Well, I just finished setting up my Radio -- which I bought on impulse on sale at BestBuy for $149.
This allows me to put my Boom downstairs and use the Radio as my bedside unit. I AM impressed...by sync. I didn't realize I could get both players to play the same thing until I stumbled across it in the menus. Voila! A whole-house system without wires at a fraction of the cost of Sonos or the new Sony SAIR system. The Radio doesn't sound as good as the Boom, of course, and I miss the lack of a standard remote (and the need to buy one with a battery I might not ever use). My big disappointment? The ReadyNAS NV+ I use for my library. Streaming from the ReadyNAS NV+ is now (with 7.4.1) flawless. The problem is performance in the web UI on the ReadyNAS. It's terrible. I've tried doubling the memory in the NAS, to no avail. I guess I am just going to have to buy a new desktop so I can demote my old one to become a dedicated Squeezecenter server. Product suggestion: next Xmas, how about a slightly larger Boom++ with a color screen, HDMI inputs/outputs and even better acoustics? After 30 years as an audiophile, I got tired of wires everywhere and huge receivers and speakers all over my family room. I got rid of everything. Now, I have a flat screen, a DVD player and the Boom in the entertainment center. If the Boom could grow up a little, offer just a little more connectivity and audio performance, it could put a dagger in the heart of both $1500 receivers and $500 soundbars in home systems. (And how much would I love to beta test such a device? Squeezebox engineering/product management: you listening? -- yobyot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ yobyot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69446 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
