snarlydwarf;174254 Wrote: > You do know that there are long-ass-virtual-cable products like the > Airport Express or others from DLink and ... Logitech? > > If that is what you want, you can get one of those much cheaper than an > SB.
sure. the rca lyra can be had for $20 and uses any software you want with it, AND it has a rca universal remote that lets you control musicmatch and virtually any other hardware. BUT it is a tad inferior sonically, thus why i own a SB. snarlydwarf;174254 Wrote: > No one forced you to buy a Squeezebox. > > You can use whatever software you want. That it doesn't work is the > problem of the software. "OMG, I cant use WORD to play music!" ridiculous. this ignores the whole point i made that SD only charges you for the hardware, NOT the software. their hardware should work with different kinds of software, not only a free, costly [to them], buggy product [ss] many people don't like. it doesn't benefit them in hardware sales, (ie. their revenue stream) to be so restricted. and btw, their product COULD do both. its not necessarily either / or. snarlydwarf;174254 Wrote: > Hint: you -can- use Winamp to play music. sure, but not easily on a SB, without running shoutcast, rewiring and so on... (unless i'm mistaken). snarlydwarf;174254 Wrote: > Most people, though, bought a squeezebox so that they could control it > remotely and not sit at a computer. That remote control is what > seperates the Squeezebox from something like Airport Express or the > Dlink and Logitech products. i disagree, many of those products have a remote, and i'd say logitechs is probably superior. for me, the hardware quality sonically, and its ability to be tcp/ip'd and sync'd with other SBs, is what sets it apart. snarlydwarf;174254 Wrote: > No, what people are saying is that the software is Free, as in Libris, > as in Liberty, not as in Free Beer: if you don't like the way the > software works, then you can change it! Don't like the way J. River > works? Tough. Don't like the way Itunes works? Tough. the problem is i can use winamp if i don't like itunes (which btw is true). i DON'T have that option here, as long as i want to continue using the fine SB hardware. snarlydwarf;174254 Wrote: > If you don't like the way Slimserver works: go download the code and > change it. not a realistic reaction for a successful business model. snarlydwarf;174254 Wrote: > No, I see that you have difficulties with words having more than one > meaning. no bile from me, not sure if this is from you. i can debate civilly, if everyone else can. in any case, if you'd like to explain that, i'll see if i can get it thru my thick head. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.1 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
