On 30 June 2012 12:41, toby10 <[email protected]> wrote: > SqueezeBox will never be "mass-market" like an iPod, it has always > been a niche market [...] Yes, but is this really a bad thing? Should it even try to be more mass market?
> it's broad feature set What good are features if they are little more than bullet points? This post (well, about the bottom third) hits the nail on the head: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94109-Lms-7-8&p=695839&viewfull=1#post695839. If something is *officially* supported, it should work very very well. I had some fun reading the Touch's German Amazon reviews yesterday: * computer-savy people with a full local server and/or previous Squeezebox experience: ecstatic * people with the server on a NAS: satisfaction depends heavily on the NAS used, but unsatisfactory performance due to an overtaxed NAS is always attributed to the Touch only. * people who want to use the Touch stand-alone with a USB hard drive: 1) A lot of bus-powered drives dont work, because they draw >500mA. Of course that's the drive's fault, but normal people don't know that, so they blame the Touch. 2) Large-ish libraries (a few 10k tracks) seem to be a PITA. 3) Scanning takes ages. Combine that with the fact that people here like to disconnect their equipment from the mains overnight and you have frustrated SB owners. * people who want to use it for internet radio and streaming services: nice, but really too expensive and over-engineered for the job. Lots of problems with mysb.com. An overarching trend is that people are happier the more computer-savy they are. Most of that could be solved if the Touch's limitations and the system / infrastructure requirements were communicated more clearly (or at all). An SB-branded NAS would go a long way as well. > Not unlike your $2k two ch stereo setup. That is certainly not > mass-market as most don't have $2k invested in *all* of their audio > gear It's nice, though. I went active (studio monitors) and I'm never going back. There's some pretty decent budget options for €200-300 / pair, too. Highly recommended. _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
