I bought my first SB3 a few months ago to replace a Netgear MP101, and I've just bought my second.
I use iTunes/iPod, so when I set it up (6.5.3 at the time) I ticked "use iTunes" and after the scan it was good to go. Dead easy. I think the default options are good; if you use DHCP and all your music is either in one place or you use iTunes, then there's not a lot more you need to do to get it working. And the default transcoding options should mean that your SB doesn't care what audio you squirt in, which is what most casual buyers would want, I guess. So I think, in that sense, it is a "lifestyle" product - of course, like many others, I couldn'r resist tinkering; but let's face it, you don't **need** to add plugins, and your own RSS feeds etc to listen to your music. That you can do this sort of thing if you want is brilliant, I think. One area I think could be improved is tagging - like many other music playback products, SB and TP are as good as your tags. I think there's something to be said for a proper (either printed and with the product, or downloadable pdf) guide to ripping/tagging - by this I mean something that avoids some of the things that may not make sense to the new user, such as how to store compilations, why have some things got cover art and others haven't etc. I know there's stuf on the wiki, but for wider user acceptance pr'ps a couple of sheets of A4 would help? Just my £0.02. -- moley6knipe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ moley6knipe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10014 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309
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