werock;182182 Wrote: > It is easy to get downhearted when the complainers seem to have a louder > voice than anyone else, but take this post that I spotted over on the > Topfield forums as inspiration: > > >>Good grief. I've just got my Squeezebox. I had installed the server > t'other day. I plugged it in and after 10mins was merrily playing. As > opposed to the 2 weeks for my MP101 and it's flakey software. > > >>It's, quite simply, the most awe-inspiring piece of home audio I've > used. I dread to think how good a Transporter must be. > > >>If you're in the market for a network music player, buy this one. And > have big grin on face!
That was me! To my mind the SB3 is the Topfield of the network music player world, and there really is no higher compliment as far as I'm concerned. I've come from using a Netgear MP101. Netgear = big company. Server bundled with MP101 = doesn't work. That's not an opinion, it's a fact; it would NEVER find any albums past the letter D. So I used Twonky, but the bugs with that led me to look at my equipment again, i.e. various artist support=broken, iTunes playlists not found for no valid reason etc. I know Twonky's got more platforms and clients to support (not to mention video and pics). My personal experience. I read up on the SB3. I downloaded the user guide. It said install SS first. I did so. It found everything first time, even with McAfee running. I bought SB3. I plugged it in. I tweaked my preferences. I was playing music within 10 minutes. I would say I'm an average user. Win XP Home, a wireless router, iTunes, and iPod. I know the basics of how systems like SS/SB3 work, but nothing in depth. In my opinion, SS 6.5.1 is configured perfectly for Mr Average straight "out of the box". It just works. The sound quality is superb. I've by no means got an audiophile set-up, but what I've got it's made sound 10x better. The great thing about SS, in my short use, is that it works out of the box, but if you want to take it further, the possibilities are endless. It strikes me these sort of extras can only be done if SS is open source. A good parallel is m other fave gear, the Topfield 5800. It works straight out of the box, albeit the user interface isn't massively intuitive - from reading this post some would say the same about SS (not me, coz I've only got experience of 3 servers!). However if you really want to make the Toppy fly, install TAPs (extra software packages) - again, this is only possible because Topfield have designed the box to be tweaked and changeable. I think if Logitech start getting this product on to the shelves in bigger retail outlets it'll do fine - as long as the retailers don't sit it on the shelves near the mp3 players! The challenge comes with the extra documentation needed, I guess. Average PC World/Currys customer won't want to be directed to a forum if they have problems! Anyway, no problems yet, but I'm sure I'll find the answers here if I have any! -- moley6knipe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ moley6knipe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10014 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32904 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
