Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New Squeezebox Radio
dasmueller wrote: > > 5. Decisions like the ones Logitech has made made and will make are > based on an individuals perception of what will sell. They are not made > solely to maintain the contentedness of past customers. I do not recall > anyone contacting me to assist me w or consult me about the transition > from 8-track tapes to cassetes to Cds or VCR tapes to DVDs. These > changes will continue to happen. > There is just one difference here. On the items you mention, the successor was technologically more advanced. So for the customer who had invested in VHS, it was clear why he should buy into DVD too. Even though the new system couldn't record at first, the advantages to be had there where big enough for him to make the crossover. Same goes for LP's, many people replaced with cassettes, because they could easily record their own music through that. Even though a proper LP sounds much better than a cassette. But once the CD came along, everybody had a cd-player very soon, even though it couldn't record anymore, but it just sounded sooo much better. The only thing we can hope from this analogy is that setting up the system gets so much simpler that even a complete noob can do it. But given the things we've seen so far on UE, I very much doubt that. And for those who already have a LMS-system, there is absolutely no advantage in going the UE-route. Or they should come up with a device that is much better than the current Touch... But why haven't they done so in the first place? ---- hvb83's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39615 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New Squeezebox Radio
travelfotografer wrote: > Maybe Logitech found that people are now glued to their smartphones, and > there is no longer a need for a product like Touch. Instead, you just > need a Smart Radio Plus with digital outs, and you can play, queue, etc > your music files using the smartphone app. > > Even with my current touch, I use my tablet to control it. You mean the Receiver they discontinued? If they added the 48/96 capabilities of the Touch to it, a decent way of setting it up (that is, without the controller) and they priced it somewhere between the Radio and the Touch, I'm sure a lot of people would have went for it. In the pre-iPeng / Squeezecommander era it made no sense to release something like that as stand-alone. With them discontinuing the unit without a proper replacement just shows how clueless the Logitech exec's are... ---- hvb83's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39615 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New Squeezebox Radio
Not very surprising, but still a shock to say the least. I've owned a Squeezebox for 3 years now. First I bought the Receiver, after that the system was quickly expanded by a Radio. Without iPeng though, I probably would have abandoned the system quite quickly. But this worked so great that I gave the Receiver to my sister and bought myself a Touch. Since I don't use mysb.com anyway and stream all my files from my local server, I'm guessing I don't have to worry much, as long as my clients keep working. But what I do worry about is Synology seizing updates for their future NAS'. So no more easy packages that are installed with a click of a button. Installing non-package software on a NAS, at least for me, is a bitch. I'm guessing many of us will run into the same problem. I think I'm one of the few that does see a positive lining behind this. Perhaps Logitech has finally seen the light and makes the system really easy to install (Sonos like), without the need for a rather powerful server (I know there are alternatives, but if you know how to use them, installing the system isn't a problem for you...) to make the best use of the system, so that it gets a broader user-base. This will probably mean we will lose some of the openness of the current system, but for me this is not a big drawback. But perhaps that's just too much positive thinking, they've never understood the product in the past, so why would they do so now? The only thing I'm really hoping, is that Logitech will bring out a successor to the Touch / Receiver and at least make it possible for iPeng / Squeezepad and Android equivalents to control the system. The first one I'm not that worried about, this will probably happen, the latter I'm more nervous about... ---- hvb83's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39615 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
