Pat Farrell;216147 Wrote: > thomsens wrote: > > To suggest based on a limited sample of this forum combined with > your > > opinion that a feature is not required is silly. > > This forum is where customers who have bought SqueezeBoxes and > Transporters talk among themselves. The forums in total are for people > > interested in SD/Logitech audio products. > > There is no overwhelming demand for this feature in the forums. > > I have not said that you are silly, or your request is silly. > I know you want it. But there is no groundswell of support for it. > > > Instant access to all my music and other media > > files increases the need for the feature for me. > > CD players had 'index' support from the start. The idea was the > movements or breaks to the chorus, or other musically significant parts > > could be indexed, so you could instantly go to them, forward or > backwards. When CDs came out, reviewers noted with players did this > properly. It was an expected feature. But hardly anyone used it, and > few CDs carried index markers in their meta data, so over time the > feature disappeared. > > Much like "pre-emphasis" in the audio tracks. > > >> What Sean said was that it is not easy. He decided not to do it. > >> What changes because you want it anyway? > > > > Great point. What changes is where I spend my $$ over time if the > > product does not continue to evolve (so far $2600 spent with SD). > I'm > > sure given the choice, Sean would rather have me buy the T2 when my > T1 > > dies. For that matter, I'm sure he's just hoping for the ability to > > build a T2 one day. Clearly without the base of users to support > it, > > that will never happen. So, the average joe will need to start > buying > > this thing and regardless of your or my opinion, the average joe > will > > definitely expect this feature in a usable format. > > I was with you up until the last sentence. It depends on your intended > > use of the word average. > Given the sample of the folks posting to the forums, if you select a > customer at random, they won't notice this missing feature. If you > select a random sample of users, you would expect that the majority of > > folks selected don't care. > > If lots of Joe Customers bought SB's or Transporters, and returned them > > because this feature was missing, I am sure Sean and others would > notice. If the "average" meaning more than half, so that most of the > units were returned, I am sure Sean and others would find a way to fix > > it no matter how hard it is. > > Never say never, but when evaluating what features and functions to put > > in the next unit, a smart company has to listen to what the majority of > > its customers want. Or, if they can know, what features kept a large > portion of the potential customers from purchasing the unit. > > Sony had better music players than the iPod in many dimensions many > years before the iPod. Sony screwed up the interface with fascist DRM > that made it unusable for mere mortals. Now, no one remember Sony was > there in 1999 and 2000. > > I have no inside knowledge, but I bet if the SqueezeBox had exactly > today's feature set, cost $200 and had a strong national marketing > campaign, Logitech could sell four to ten times as many. There are > people who want FF/RW, and would be happier, buy more, tell more > friends, etc. but I don't think it would increase sales by more than > 10%. > > IMHO, YMMV, etc. > > > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
We're just going to have to agree to disagree. My goal is simply to improve a feature that needs to be improved. I don't believe the need is lost on Sean - he's just in a tough spot because as he said, the path between here and there isn't easy. -- thomsens ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36446 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
