Hi,
Thank you for your replies. The Touch isn't "dirty" from use, as it has stood in a purpose made HiFi stand and the rear has only been touched to connect the cables. It only became apparent when I had to adjust my HiFi setup. I use the touch with a remote as much as possible, or I use my tablet or phone as remotes, because the Squeezebox remote is so sticky. The front of the Touch is still perfect, as far as I can tell. I haven't heard of Goo Be Gone, I will follow that up. Yes I have other "plastic" or man-made items that after a few years of ownership have shown this problem. It's not confined to Squeezebox items. Other manufacturing products have also shown this breakdown. I owned headphones made by a very well known American company. They were noise cancelling. Those headphones actually "melted" with the over the head "protein leather" becoming almost liquid and the ear cups, on the surface were in order, but where they attached to the earphone speaker housing, had almost liquified and the substance had run onto and into the small speakers, which couldn't be removed. I contacted the manufactureres, who weren't that interested. They informed me I couldn't replace the over-the-head section; the ear cups were replaceable, but of course the "liquid" had affected the sound output, making the earphones almost unusable. I had to dispose of them. I would point out, I had moved house at the time. The headphones were stored in their correct carrying case for a period of two months. It was during this time, the breakdown became apparent, when I went to use them again. I have a feeling that as time passes, more and more items that have man-made finishes; i.e. plastics or "protein leather" will break down, making perfectly good items, unusable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sachadog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10564 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111143 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
