Nick Silberstein;135608 Wrote: > CardinalFang wrote: > > That was my point, the SB3 will look very poor value next to this > new > > Apple device, so it was a smart move for Slim to go more audiophile. > > At first glance, the Apple prototype iTV doesn't appear to be of much > in the way of competition to the Squeezebox. All they share is the > ability to transport music from a computer to a > receiver/stereo/entertainment center.
I think you underestimate the brand power of Apple, plus the iTV will play video, music, shows photo albums etc. To most people this is far more functional than Sonos or SB3. A nice big TV screen also allows you to browse music using a nice big display and everyone has a TV or two in the house, so it makes a lot of sense. In fact you could hook up a cheap color LCD TV to it just for audio playback in a small room and that would work a lot better for me than the SB3 display. Sure the SB3 has audiophile kudos, but so does Apple - it's used a lot in recording studios so this is going to be a natural step for a lot of Apple devotees. Don't get me wrong, I like my SB2 for the audio quality, but if the iTV comes close, I can't see how SB3 would ever become more mainstream. Paul -- CardinalFang You're only young once, but you can be immature forever... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
