This might be a dumb statement/question...... Other then the SB1/SB2, when has ANY Squeezebox been updated? Look at the product line, its all new boxes, the SB2 being basically completely new inside just in the old SB1 box. So I personally don't see any Duet II, Touch II, or TP II coming. The TP SE seems a step backwards to me (basically a way to use boards and cases that were left over without TransNav Knobs).
I could see a Receiver type product based on a display-less Touch as having some value as long as one doesn't have to have a Controller to do setup. I would not put the word Duet or Receiver in the name of this possible new product. I really only see two things that are holding any new products back: being forced to have an Internet connection to set the unit up the first time and having to have a display with user input for setup. This is the one area Sonos has the upper hand, but one pays through the nose and must use their proprietary network to achieve this. It would be simple enough to have video out or interface with a networked PC for setup. The Touch Receiver could be setup using the IR remote to see input on a TV or figure it out on a Network PC. Just my thoughts, but I wonder too if we have seen the last of the Squeezebox product line. All the money is in video today and the bottom as fallen out of that market price wise, $59 for a Roku box. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: ModWright Platinum Signature Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Wood Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1, Vandersteen V2W Subwoofer Living Room: Transporter, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Office: Touch with Vandersteen VSM-1s Kitchen: Touch in-wall mount w/ Thiel Powerpoint 1.2s Bedroom: Squeezebox BOOM Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Around the House: SliMP3, SB1, SB2, SB3 Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85982 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
