CardinalFang;254924 Wrote: > I was on the beta programme and I must admit, this mirrors my thoughts. > It's a potentially OK piece of kit, but at the suggested price, I would > spring for the iTouch, it can even do VoIP calls now on top of having > WiFi and an SDK for apps and the interface is much, much better than > the new controller. OK, it's not a dedicated controller for the > Squeezebox, so not a valid comparison perhaps, but given £300 to spend > today, I would put it there, not on a Squeezebox controller. > > The scroll wheel on the beta controller is bad and the buttons are in > the wrong places. It's big, has too many options and is frustrating to > use. I'm also disappointed that the new receiver is lower spec than the > old Squeezebox. > > I do feel slightly unfaithful for saying this though, I did get a > controller as part of the beta programme, for which I am grateful for > being given the chance, and perhaps it's living through that sometimes > painful process that has tainted me, but my feeling right now is that > the interface is still not good enough. It's clunky, unreliable and > slow. My wife refuses to use it and has gone back to the old remote. I > struggle on, but end up with the old remote most times - or sadly, > using an Apple remote with Front Row on a MacBook Pro that is damn near > silent. It obviously costs a lot more, but it is much more usable for > me. > > Perhaps I should wait for product before further comment, but I feel it > really needs to be a whole lot slicker - and I agree with the poster who > said that the fact that it is full of unused, potentially exciting > hardware is not a plus point. If I buy a phone and am told that it has > great GPS, but I can't use it yet until I write some software for it, > that doesn't make it a bargain. It maybe exciting for geeks, but for > consumers it's a complete misfire. > > Gut reaction - a missed opportunity that won't steal many Sonos sales. > The software isn't finished, it's still trying to appeal to the geeks > and the new hardware should be better than the old, not "good" as was > quoted elsewhere. Slim is meant to be the audiophile player vendor.
My thoughts exactly. The beta Controlers firmware does not cut the mustard, its a ball ache to use. But given it's been offcially annouced now they must think its close to being ready, which supprises me. One thing i will say is that i am very supprised that the release version is the same as the btea - i was expecting something much slicker, although it's just about fine as it is. But i will try and take the glass half full attitude regarding the inactive headphone socket, which could be great - a feature i would love to have working. They obviously ran short on development time, but i am glad its not been removed. But congrats to all at Logitech/SD. I really think this is the way forward for you, just dont kill the SB3 too soon. I want a screen in the main room, but i will by a Duel receiver for satelite listening area's. -- autopilot SLIMSERVER:[/B] 7.0 APLHA (WINDOWS XP) + ALIENBBC, SLIMSCROBBLER & LAST.FM. *AMP:* CAMBRIDGE AUDIO 640A (LIVING ROOM) / DENON MD30 (BEDROOM). *SPEAKERS:* MISSION 701'S (LIVING ROOM) / KEF CRESTA 1'S (BEDROOM). *REMOTE:* T-MOBILE MDA VARIO / HARMONY 525 (IR) / *BETA TESTING JIVE REMOTE. [B]Clients:* 1 Squeezebox 3 + Softsqueeze. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805
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