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.
+1 they should not aim at the massmarket, they should aim at to be biggest in thier niche . a product for music nerds and hifi nuts, I'll bet there is 100 time more music nerds that hifi nuts and shall we gues that 1/10 hifi nut own a squeezebox or a sonos or similar, so they have not come close to saturate thier " niche " market . I always believed that it is possible to expand 10 to 100 times in this niche ? this would be profitable enough to support the product. I think Logitech would seriusly overeach thier competence if they even tried to aproach massmarket in this kind of product. they done it in mice and pc speakers ,but I don't think they can with this kind of product. A prerequsite 90% of the population don't have is a serius music interest, they just want's a device that " plays something " A little effort in ripping and tagging on some serius exploring of the apps function for the online services should tweak any music entusiast :) but without a real music interest you wont get involved and explore the product, You wont be motivated to learn a little bit to get so much more back . and seruisly I find some desktop software harder to use than my whole squeezebox system ? dumbing it down would be a serius mistake , there a lot of products that demands a little inital effort to use but loved by thier users . some of my colegues are into diving or waterskiing or motorbikes . I would find scuba gear waterskiis or offroad motorcycles hard to operate and maintain. I would have a learning curve if tried thier stuff I would not blame the product. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 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
