireless music player, but in store they could never get it working, so in the end sony never sold any of them and dropped it. -- Gibbo Gibbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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What is a life-style product? It conjures up visions of desperate consumers combing gadget magazines and Sharper-Image catalogs to find the latest over-priced junk that they must have in order to meet some advertising executive's definition of a complete life. Yuck. It sounds so slimy I want to take a shower every time I read the word. Is that what an SB3 is? I just got mine to make it easier to access my music and get rid of the clutter of CD cases laying around everywhere. H. TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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tyler_durden;243410 Wrote: What is a life-style product? It conjures up visions of desperate consumers combing gadget magazines and Sharper-Image catalogs to find the latest over-priced junk that they must have in order to meet some advertising executive's definition of a complete life. Yuck. It sounds so slimy I want to take a shower every time I read the word. Is that what an SB3 is? I just got mine to make it easier to access my music and get rid of the clutter of CD cases laying around everywhere. H. TD I quite agree with this. My fear is that SB will be seen as a lifestyle product, and even worse marketed as such! -- morris_minor SB3 Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Sennheiser HD 595 Michell Gyrodec SE DC [Tecnoarm, Goldring 1042] Graham Slee Era V Gold [Sugden Headmaster] . . . Pioneer DV565 universal player, Panasonic DVR, Yamaha DSPAX750SE, Kef Cresta 30 (fronts), Tannoy Profile 633 (rears) Mac Mini [1.83GHz, 2Gb], Iomega Minimax 500Gb, LaCie Ethernet BigDisk 1TB, D-Link DSL604+, M-Audio Transit USB, Audiolab 8000A, Monitor Audio M2s Crappy old PC - 1GHz Athlon morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Ugh...Not even sure why I'm bothering to chime in, but I guess timing is everything. I just took delivery of my third SB3 and paired it with Audioengine 5's in my bedroom. Connected wirelessly two floors away from my router - after a 2 minute set up, including insertion of my WEP key. It suits my life style just fine - sounds very sweet. (BTW: I have Aego M's controlled by my second SB in my kitchen and love them also. They suit my life style also! I used the forum to help me decide to give them a try...and then could not resist the equally positive reviews of the 5's.) My wife looked at the first SB...a kludgey black and silver model, gave a puzzled look, listened to the sound, and was off and running creating play lists using SlimServer, loading up Squeezenetwork, and syncing between players. She doesn't care what color it is. She is listening to the music. -- utowana utowana's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4204 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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utowana wrote: She doesn't care what color it is. She is listening to the music. its all about the music. The hardware is just to deliver music to our ears. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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sd2100 wrote: Does sb3 has a future? I'm not sure.I think the problem with the sb3 is, that it doesn't know what it is! Is it a geek device or a life-stile product. The problem (as far as I see it) has become more obvious when logitech decided to ditch the white and silver versions (which by the way looked like a million). Sb3 has the looks and feel of a realy nice life-stile product. So why isn't it sold in a large variety of colours? Is Logitech afraid that the will loose the geek community (many colours means it isn't serious enough)? A record player company like Project (http://www.project-audio.com/) can sell their entry level turntable Debut III in 8 different colours. It doesn't cost the world but would win a lot of female customers. Sb3 will loose the battle against Sonos (and Roku/Noxon) if Logitech doesn't act up. The Transporter does not have the same problem. It is a high end/hifi product and is sold in the to classic colours silver and black. I'd like an invisible one. regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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utowana;243307 Wrote: Ugh...Not even sure why I'm bothering to chime in, but I guess timing is everything. I just took delivery of my third SB3 and paired it with Audioengine 5's in my bedroom. Connected wirelessly two floors away from my router - after a 2 minute set up, including insertion of my WEP key. It suits my life style just fine - sounds very sweet. (BTW: I have Aego M's controlled by my second SB in my kitchen and love them also. They suit my life style also! I used the forum to help me decide to give them a try...and then could not resist the equally positive reviews of the 5's.) My wife looked at the first SB...a kludgey black and silver model, gave a puzzled look, listened to the sound, and was off and running creating play lists using SlimServer, loading up Squeezenetwork, and syncing between players. She doesn't care what color it is. She is listening to the music. Your wife doesn't care what colour (note the colonial spelling) it is? Hats off to you my friend, you have a gem of a wife there.And by the way I thought the black and silver model was their best styling effort...just my opinion. -- peejay Music is what feelings sound like - Unknown peejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7046 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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peejay wrote: utowana;243307 Wrote: Ugh...Not even sure why I'm bothering to chime in, but I guess timing is everything. I just took delivery of my third SB3 and paired it with Audioengine 5's in my bedroom. Connected wirelessly two floors away from my router - after a 2 minute set up, including insertion of my WEP key. It suits my life style just fine - sounds very sweet. (BTW: I have Aego M's controlled by my second SB in my kitchen and love them also. They suit my life style also! I used the forum to help me decide to give them a try...and then could not resist the equally positive reviews of the 5's.) My wife looked at the first SB...a kludgey black and silver model, gave a puzzled look, listened to the sound, and was off and running creating play lists using SlimServer, loading up Squeezenetwork, and syncing between players. She doesn't care what color it is. She is listening to the music. Your wife doesn't care what colour (note the colonial spelling) it is? Hats off to you my friend, you have a gem of a wife there.And by the way I thought the black and silver model was their best styling effort...just my opinion. I've never seen an all-black one in real life, but I think I agree. The SD must've mistakenly thought the demand for a black face plate meant everybody wanted one. Dropping the white one makes sense to me, but I think the black/silver one just looked better. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
