fallenguru wrote: > ...... IMHO the Touch *doesn't > have* that much mass market appeal to begin with (the Radio might). If > it did it wouldn't be an also-ran in a market that Squeezeboxes > created. By now you've lost the mass market at "dedicated device for > music streaming". After all, there's DLNA and AirPlay. On the high(er) > end there's Sonos and various boxes by traditional hi-fi outfits, > whose potential customers wouldn't even consider anything by "crappy > computer speakers" Logitech......
Yeah, I hear ya. SqueezeBox will never be "mass-market" like an iPod, it has always been a niche market as is Sonos. But my point is that even in that niche market the players share a much wider appeal to more users due specifically to it's broad feature set, and this all helps in keeping unit costs down. DLNA & AirPlay are truly mass-market, because they are often free (i.e. often included in products) and most don't care about features & functions beyond playing mp3's and limited streaming services. This is where SqueezeBox type products set themselves apart in the market where a smaller subset of users want what these players can deliver beyond the limitations of DLNA & AirPlay type lackluster performers. Not unlike your $2k two ch stereo setup. That is certainly not mass-market as most don't have $2k invested in *all* of their audio gear and where most users are happy simply playing their purchased mp3's through their $199 home theatre in a box. But you & I wanted more than the basic stereo so we paid more. That's what makes you & I SqueezeBox owners, we're unique cuz we want more than what the mass-market will offer. DLNA introduced me to streaming music & services, it's limitations brought me to SqueezeBox. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95617 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
