Kuja;557923 Wrote: > > Frankly, I do not see the point! > > What is the point of having SB Touch and not using any of its its > features?! > > No SD card, no USB, no integrated native FLAC decoder, only wired > connecton... and if you want ultimate sound quality no screen! > > Should I sell my new Touch then? > Buy a M2Tech HiFace USB to SPDIF converter instead and save myself lots > of money? > > Touch that is striped of all its functions, in practical use is the > same thing as M2Tech HiFace: > a SPDIF output thingy connected to a PC with a wire (ethernet or USB, > its wired). > > Does it mean that we waisted our money on touch screen, WiFi module, > USB interface, SD card reader, etc? > Because we must not use them if we want the ultimate sound quality! > .
Many people don't use _any_ of the Touch "features" that you mention. So, yes, much of it was a waste of money. Frankly, the Touch was designed as a consumer product trying to appeal to too many people. It tries to be like one of those Swiss Army knives that has a can opener, a screwdriver, and nail clippers, but doesn't need any of them to function simply as a good knife. IMO the internal server using a USB drive or SD card was a big mistake. On a slightly different product (ala Sonos) with beefier specs it might have worked, but Logitech missed badly with it. The touch screen was unnecessary. Once beyond initial setup, many people will never touch it again. The screen itself (as is the case with past Squeezeboxes) is largely unnecessary if you use a different controlling interface such as the Controller, an iPhone or iPod Touch, or notebook with the web interface. It's too small to be of use for information unless you're sitting on top of it. It looks good in the pictures on the box and that's about it. The point of the "tweaks" (if they do anything) is to improve the sound quality of the Touch. They're meaningless to you if you find the most impressive thing about the Touch is being able to play Pandora or display the weather in South Africa while listening to NPR. Like someone else said about the Touch (all Squeezeboxes): their main purpose in life it to be able to get music from a _central_ computer located anywhere on your network to your stereo system(s), also located anywhere on your network. All the rest is Slim Devices & Logitech marketing and the hope that many people would see these products as revolutionary. That never happened, which is why Logitech appears to be moving on to develop other networked media products. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80013 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
