toby10;669168 Wrote: > SqueezeBox is and likely will remain a niche product. Ask your friends > how they listen to their digital music over their hi-fi, their own > library or a subscription service. > The answers will be (in no particular order): > > - I don't, just use iPod (or mp3 player, smart phone, Zune) with ear > buds > - iPod dock (standalone or connected to hi-fi) > - AVR with networking & services > - third party box (PS3, Xbox, Roku, Boxee, PopCornHour, WD, Netgear, > etc..) > - TV (or some other DLNA device) > - cable or sat TV digital music ch's > - Sat radio XM/Sirius > - AirTunes > - computer (by itself or connected to AVR) > - etc... > > We all know the negatives of the above vs using a SB player, but those > are the likely answers from 80% of the users out there. The only SB > users I am aware of are those who have seen my SB players in use and > only after I thoroughly demo & explain what SB is do they buy. Even > then it is very few who do actually buy. In my entire social circles > including family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, I've only ever run > across a total of two Sonos users out there..... and I know a lot of > people. > > Dedicated NMP's like SB & Sonos are indeed very niche markets. ;) > Not to say there isn't money to be made in these narrow markets, but > the numbers are small compared to the lesser devices out there.
For my friends the list is even less then that, pretty much all of them are - ipod on its own - ipod in dock - laptop for itunes/spotify/you tube etc. - Through TV A friend at work is really bought into SB's after I lent him my Boom (he has since bought his own and a server with a Touch planned) and I know another friends Dad has a Squeezebox Radio, I know another guy from work who bought a Sonos system a few years back, not sure if he still uses it though -- socistep ------------------------------------------------------------------------ socistep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91460 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
