As rbdavis said "I'd like to keep using SlimServer because I think its a solid solution and has a great community, but the web interface and the SoftSqueeze/SqueezeBox "single line of text" interfaces are too painful compared to, for example, the iPod or iTunes UIs. I'm therefore regretfully considering Sonos over SqueezeBox because of their remote."
I started a thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28409 about using iTunes instead of Slim Server or SB remote - and I agree you really can't compare SS with something like the Sonus system and its remote. I have played with this at shows and look forward to hearing the baby version ZP80 without the built-in amp. The audiophile in me knows that the SB3 sitting there delivering extremely cultivated digits to my DAC is all I need and so what if I have to squint to see the text or blow it up so big it has to scroll to show me the track number let alone artist/album etc!! But then the techie in me wants a Sonus remote in his hands and he wants it now!!! My solution would be a sub-notebook (mine is virtually silent apart from the occasional whir - perhaps a 'dum' or 'slim client' device would be better with no HD or whirring bits!) on the coffee table, running iTunes and all it's great graphical ways of choosing what you want to hear (love the cover art scrolling view - you get a pretty picture of whats playing!). Then all thats needed is a NAS with your files on it and some way of making Slimserver play what iTunes tells it to - pity you can't just use iTunes as a server and forget about Slim Server (Roku I think manage this trick?) . -- Timbo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=933 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27824 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
