I would say go for the Boom. Unless the kitchen is really small and you don't have the space for Boom's slightly larger footprint, and are 100% sure you won't need the Boom's bigger sound. I think the Boom's sound is much better than the Radio's, and you can also read the display easily from across the room. You can also tailor the Boom's sound more (bass, treble, StereoXL), which can be a plus in a kitchen, where the acoustics are almost guaranteed to suck. As others have mentioned, the Boom will also do better competing with the various and sundry noises encountered in a kitchen.
As for the microwave, it depends in part on how leaky the microwave is. It shouldn't be very leaky. The SB2 in our kitchen is wired ethernet, but the SB Controller sits about 10cm from the microwave and it never visibly drops out. Of course, a Controller moves a lot less data than a player, so as usual, YMMV. -- aubuti Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it, and it's '100% wind powered' (http://www.cleancurrents.com/). MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu 8.10) feeding: Living room: SB Touch + SBC > NAD C325 BEE > Vandersteen 1; Kitchen/Dining: SB2 + SBC > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pair of Polk RC60i; Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Bedroom: Boom and SB Radio; Backyard: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > Polk Atrium 45; Study: Duet > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; Kid's bedroom: SB3 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0 http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78176 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
