I am a Squeezebox user with two TOuches and a Radio, music server.
IT looks like a pretty smart and useful solution to try if the goal is just to get (CD quality) music from computer to stereo cost effectively and something I would be interested in accordingly.
So not a direct apples/apples replacement for Squeezebox system, but a very interesting and cost effective alternative if it meets ones goals. Would be interested to hear how sound quality compares.
Amazon has good return policy, so little risk in trying and seeing I suppose.
It could work well as a supplement to Squeezebox even rather than a replacment in that it would enable any audio source accessible from the computer to be played over a stereo system, like youtube for example. Lots of nice things to listen to there! That cannot be done TTBOMK with SB alone. SB does not provide open internet access to music sources TTBOMK only certain sources integrated by design.
Looks like USB digital output on teh receiver only so that might limit choices of external DAC if used. Also not all USBs are equal when it comes to sound quality.
In general I would expect pretty good results with this and seems easily worth a try for the price.
ANy other similar competing devices out there I wonder? I would expect to see more like this in the future.
Problem with SB is it packed many features into an affordable package that was probably not very profitable for Logitech.
I like the idea of a device that only wirelessly connects computer as a source to audio gear at CD like data rates. That should enable very robust and good sounding products for many for not much marginal cost over already owning the computer and stereo.
Audiophiles like to use their own DACs largely. ALso mobile and portable wireless devices reduceor eliminate the need for a touch screen on the digital audio source component, so those parts of SB Touch technology in particular are not hard to replace.
IT looks like a pretty smart and useful solution to try if the goal is just to get (CD quality) music from computer to stereo cost effectively and something I would be interested in accordingly.
So not a direct apples/apples replacement for Squeezebox system, but a very interesting and cost effective alternative if it meets ones goals. Would be interested to hear how sound quality compares.
Amazon has good return policy, so little risk in trying and seeing I suppose.
It could work well as a supplement to Squeezebox even rather than a replacment in that it would enable any audio source accessible from the computer to be played over a stereo system, like youtube for example. Lots of nice things to listen to there! That cannot be done TTBOMK with SB alone. SB does not provide open internet access to music sources TTBOMK only certain sources integrated by design.
Looks like USB digital output on teh receiver only so that might limit choices of external DAC if used. Also not all USBs are equal when it comes to sound quality.
In general I would expect pretty good results with this and seems easily worth a try for the price.
ANy other similar competing devices out there I wonder? I would expect to see more like this in the future.
Problem with SB is it packed many features into an affordable package that was probably not very profitable for Logitech.
I like the idea of a device that only wirelessly connects computer as a source to audio gear at CD like data rates. That should enable very robust and good sounding products for many for not much marginal cost over already owning the computer and stereo.
Audiophiles like to use their own DACs largely. ALso mobile and portable wireless devices reduceor eliminate the need for a touch screen on the digital audio source component, so those parts of SB Touch technology in particular are not hard to replace.