aubuti;582393 Wrote: > Very nice review, and entertainingly written. Just a few factual nits to > pick, in the order they appear in the review: > > 1. The SB2 was released in 2005 (see > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Hardware_comparison), so you > probably bought it then, and not in 2004. > > 2. Re "all playback formats" being gapless, for MP3 doesn't this still > depend on which encoder was used (ie, LAME newer than some recent > version)? > > 3. The Touch has not been available in the US for 12 months. Something > more like 6 months (see same link as #1 above). It was _announced_ 12 > months ago, but then took a long time to finish the software. See all > the griping that took place in this forum from Sept 2009 to April 2010 > if you don't believe me ;o) > > 4. fwiw, I can read the screen from 3m away _if_ it is on the larger > fonts, which it automatically does when you use the remote. And my eyes > aren't particularly sharp. YMMV etc. > > 5. Actually the Touch _does_ publish its USB or SD library on the > network. It is necessary to enable Samba and file sharing, and > sometimes it helps to note the obscure sharename, but it's there. Or > are you only saying you can't transfer files directly from iPeng? > > 6. In several places you refer to running SBS on a PC/Mac. I don't know > about Oz, but in North America most people think PC=Windows. It would be > good to be clearer that SBS is available for Linux PCs as well. > > But all in all a good review, and I completely agree with the main > points about the pros and cons.
Thanks for some superbly constructive feedback - very kind of you. 1) changed to 2005. 2) I forget this as I always use LAME. Info about Lame encoder added to review. 3) 6 months - changed. 4) Yeah, I still don't find it as easy to read from a distance as the Classic. 5) Thanks - I didn;t know that. I assume one needs to ssh into the device to do this? 6) Have given mention to Linux - I perhaps incorrectly assumed that "PC" implies Windows AND Linux. (I used Ubuntu as my platform of choice for Slimserver for 3 or 4 years). -- johnnydarko www.digitalaudioreview.com.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnnydarko's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39987 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82593 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
