Re: [slim] Logitech Squeezebox Boom?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/logitech-squeezebox-boom-hits-the-stage/ -- Espen Espen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15057 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Espen;333086 Wrote: http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/logitech-squeezebox-boom-hits-the-stage/ Interesting that it doesnt confirm source (normally they do), as cannot see where they got this information from. Logitech site still schtum. -- urbanshepherd urbanshepherd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5744 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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It was posted at 1 minute past midnight - which strongly implies an embargo until 28th - which also matches a comment elsewhere about another page due to come back on 28th. -- Paul Webster Paul Webster http://www.lastfm.com/user/BondJamesBond Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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See also 'Gizmondo' (http://gizmodo.com/5042836/logitech-squeezebox-boom-a-squeezebox-streamer-attached-to-quality-speakers) post early this morning... -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? -Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...- (c) 'ModelCitizen' (http://www.last.fm/user/Modelcitizen) Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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RRP $299 US and available September according to the press release -- James_B James_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11309 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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The press release has made its way to a few places now. Pretty well everyone using the same 2 pictures (i.e. from a press pack) - although the one I found for my blog includes the mini-magnetic-remote. http://dabdig.blogspot.com FREMONT, Calif. Aug. 28, 2008 Today, Logitech (SWX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) unveiled the Logitech® Squeezebox Boom all-in-one network music player, featuring an integrated amplifier, high-performance speakers and a simplified setup. Now, its easier than ever before to bring digital music to any room in your home. The network music player will be the CD player of the 21st century, and Squeezebox Boom is the first player in its class to deliver high-quality audio in a compact, all-in-one design, said Robin Selden, vice president and general manager of Logitechs Streaming Media business unit. From the streamlined setup to the breakthrough acoustics, the Squeezebox Boom is an entirely new type of network music player. Just plug it in and youre ready to rock the house. No Additional Audio Gear, Wires Needed With the Logitech Squeezebox Boom all-in-one network music player, you can listen to your digital music in the kitchen, the bedroom or any other room in your home without needing to attach external speakers. Just plug the new Logitech network music player into a power outlet there are no additional wires to connect. Then, using your existing home network, you can listen to the music you love from the personal collection on your computer, your favorite Internet radio stations, and subscription services such as Rhapsody®, Last.FM, Slacker, Pandora® and Sirius even when the computer is off. Adding Squeezebox Boom to your network is simple. The new Logitech player will automatically detect the available networks. Once you select your network, simply enter your password for your convenience, Squeezebox Boom automatically remembers it for future use. For different music in another room of your home, you can easily expand your Squeezebox network music system. Simply add additional Squeezebox Boom players in any room you like or, if you already have an existing stereo system, add another player from the Squeezebox family to your network music setup, including the Logitech® Squeezebox Duet network music system. Listen to Thousands of Internet Radio Stations on High-Performance Speakers Upon registering your Squeezebox Boom network music player, you can access thousands of radio stations and millions of songs, aggregated by SqueezeNetwork Logitechs free, online service without having to remember Internet addresses or passwords. So you enjoy an optimized wireless-network speed and a secure connection, Squeezebox Boom uses true 802.11g wireless technology and dual internal antennas. To fill your room with sound, the Squeezebox Boom network music player offers an integrated, all-digital 30-watt amplifier accompanied by two ¾-inch, high-definition, soft-dome tweeters and two 3-inch, high-power, long-throw woofers. A bi-amplified design which includes a high-performance signal processor, class-D amplifier and digital crossover delivers crystal clear sound with minimal noise and distortion. For bass lovers, the Squeezebox Boom even includes a subwoofer connection. And if you want to listen to music in private, the 3.5 mm jack lets you plug in your headphones. The Logitech Squeezebox Boom network music player works as an alarm clock and can wake you up to your favorite tunes. Six preset buttons, located under the display, make it easy to get to your favorite song, Internet radio station or playlist. The included remote control gives you control of the Squeezebox Boom from across the room. And the remote includes a tiny magnet that lets you easily attach it to the top of the Squeezebox Boom or, for example, your refrigerator. The Squeezebox Family The new Squeezebox Boom is part of the Squeezebox family of products, which includes the award-winning Logitech Squeezebox Duet network music system, Logitech® Squeezebox network music player, as well as the audiophiles choice, the Logitech® Transporter network music player. Pricing and Availability The Logitech Squeezebox Boom network music player is expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe beginning in September for a suggested retail price of $299.99 (U.S.). -- Paul Webster Paul Webster http://www.lastfm.com/user/BondJamesBond Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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The magnet in the remote is a pretty neat touch, I can well imagine a lot of these in kitchens, I might have considered it had it been around when I got mine and if the sound quality is good enough. -- robroe robroe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14248 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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If the Boom is going for $299, can we expect the price of the SB3 to go down? -- ezkcdude There are 10 kind of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't. SHINYMETAL '*Site*' (http://www.ezdiyaudio.com)| '*RSS*' (http://www2.kumc.edu/students/ezamir/rss/ezdiyaudio.xml) |'*Forum*' (http://ezdiyaudio.informe.com) ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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ezkcdude;333128 Wrote: If the Boom is going for $299, can we expect the price of the SB3 to go down? The SB3 has been '$229 at Amazon.com' (http://snurl.com/amazonsqueeze) for almost a month now...I wonder if they were anticipating this? Nonetheless, great question as to whether the MSRP on the SB3 will go down. -- thing-fish ' Most Recent Tracks' (http://www.last.fm/user/thing-fish/?chartstyle=basicrt10) thing-fish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5288 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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OK, well, seeing as the main web page contains the product now, there's an official announcement thread and this speculation thread contains some inaccuracies, here are some FACTS: - the units have an RTC (real-time clock) which maintains time even when it loses contact with the server. So yes, you can stop your server and Boom will still display the time. It'll even play alarms (currently firmware-generated tones) when the server is offline. - there is a sleep button on the top, which isn't readily apparent from photos. - player-side, the unit is an SB3 except for the audio circuitry. This includes all networking (i.e. it's 802.11g and has an Ethernet port). It should be capable of bridging as well. The wi-fi antennas are at least as good as an SB3, almost as good as an SB2. - it has a smaller display than the SB3 - no digital outs, although there is an analog line out. - the line out is not compatible with IR Blaster. This isn't critical since Boom was designed to be a standalone unit and not integrated into a stereo system. - there is a line in - the line out is configurable between headphone out (full-range) and sub out (with an internal crossover) - there's a state-of-the-art DSP inside which handles all the advanced crossover functions and tone controls. It has lots of untapped potential. - it can be mounted on a wall or under a cabinet, there is a bracket coming. Above the rear connectors are threaded inserts for this use. - the VFD auto-dims with a light sensor, so it's perfect as an alarm clock for bedroom use, and the display circuitry is designed to go dim enough for use in a dark room. - the knob does not have feedback like the Transporter knob, but it's very nice to use - nice detents, good feel, easy to control. - IR codes are the same as for the SB3 - oh and for people who judge things based on weight, it's quite heavy for its size. I know this because there was a beta test program just like there was for the Controller, and the beta testers have had these since April or so. Basically this is a standalone player that is also a great alarm clock. It is -not- a portable player (i.e. it won't run on batteries*) but as it's self-contained, it can be carried to wherever you have wireless networking access. Most important of all, I can say that Boom sounds FANTASTIC for its size. There's quite a bit of work in the DSP to get it sounding as good as it does, especially with bass performance. It will go down to 50 Hz with ease, and this is with 3 woofers! Have at it! * oh I suppose you could do something with those power tool batteries... :-) -- Mark Lanctot Make it so it doesn't suck is a good design target, but hard to implement - Michael Herger Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Mark Lanctot wrote: (currently firmware-generated tones) when the server is offline. no server, alarm. no network, alarm. no power, no alarm. as mentioned elsewhere, it's not designed for portable/remote use. It still requires one cord at all times. - there is a sleep button on the top, which isn't readily apparent from photos. snooze button. it offers slightly different funtionality from the sleep button found on the remotes. - it has a smaller display than the SB3 1/2 the size, to be specific. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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kdf;333189 Wrote: - there is a sleep button on the top, which isn't readily apparent from photos. snooze button. it offers slightly different funtionality from the sleep button found on the remotes. Whoops, of course, corrected. Seeing as I only used the thing once... -- Mark Lanctot Make it so it doesn't suck is a good design target, but hard to implement - Michael Herger Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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For those who have had a play already, I'd be keen to know how these speakers compare to the Audioengine A2's. -- simbo simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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There's a new forum created for Squeezebox Boom: http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?f=25 See you there, -dean -- dean dean's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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simbo;333194 Wrote: For those who have had a play already, I'd be keen to know how these speakers compare to the Audioengine A2's. I heard the A2s only briefly in a shop. I never owned them. But I would be very surprised if they sounded better than Boom. Seriously. Since Boom's woofers and tweeters are of a known design and performance and since the whole thing is powered by a DSP there was some intensive tuning going on. Simply put, Boom was built around its speakers. The DSP was tweaked for the exact speakers that Boom uses and can do some amazing things with them. External speakers don't have that advantage. This is not to say the A2s are poor - far from it. -- Mark Lanctot Make it so it doesn't suck is a good design target, but hard to implement - Michael Herger Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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FYI here is Caleb's white paper on the audio design: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/uploads/a/ad/Logitech_Squeezebox_Boom_Audio_Design.pdf -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/philips-entertains-your-home-with-new-network-music-players-cin/ I didn't find more info on it yet, but the color screen is pretty cool looking. -- Sam Lowry Sam Lowry's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3447 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I have the A2's, the Boom sounds better, particularly in the bass. One thing the A2s have going for them is seperation (as they can obviously be moved further apart) but the StereoXL processing on the Boom does a pretty good job of widening the soundstage. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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It's coming out left and right, I'd say Logitech would do good in issuing an official statement regarding the product... :) -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Still says expected shipping date Sept 2nd-Sept 8th. We shall see. Howard -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online and God knows I can't type. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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The leak has certainly created a lot of buzz on the web. I am not implying that it was intentional, but if the product is solid and hits the market soon then the early press might be advantageous. I suspect that there are people out there who want one of these even more, because they cannot yet have it, lol. -- jeffmeh jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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jeffmeh;332808 Wrote: The leak has certainly created a lot of buzz on the web... I suspect that there are people out there who want one of these even more, because they cannot yet have it, lol. I would be one of those people! ;^P Seriously though, I have been waiting fo a SB Boom since I bought my 1st (of three) SB's over 2 1/2 years ago - I hope this is a real product! -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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oreillymj;332585 Wrote: It's in page 30 of their brochure http://images.krefel.be/krefel_promo/folder_2008-35/Code_Krefel15_NL.html , but when you click on the embedded link the URL returns this message Dit product is momenteel niet beschikbaar op onze e-shop .. which I'm guessing means We shouldn't have had this on our online store just yet That's very interesting. Krefel is one of the larger chains here in Belgium. That brochure just looks like their regular brochure. In fact, I got a bunch of paper spam in the mailbox yesterday so it may very well be in it. Will check when I'm at home. If that's the case, then a) this really looks like it's for real, b) it's surely very surprising that Logitech has not done any official announcement at all yet. BTW, the text translates to This product is currently not available in our e-shop. PS: actually Fuzzball76 seems to be from Belgium too and confirmed that a hardcopy of that brochure has been distributed in Belgium! -- Squid Squid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9073 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Guys, it was in the real paper mail Krefel Brochure this week. It was on wifisound.nl weeks ago, and Logitech asked me to keep a bit silent about it, which I did. the user manual was on slimdevices.com early august as well So there is no doubt it is real. So we're just waiting for an exact release date (And price for the US?) Peter -- fuzzball76 Slimserver : 7.0 on CentOS Linux Squeezebox 3 Squeezebox Boom ? fuzzball76's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12530 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I assume the company will say something official about this device at IFA which starts on the 29th. At least if shipping is supposed to start as early as September. -- Espen Espen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15057 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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fuzzball76;332972 Wrote: So we're just waiting for an exact release date (And price for the US?) Well, the Wiki lists today (the 27th) as the tentative release date for 7.2, with it's secret bonus feature. Googling will get you a couple companies which are listing prices around $300, although none list a release date. Please be soon, the anticipation is killing me. Ok, maybe not killing me, but I do want one for my bedroom. And maybe the laundry room. And maybe... oh hell, can I get a bulk discount ;-) Eric -- kolding SliMP3 - the closet SqueezeBox 1 - Bose Soundwave SqueezeBox 2 - Rotel RSX-1056 - Totem Acoustic Dreamcatchers SqueezeBox 3 - Rotel RX-1052 - Vandersteen 1B's kolding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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kolding;332983 Wrote: Well, the Wiki lists today (the 27th) as the tentative release date for 7.2, with it's secret bonus feature. Googling will get you a couple companies which are listing prices around $300, although none list a release date. Please be soon, the anticipation is killing me. Ok, maybe not killing me, but I do want one for my bedroom. And maybe the laundry room. And maybe... oh hell, can I get a bulk discount ;-) Eric Hey Eric, From your signature, it looks like you already have the First Slim Devices through the SB3. Don't you need to order a Duet and then a Transporter before thinking about a bulk order? -- iPhone *iPhone* 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/mephone) Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Bedroom: SB3, NAD C370, Thiel 2.3 Home Office: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, VSM-1 Sigs Mobile: SB3, Audioengine A5 iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Michael, it's Dutch, not German :) But the translation was spot on. They only ship within Belgium, so that makes the 4.9 look allright. regards, Peter Michaelwagner;332400 Wrote: I speak a bit of German, so I can guess at what the following means. When you click on where can I have this product sent to, it says Dit toestel is beschikbaar in volgende winkels en kan aan huis geleverd worden vanaf Donderdag 28/08/2008 followed by an empty list of places where it can be delivered to. I think it says This item can be sent to the following areas and can be delivered to your house after Thursday, August 28th. -- fuzzball76 Slimserver : 7.0 on CentOS Linux Squeezebox 3 Squeezebox Boom ? fuzzball76's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12530 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Michaelwagner;332400 Wrote: I speak a bit of German, so I can guess at what the following means. When you click on where can I have this product sent to, it says Dit toestel is beschikbaar in volgende winkels en kan aan huis geleverd worden vanaf Donderdag 28/08/2008 followed by an empty list of places where it can be delivered to. I think it says This item can be sent to the following areas and can be delivered to your house after Thursday, August 28th. Well... actually this is dutch, not german. But dutch sounds a little bit like german that's right :-) -- powaq Yamaha RXV4600 - SB3 digital out - Focal JMLab Chorus 826V powaq's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Yes, guys, I knew it was Dutch. That's why I said I speak German, but I can puzzle this out. If it was German, I wouldn't have put the disclaimer in. If you speak English, French German (I do), then you can puzzle out most Dutch words by recognizing their roots. I don't get the grammar worth a damn, and it's harder to understand the spoken words for me, but even that I can do at times. In any case, the important point, which seems to have been missed, is that the list of places you can have it shipped to is null. So I don't think you could actually buy it. It happily let me order it, even though I live in Canada, but I'm sure this would have failed somehow in checkout. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Looks like another leak stomped on. Krefel have removed the item from their web-site. It's in page 30 of their brochure http://images.krefel.be/krefel_promo/folder_2008-35/Code_Krefel15_NL.html , but when you click on the embedded link the URL returns this message Dit product is momenteel niet beschikbaar op onze e-shop .. which I'm guessing means We shouldn't have had this on our online store just yet -- oreillymj oreillymj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=699 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Well, the intent is the same, but no, a closer translation would be this product is, at the moment, not shippable from this e-shop Which is effectively what it was saying yesterday when it told me the list of places it could ship it to was null, just a little more explicit. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Michaelwagner;332593 Wrote: Well, the intent is the same, but no, a closer translation would be this product is, at the moment, not shippable from this e-shop That's weird. When I type this into Babelfish it says We're keeping the ones we've been sent for ourselves. You're gonna have to wait. -- simbo simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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simbo;332594 Wrote: That's weird. When I type this into Babelfish it says We're keeping the ones we've been sent for ourselves. You're gonna have to wait. hahaha! I reckon this is a cracking product. Fingers cross it's a) true b) fast and c) distributed internationally. (We're still waiting on Duet in India) - even purchasing a new SB3 involved a trip to the distributers home, chai, phone calls, delivery on a bicycle. Dingo. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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simbo;332594 Wrote: That's weird. When I type this into Babelfish it says We're keeping the ones we've been sent for ourselves. You're gonna have to wait. lol! I knew there was a reason I never trusted Babelfish. Never get the same result twice. When I typed it into Babelfish, it said Poisson d'Avril! -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Dingostrategy;332608 Wrote: even purchasing a new SB3 involved a trip to the distributers home, chai, phone calls, delivery on a bicycle. And I thought the distribution channels in Canada were slow and tedious :D -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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oreillymj;332585 Wrote: Looks like another leak stomped on. Krefel have removed the item from their web-site. It's in page 30 of their brochure http://images.krefel.be/krefel_promo/folder_2008-35/Code_Krefel15_NL.html , but when you click on the embedded link the URL returns this message Dit product is momenteel niet beschikbaar op onze e-shop .. which I'm guessing means We shouldn't have had this on our online store just yetIn any case, judging from this catalogue, it seems definitely true. Thanks to Logitech/Slimdevices for listening to the many requests. -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Michaelwagner;332620 Wrote: And I thought the distribution channels in Canada were slow and tedious One never complains when the final result is satisfactory. The whole experience was rather pleasant in the end. The distributor's notions of what the SB actually does were rather amusing. Why don't you have an iPod, he wondered. Does the same thing. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Posted this on another thread first by a mistake...: This is from a Norwegian webshop... http://www.expert.no/product/product.aspx?identifier=93063 It says not in stock on the page, but the price in NOK seems to be decided... (NOK 2300 is 290 by todays exchange rate). Can't seem to find it in any other norwegian shops yet, but it has to be just around the corner. Doesn't seem to be able to run on batteries, though, but rumours says it is wall-wart-powered... So a suitable NiCd-pack should be able to provide juice for a few hours, anyway... B-) -- Brum Brum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19129 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Halleluja technical/environmental dreams FULFILLED -- gurgel2 gurgel2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Howard Passman;330560 Wrote: I like to use Good Morning by the Beatles. The rooster never fails me. Howard That's a good choice. I've used it a few times too. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Gaaahhh.. no tosh/coax... I guess they made it that way so we need to buy a separate sb/duet machine for hifi listening. WELL... imho this is such an american set of mind.. waste energy and materials having to have tons of devices for every single purpose. KEEP UP THE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE OTHERWISE THE EARTH WONT PERISH. Shame on you logitech. -- gurgel2 gurgel2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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gurgel2;332308 Wrote: imho this is such an american set of mind.. waste energy and materials having to have tons of devices for every single purpose. KEEP UP THE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE OTHERWISE THE EARTH WONT PERISH. Shame on you logitech. While it's fun to bash americans (I know I've done it too), Logitech is not american. Your humble opinion still needs some humility. You should have done some research first. Founded 1981 #8212; Apples, Switzerland Executives Guerrino De Luca Chairman of the Board Gerald P. Quindlen President and Chief Executive Officer From: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/about/cl=ca,en -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Michaelwagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gurgel2;332308 Wrote: imho this is such an american set of mind.. waste energy and materials having to have tons of devices for every single purpose. KEEP UP THE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE OTHERWISE THE EARTH WONT PERISH. Shame on you logitech. While it's fun to bash americans (I know I've done it too), Logitech is not american. But the streaming media division (formerly SlimDevices) is still based in CA and is arguably 'american' in mindset. Your humble opinion still needs some humility. You should have done some research first. Agreed with that. Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Ben Sandee;332336 Wrote: But the streaming media division (formerly SlimDevices) is still based in CA and is arguably 'american' in mindset. Perhaps. Personally, I find that, while Slim was very american in some ways (mostly the good ways), I've stuck with them because they're very unamerican in other ways. Good ways that they are american: * entrepreneurship: company was started more or less in a garage with a wire-wrapped prototype (the sliMP3). Good ways that they are not american: * open source * open box - they always snap pictures and post them, showing us what's inside the box so we don't have to disassemble them - although I did disassemble my SB1s and SB3s - haven't opened up a Duet receiver yet. * open forums, open to suggestions about improvements * sense of humour - announcements that turn out to be april fools jokes. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Michaelwagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps. Personally, I find that, while Slim was very american in some ways (mostly the good ways), I've stuck with them because they're very unamerican in other ways. Good ways that they are american: * entrepreneurship: company was started more or less in a garage with a wire-wrapped prototype (the sliMP3). Good ways that they are not american: * open source * open box - they always snap pictures and post them, showing us what's inside the box so we don't have to disassemble them - although I did disassemble my SB1s and SB3s - haven't opened up a Duet receiver yet. * open forums, open to suggestions about improvements * sense of humour - announcements that turn out to be april fools jokes. I agree with you Michael. Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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gurgel2;332308 Wrote: Gaaahhh.. no tosh/coax... I guess they made it that way so we need to buy a separate sb/duet machine for hifi listening. WELL... imho this is such an american set of mind.. waste energy and materials having to have tons of devices for every single purpose. KEEP UP THE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE OTHERWISE THE EARTH WONT PERISH. Shame on you logitech. I'm struggling to imagine any scenario where you would need a digital out on this product. It is a self-contained unit as far as one can tell. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocom full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber Chord cables Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I wouldn't personally use it this way, but I can see someone wanting to ditch a lousy old alarm clock, and then replace an existing SB3 connected to a bedroom audio system with the SB Boom. But then again, this might simply encourage those of us Americans prone to excessive consumption to start filling landfills with old alarm clocks. Perhaps Logitech shouldn't offer this product at all... -- esbrewer Server: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac running MacOS 10.5.4 Plugins: Inguz DRC, Sirius Radio, Album Review, SqueezeScrobbler, iPeng Sources: SB3, NAD C542 CD Player, NAD T515 DVD Player Amplification: NAD C720BEE Stereo Receiver Loudspeakers: Paradigm Studio 20 (v.1) http://www.last.fm/user/esbrewer esbrewer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Phil Leigh;332345 Wrote: I'm struggling to imagine any scenario where you would need a digital out on this product. It is a self-contained unit as far as one can tell. Oh, you know...something like semi-permanently installing a SBBoom under an umbrella in the back yard and then burying a 30 meter TOSLINK line to the neighbor's house so they can listen in too. -- gharris999 gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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esbrewer;332353 Wrote: But then again, this might simply encourage those of us Americans prone to excessive consumption to start filling landfills with old alarm clocks. The New-American way: Old Appliances? Don't think Landfill...think Art: http://www.flickr.com/photos/longristra/124213144/ A DeadClockHenge would posses a certain irony, don't you think? -- gharris999 gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Michaelwagner wrote: Good ways that they are not american: * open source * open box - they always snap pictures and post them, showing us what's inside the box so we don't have to disassemble them - although I did disassemble my SB1s and SB3s - haven't opened up a Duet receiver yet. * open forums, open to suggestions about improvements * sense of humour - announcements that turn out to be april fools jokes. This would've been a good argument if there were countries in which said ways were common. There aren't, of course. This whole way of doing (hardware) business seems fairly unique to SD. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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If it's a **really** old alarm clock, you know, steel with bells, you could melt it. At current steel prices, it's value as scrap is probably higher than its utility value. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Today i got Krefel's leaflet in the mail, which had a full page of squeeze-products including the Boom ! 249 ! apparently it's on their website too : http://nl.krefel.be/new_design.lasso?-nothing=MODULE=ESHOPRESULTSess=C0A801221424c31D72ymJ3764211Keyw=boom-nothing.x=0-nothing.y=0-nothing=Search Peter -- fuzzball76 Slimserver : 7.0 on CentOS Linux Squeezebox 3 Squeezebox Boom ? fuzzball76's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12530 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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fuzzball76;332374 Wrote: Today i got Krefel's leaflet in the mail, which had a full page of squeeze-products including the Boom ! 249 ! apparently it's on their website too : http://nl.krefel.be/new_design.lasso?-nothing=MODULE=ESHOPRESULTSess=C0A801221424c31D72ymJ3764211Keyw=boom-nothing.x=0-nothing.y=0-nothing=Search Peter Ooops...Keeping a lid on this is turning out to be harder than putting a Champagne cork back in the bottle!! I feel sorry for the Slim/Logitech guys trying to launch this - if it was me I'd be a touch upset by now! -- Browny http://www.last.fm/user/BrownySV/ Browny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I speak a bit of German, so I can guess at what the following means. When you click on where can I have this product sent to, it says Dit toestel is beschikbaar in volgende winkels en kan aan huis geleverd worden vanaf Donderdag 28/08/2008 followed by an empty list of places where it can be delivered to. I think it says This item can be sent to the following areas and can be delivered to your house after Thursday, August 28th. I tried putting it in my cart and it did it, and charged me 4.9 Euros shipping. I'm sure it won't want to send me one in Kanada, not for that price. :D So it seems pretty confused, and I'm guessing you can't really order this thing, whatever it is. By the way, it's listed in the loudspeakers category ... Keeping a lid on this is turning out to be harder than putting a Champagne cork back in the bottle!! With the proper tools, you can put a champagne cork back in the bottle. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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gurgel2;332308 Wrote: Gaaahhh.. no tosh/coax... I guess they made it that way so we need to buy a separate sb/duet machine for hifi listening. WELL... imho this is such an american set of mind.. waste energy and materials having to have tons of devices for every single purpose. KEEP UP THE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE OTHERWISE THE EARTH WONT PERISH. Shame on you logitech.Jesus, is it really necessary to turn this forum into yet another nationalistic, jingoistic, cultural-political bashing fountain of frothing, frenzied and puerile propaganda? Surely there are enough of those message boards on the Internet already. -- Dogberry2 Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Michaelwagner;332400 Wrote: I speak a bit of German, so I can guess at what the following means. When you click on where can I have this product sent to, it says Dit toestel is beschikbaar in volgende winkels en kan aan huis geleverd worden vanaf Donderdag 28/08/2008 followed by an empty list of places where it can be delivered to. I think it says This item can be sent to the following areas and can be delivered to your house after Thursday, August 28th. Yes, that translation sounds about right. It is cheaper then I thought it was going to be. 250 Euros is probably going to be priced in the US at around $375 -- treble treble's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2797 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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gharris999;332356 Wrote: Oh, you know...something like semi-permanently installing a SBBoom under an umbrella in the back yard and then burying a 30 meter TOSLINK line to the neighbor's house so they can listen in too. Oh that is so the funniest post I've read on here for ages...ROTFLMAO :0) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocom full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber Chord cables Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Logitech is holding a Press conference today in Zurich for new products. Any news anyone? -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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sander wrote: Well I, for one, am hopeful it retains enough logic, in the event of a network outage to function as an alarm clock. Some of the streaming units have enough logic to actually work in this regard, whereas others are 'bricked' when the loose network contact. Let's hope Logitech does the right thing. They haven't until now. I used an Internet radio station as an alarm clock on my SB3 for a while, but when my ISP connection (or the station, I forgot) went down, I promptly overslept. Since then I use a playlist of local tracks as my alarm. When SqueezeCenter dies I'll probably oversleep again ;) Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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sander;330501 Wrote: Well I, for one, am hopeful it retains enough logic, in the event of a network outage to function as an alarm clock. Some of the streaming units have enough logic to actually work in this regard, whereas others are 'bricked' when the loose network contact. Let's hope Logitech does the right thing. The more observant (read: bored) of you may have noticed the following entry in the release notes for 7.2... #8959 - Local Control when SqueezeCenter/Network Down It's a locked entry, but it sounds suspiciously like the functionality needed to allow an alarm clock to run independantly of the server. -- simbo simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Pat Farrell wrote: menno wrote: Does anyone have any idea of when the Boom is expected to be released? I have a friend who is itching to buy one of these. Slim and Logitech has a long established policy of never talking about pre-release stuff. They talked a lot about the Controller, though. Even had a dedicated forum for it... Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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peter;330253 Wrote: They talked a lot about the Controller, though. Even had a dedicated forum for it... Very true. Although the Controller was a huge step up in complexity from any of the previous products, so the open discussion and beta testing was invaluabl as far as i can tell. It's the fatest device they have built, running a full linux OS with the SqueezeOS interface on top. Quite a bit different from the embeded nature of the other devices. Also, the Reciever wasn't spoken about until the official release either. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I really hope the speakers in this are shielded from mobile phone interference. I made the major mistake of buying this http://tinyurl.com/5m48vg Since I do on-call from work, I need to keep a mobile phone on the bedside locker, but cannot leave it anywhere near the JBL on-time or else I get a blast of the mobile's phone home chatter in the middle of the night amplified through the JBL speaker. I have to put the phone on the other side of the room. Also the alarm function plays the first song on the iPod. Waking up to ABBA every morning is not a good way to start the day. So this looks very tempting. -- oreillymj oreillymj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=699 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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One thing few people have said is how good the Boom looks - it's a nice, smart, piece of design. I don't have a need for one but it looks a really good product. -- b33k34 b33k34's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10919 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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b33k34;330305 Wrote: One thing few people have said is how good the Boom looks - it's a nice, smart, piece of design. I don't have a need for one but it looks a really good product. It's typical Logitech IMO, it's neither attractive or not attractive - a little minimal, functional and dare i say 'bland' (bit nt in a really bad way)- the safer option i guess. Being logitech, i can just tell already what the plastics will feel like. But it's perfectly fine for me, i hate show piece designs that no matter how much i like them at first, they will age and a i will get bored of them. -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.1b (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (office). *Amps:* Cambridge Audio 640a (main room) / Trends TA10.1 Class-T / Logitech 5.1. *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom) / Logitech 5.1's. *Remotes:* Harmony One (IR) / 1 Beta SB Controller / 1 Official SB Controller. '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=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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funkstar wrote: Very true. Although the Controller was a huge step up in complexity from any of the previous products, so the open discussion and beta testing was invaluabl as far as i can tell. It's the fatest device they have built, running a full linux OS with the SqueezeOS interface on top. A Controller is a powerful computer. Its got tons of ram, fast processor, SD card, color display, built in WiFi. It actually amazing, its got the power of a desktop computer of about five to eight years ago. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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oreillymj;330301 Wrote: Waking up to ABBA every morning is not a good way to start the day. Like hell you say! -- CatBus CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Well I, for one, am hopeful it retains enough logic, in the event of a network outage to function as an alarm clock. Some of the streaming units have enough logic to actually work in this regard, whereas others are 'bricked' when the loose network contact. Let's hope Logitech does the right thing. -- sander sander's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10737 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Dogberry2;328837 Wrote: According to the dictionary, it's A recording of different musical pieces. (One of the definitions, anyway.) Albums used to be marketed in book form (with paper sleeves for each shellac record disk), on EP and LP vinyl record disks, on various types of magnetic tape (4-track, 8-track, cassette, mini-cassette, DAT), etc., before they were released on Compact Discs. In every case, the term album was both correct and accepted. And now, even a collection of MP3 or FLAC files can correctly be called an album. The word has nothing to do with the medium of storage. ;-) Thanks Dogberry, thats what i was meaning :) The decline in CD sales and eventual extinction of them I will mourn but will have to deal with. If artists stop producing albums I really don't know what I'll do. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Dogberry2;328837 Wrote: According to the dictionary, it's A recording of different musical pieces. (One of the definitions, anyway.) Albums used to be marketed in book form (with paper sleeves for each shellac record disk), on EP and LP vinyl record disks, on various types of magnetic tape (4-track, 8-track, cassette, mini-cassette, DAT), etc., before they were released on Compact Discs. In every case, the term album was both correct and accepted. And now, even a collection of MP3 or FLAC files can correctly be called an album. The word has nothing to do with the medium of storage. ;-) ...if ya can't learn something everyday. Still, I would imagine it was alot easier to clean your pot on an album cover from the vinyl days. :-) Not that I ever did Howard -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online and God knows I can't type. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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kolding;328365 Wrote: Well, it's gone from Amazon now, apparently. Bummer. Was thinking of ordering one. Eric I still had the link so I tried it and sure enough, it's been pulled. This is just like being a new DSLR camera. Howard -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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TCM;328300 Wrote: Pictures from the 'Quick start guide' (http://www.minhembio.com/forum/index.php?act=attachtype=postid=56516) I'm curious to know how Duran Duran was able to unseat Pink Martini... -- jsprag jsprag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14437 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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jsprag;328460 Wrote: I'm curious to know how Duran Duran was able to unseat Pink Martini... Does this mean I'm going to have to buy a Duran Duran album now? I bought the a Pink Martini album just so I recreate press shots in my own home... ;) (this post isn't entirely serious) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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funkstar;328507 Wrote: Does this mean I'm going to have to buy a Duran Duran album now? I bought the a Pink Martini album just so I recreate press shots in my own home... ;) (this post isn't entirely serious) Whatza album. :-) -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Howard Passman;328545 Wrote: Whatza album. :-) Whozat Duran Duran? :-)) I think we should be able to vote for which track to display on these PR shots. -- simbo simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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ModelCitizen;328289 Wrote: If you want a killer full-range system a Boombox would seem a poor starting point. Better perhaps to get an SB3/Transporter and add your chosen amp and speakers. Correct. I guess I'm thinking along the lines of a simple, relatively inexpensive but full-range system suitable for almost anybody BUT a discerning audiophile. Boom + a good $300- $500 powered sub = done deal. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Pale Blue Ego;328611 Wrote: Correct. I guess I'm thinking along the lines of a simple, relatively inexpensive but full-range system suitable for almost anybody BUT a discerning audiophile. Boom + a good $300- $500 powered sub = done deal. Do you think anyone willing to spend $500 on a powered sub would not be bothered by the fact that they can't position their LR speakers where they want? It seems unlikely in my mind. -- elziko elziko's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11835 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I wonder if (any of) the buttons are backlit. -- oktup oktup's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1117 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Howard Passman;328545 Wrote: Whatza album. :-) It's the order in which you should listen to a collection of music released by a particular artist. :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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elziko;328621 Wrote: Do you think anyone willing to spend $500 on a powered sub would not be bothered by the fact that they can't position their LR speakers where they want? It seems unlikely in my mind. Possibly, though I've seen decent component systems with the speakers positioned in the worst possible locations for sound quality. I'm thinking in the context of the iPod dock systems that are starting to replace the traditional stereo. The Boom would be competing with those. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Howard Passman;328545 Wrote: Whatza album. :-)According to the dictionary, it's A recording of different musical pieces. (One of the definitions, anyway.) Albums used to be marketed in book form (with paper sleeves for each shellac record disk), on EP and LP vinyl record disks, on various types of magnetic tape (4-track, 8-track, cassette, mini-cassette, DAT), etc., before they were released on Compact Discs. In every case, the term album was both correct and accepted. And now, even a collection of MP3 or FLAC files can correctly be called an album. The word has nothing to do with the medium of storage. ;-) -- Dogberry2 Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Plug it in, turn it on I wonder how many folks will buy it not knowing what you have to have/do to set it up. It makes it sound like an ordinary clock radio. A question for myself... has anyone see if it has a line level out so you can hook your own amplifier and speakers to it? Howard -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Howard Passman;328192 Wrote: A question for myself... has anyone see if it has a line level out so you can hook your own amplifier and speakers to it? That depends whether the sub out is full range in stereo or not. Other than the sub out it doesn't appear to have a line level out. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17417 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Howard Passman;328192 Wrote: Plug it in, turn it on I wonder how many folks will buy it not knowing what you have to have/do to set it up. It makes it sound like an ordinary clock radio. I think that depends on how its marketed. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I think this should be sold as an internet clock radio that -by default- hooks up to SqueezeNetwork. No setting up required, other than entering your wireless details (a task that doesn't seem to phase Wii-owners). Then you have -the option- of installing your own SqueezeCenter to access your digital music collection. SD devices have historically been marketed the other way round, but here I think they need to take a different stance. andynormancx Wrote: That depends whether the sub out is full range in stereo or not. Other than the sub out it doesn't appear to have a line level out. It wouldn't make a good 'phone socket if it doesn't support full range stereo. ;-) I don't expect there to be some clever electronics in there, that can determine whether there are headphones or a sub attached - I expect it will assume any attached sub will handle its own crossover. Alternatively, there'll be a setting in the UI that allows you to specify what's attached. -- simbo simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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simbo;328200 Wrote: It wouldn't make a good 'phone socket if it doesn't support full range stereo. ;-) I don't expect there to be some clever electronics in there, that can determine whether there are headphones or a sub attached - I expect it will assume any attached sub will handle its own crossover. Alternatively, there'll be a setting in the UI that allows you to specify what's attached. I stupidly didn't save the PDF of the user manual after reading it, but from memory I thought the headphone and sub out sockets were two different sockets ? -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17417 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Howard Passman;328192 Wrote: Plug it in, turn it on I wonder how many folks will buy it not knowing what you have to have/do to set it up. It makes it sound like an ordinary clock radio. A question for myself... has anyone see if it has a line level out so you can hook your own amplifier and speakers to it? Howard If you check 'Googles cached version' (http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:97PgCvZMyu0J:www.wifisound.nl/catalog/logitechsqueezeboxboom-p-445.html+boom+site:wifisound.nlhl=svct=clnkcd=1gl=seclient=firefox-a) of the original page (the dutch web shop) it only says Headphone/Subwoofer out via 3.5 mm connector -- TCM 'WhatTheFuckHiFi.com' (http://whatthefuckhifi.com/) 'Last.fm: ThisCharmingMan' (http://www.last.fm/user/ThisCharmingMan) - ***Now I found a SB2 - I'm happy.*** TCM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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andynormancx;328202 Wrote: I stupidly didn't save the PDF of the user manual after reading it, but from memory I thought the headphone and sub out sockets were two different sockets ? Dude! :-) That was my next question. Did anyone save the pdf manual? Looks pretty cool and my old clock radio is pretty ratty especially where my hi-intensity lamp laid on it and melted it :-) Right now I'm dragging my Duet receiver and a pair of Audioengine A5's outside. This could be a much quicker picker upper. O, I could hook it to music on hold at workor.. Thanks guys, Howard -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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TCM;328205 Wrote: If you check 'Googles cached version' (http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:97PgCvZMyu0J:www.wifisound.nl/catalog/logitechsqueezeboxboom-p-445.html+boom+site:wifisound.nlhl=svct=clnkcd=1gl=seclient=firefox-a) of the original page (the dutch web shop) it only says Thanks TCM, I hadn't seen this page. It's a bit more info than I had. Thanks again. Howard -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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If you try to order from Amazon it says delivery between August 29th through Sept 8th... -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Sept 2nd to Sept 10th. I guess folks are ordering it. -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Delighted to see this; it looks great from the pictures available so far... And given that I voted 'Yes' in the old 'Would you buy a SB Boombox? poll, I suppose I have a moral obligation to order one as soon as they're available - how unfortunate ;) -- oktup oktup's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1117 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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oktup;328213 Wrote: Delighted to see this; it looks great from the pictures available so far... And given that I voted 'Yes' in the old 'Would you buy a SB Boombox? poll, I suppose I have a moral obligation to order one as soon as they're available - how unfortunate ;) ...why they called it a Boom and not a Radio. It's really not like a boom box in the traditional sense of the word. No handle or batteries... I'm also wondering why Amazon has it on their site, but Logitech still doesn't. So much mystery :-) -- Howard Passman Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Howard Passman;328214 Wrote: I'm also wondering why Amazon has it on their site, but Logitech still doesn't. My guess is that as Amazon etc have jumped the gun, the marketing boys at SD/Logi were not quite ready. They are now scrabbling to get it altogether and should 'launch' very soon. But it's starting to look a bit silly. -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.1b (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (office). *Amps:* Cambridge Audio 640a (main room) / Trends TA10.1 Class-T / Logitech 5.1. *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom) / Logitech 5.1's. *Remotes:* Harmony One (IR) / 1 Beta SB Controller / 1 Official SB Controller. '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=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Pale Blue Ego;327506 Wrote: This looks like a nice edition to the family. I'm hoping the AudioEngine people worked on the amp/speaker design. If so, the Boom will sound excellent. I hope so too. The A2's were created with the SB3 in mind. If anything, it would be a shame to see AudioEngine lose sales of their excellent speakers. I'd certainly like to hear how they compare. The existence of a subwoover connector is interesting - it suggests the built-in speakers might not appease the bass-heads (which doesn't worry me in the slightest). 4mula1;327751 Wrote: The manual says it will have a backup alarm tone, which indicates to me that it won't be music. The Boom will be a little less slim in that it can manage it's own time as well as alarm. Hopefully it can use a standard alarm tone and when you hit snooze the music kicks in. Some of my music certainly won't wake me up!!! If they're bringing this into the firmware for the Boom, I wonder if it'll make its way into the other products too? Maybe this is the 'Secret Bonus feature' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50804) mentioned in the wiki! -- simbo simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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The sub out feature could be significant in allowing the Boom to be upgraded to a killer full-range system capable of peeling paint off the walls. A lot depends on the quality of the built-in drivers. This is the first time Slim has done any amp-speaker design, so I'm anxious to see/hear what they've come up with. With T-amps, biamping, sound-shaping tailored to each driver's characteristics, etc., it's possible to get very good sound quality in a compact design. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Pale Blue Ego;328284 Wrote: The sub out feature could be significant in allowing the Boom to be upgraded to a killer full-range system capable of peeling paint off the walls. A lot depends on the quality of the built-in drivers. If you want a killer full-range system a Boombox would seem a poor starting point. Better perhaps to get an SB3/Transporter and add your chosen amp and speakers. Pale Blue Ego;328284 Wrote: This is the first time Slim has done any amp-speaker design Slim may not have, but Logitech have been designing amps and speakers for quite a while... http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/home_pc_speakers/cl=gb,en MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Howard Passman;328214 Wrote:
...why they called it a Boom and not a Radio.
Might be because marketing surveys said not to. Or maybe because it
doesn't appear to have a Tuner in it so why make the same mistake the
Telecomunications Industry did by calling it something it is not (Cell
Phone was the worse name possible for a device that is a full duplex
transceiver that can only access POTS {Plain Old Telephone Service} by
connecting with a base station tower). From what I have been able to
read about the Boom, it is not a Radio and has no tuner. Can it stream
music from the Internet, it appears it can, but again this in not being
a Radio.
Maybe it was a description of this new product. Hey this Sqeezebox
actually makes sound on its own! then Chef Emeril Legasse said, Boom
instead of Bam!
And as a parting thought, do we even know if that is the Official
name of an unreleased future product. Remember the Jive?
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Re: [slim] Logitech Squeezebox Boom?
I asked a friend of mine who works for a national newspaper here in Switzerland to ask Logitech about the boom. They refused to comment, but they did say that they will be presenting their Autunm collection on the 20th of August to the press in Zurich Switzerland... That's only 9 days away ... but again .. if it's anything like the duet launch it will take another 4 months to be availible.. For those who speak german: --- Liebe Journalistinnen und Journalisten Vom 29. August - 3. September 2008 findet in Berlin die IFA 2008 statt. Im Vorfeld dieses internationalen Stelldicheins der Unterhaltungselektronik-Branche freuen wir uns, Ihnen die Herbstneuheiten von Logitech in Zürich vorzustellen. Wir laden Sie ein in den Festsaal des Kaufleuten, wo wir Ihnen die Logitech Innovationen präsentieren und wo Sie Gelegenheit haben, diese bei einer umfassenden Produktausstellung näher kennenzulernen. Der Anlass findet im Rahmen des Logitech Händlermeetings vorab exklusiv für die Presse statt. Wir freuen uns, Sie am 20. August 2008 im neuen Festsaal des Kaufleuten zu begrüssen. Einen Anfahrtsbeschrieb erhalten Sie mit Ihrer Anmeldebestätigung. Bitte teilen Sie uns Ihre Teilnahme bis spätestens Freitag, 15. August 2008 mit. Vielen Dank. -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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iPhone;328294 Wrote: Maybe it was a description of this new product. Hey this Sqeezebox actually makes sound on its own! then Chef Emeril Legasse said, Boom instead of Bam! And as a parting thought, do we even know if that is the Official name of an unreleased future product. Remember the Jive? There is a Quick Start Guide on the slimdevices web page where it is called: Squeezebox Boom -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
