verypsb;664931 Wrote:
>
> Does anybody know a good Squeezebox alternative? I'm not really
> confident that the Logitech Squeezebox lineup will last much longer.
>
While I sometimes share your doubts regarding Squeezebox future I also
have to say that currently the only competitors I can see with a more
clear future is:
- Sonos
- Apple
Apple is focused more at usability and simplicity than high-end audio
so in my mind it means that if you want something that supports high
end audio and you want to be reasonable sure it will work also in the
future, your choices are Squeezebox or Sonos or some new competitor we
aren't aware of yet.
There are of course HiFi manufacturers, but those tend to be focused a
bit too much on the audio quality for my personal taste so they are
missing other features of the system, like smart playlists, usability
and support for premium streaming services.
I think there are several of other competitors out there but none of
them has so far showed a strategy to indicate we can be sure they are
still in the music streaming business two years in the future.
In my mind, the Squeezebox hardware is great so at the moment I don't
really see a need for something else on the hardware side, at least not
as long as you are willing to run a local server on a computer.
The lacking side of the Squeezebox hardware is more related to people
interested in players with built-in speakers or built-in server.
My guess is that when Logitech decides to stop selling Squeezeboxes,
they will need to maintain and support mysqueezebox.com for at least
1-2 years after that, else they will somehow have to handle the fact
that they recently have sold players to customers that no longer works
even if they are still under warranty.
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