Let's face it, if all you want is a simple single room device that's fast and you are satisfied with decent audio quality from high bit rate lossy compressed music files, you should really get an iPod. For this kind of usage an iPod with a docking station beats the Squeezebox Touch.
For simple usage as described above, which probably cover a large part of the user base, an iPod it probably a cheaper and better solution. To see the advantage of a Squeezebox Touch, we need to talk about things like audio quality, multi room solutions with synchronized playback, remote control from the couch and maybe also support for online Internet radio. The built-in server is a marketing feature, it can work really good if you can live with its limitations and have the right equipment connected to it. However, if you want to make sure you get the most out of your Squeezebox Touch, you really need an external server IMHO. Some people are satisfied with the limitations you have to live with if you use the built-in server and some aren't. Some people has successfully used the built-in server with larger libraries and some haven't, often because they connect a hard disk that isn't optimized to get good performance with a Touch. If you don't want an external server and only need a single room solution and doesn't care about high-end audio quality, get a iPod instead instead of a Touch, it will save you a lot of trouble. I think it's important to understand that for some people, an iPod is really a better solution. If all you want is the functionality of an iPod, you will surely not get a better solution with a Squeezebox Touch. However, if you need a multi room solution or you want high-end audio quality, do not get an iPod because in this scenario a Squeezebox Touch will offer a better solution. To sum it up, a Squeezebox Touch can do the same things as an iPod can do when the iPod sits in a docking station, it's just that the iPod will do most things better in a simple setup. The reverse is not true, an iPod cannot do everything a Squeezebox Touch can do, for example multi room synchronization. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/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=79212 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
