Re: [slim] It's music Jim, but not as we know it....

2009-02-13 Thread Dogberry2
So I'm supposed to just give up listening to all the music I have in my collection that -isn't- available in -their- collection? For a perpetual monthly fee? No thanks. -- Dogberry2 Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.sli

Re: [slim] It's music Jim, but not as we know it....

2009-02-12 Thread Mark Lanctot
I just really dislike pay-as-you-go things. There's enough companies diving into my pockets every month (cable, Internet, phone, mobile phone, car insurance, house insurance, rent, car financing, gas, electricity, water, sewer...) Oh and of course all these things go up, never down. Also I real

Re: [slim] It's music Jim, but not as we know it....

2009-02-12 Thread kesey
The thing that interested me was the link with B&O...and the design of the unit. A lot of people like the idea of a unit that is pure plug and play. I think the interface of the TouchDiva as displayed in the website requires too many touches to get to where you want. The Squeezecenter front page

Re: [slim] It's music Jim, but not as we know it....

2009-02-12 Thread radish
So the same as Rhapsody, but the (dedicated) player costs e750? Doesn't sound like much of a deal to me. That's an expensive paperweight if/when the service closes down. At least with SB/Sonos/whatever you can still use it if one of the music services goes away. -- radish --

[slim] It's music Jim, but not as we know it....

2009-02-12 Thread kesey
FYI: Here's a system from Denmark, amplification is using B&O Ice technology. 750 euros or so for the player and 10 euros a month for all the music you will ever want (or so the blurb says anyway!): http://www.touchdiva.dk/ "Release your music in a single touch TouchDiva makes your old ster