------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96660 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Would you buy a new Squeezebox player if it became available? - Yes , if less than $100 - Yes, if less than $200 - Yes, if less than $500 - Yes, if less than $1000 - Yes - price is no object; I just want the best sound - No - I would NOT buy another Squeezebox player ------------------------------------------------------------------------
I like my Squeezeboxes, but there are many ways to stream media - in the end I will go for ease and cost effectiveness. Three or four times I nearly bought a Touch. What stopped me? The knowledge I could buy a small format PC (eeeBox or similar) for about the same price, and the fact I could run a software instance of Squeezebox on an HTPC hidden in a cupboard and linked to a decent DAC with a long optical lead. The competing hardware has to be the Apple Airport Express for £80 ($100?) - with iThingies and Android Handies a display is not needed. A small screen can be a nice feature, but not if it doubles or triples the price. The other issue is the integration of audio and video streaming where the competing hardware is the Apple TV for £100 ($120). Some want the integration, others don't. The streaming boxes all have acceptable internal DACs and this will be enough for many (most?) others can add the DAC of their choice. So there you have it - $100 is the target price for an audio only streamer - there's not that much in the box! Google got their Nexus streaming sphere gloriously wrong. They should have launched their versions of the Airport Express and Apple TV, made them easily hackable, and marketed them at the same prices. If Logitech had any sense, even now they would bring such boxes to market. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labarum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96660
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