>> > Will there be a UE Touch?
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>> Not the Touch as we know it.
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> Can you give any more info on this? Thanks.
I'm sorry, no.
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Thread: New Squeezebox Radio
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2012-08-29, 13:06 #81
New Squeezebox Radio
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2012-08-29, 13:19 #82Cheers, auto.
Lounge: Squeezebox 3, Squeezebox Controller, Cambridge Audio 640A, Mission 701's Kitchen: Squeezebox Touch, Trends TA-10.1, Kef Cresta 1's. Bedroom: Squeezebox Boom Bathroom/Garden: Squeezebox Radio Car: iPod Classic 80GB Portable: iPhone 3GS 32Gb (+iPeng)
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2012-08-29, 14:04 #83
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It's a sad day
I first looked at this early morning today. I am just sad. I only have 2 SB Touch units but I love em. I guess time will tell what UE Touch will be like. Michael thanks so much for your openness on thie situation it is appreciated-probably by all who visit this forum. And thanks again to all of you who have helped me w the issues or questions I had over the last 3 years. I hope we can somehow keep this forum going.
I bought my 1st Touch a few years back before I retired. I had off and on looked for a method to have all of my music in one place and easily accessible. The Touch supplied the means to accomplish that. I also knew going in that there would be a lot of work w ripping/tagging/correcting etc. It made that 1st winter of not working much easier to deal with.
The other thought I just had is how important it is to have your own hard copy backups. Just like most everything else the current interest in cloud-based storage will probably pass as well. Where would one be at that point if it was ones sole source of backup ?
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2012-08-29, 14:31 #84
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Logitech Smart Radio is semicatchy
. Hopefully for $179, msrp it will include battery, but it really needs to be no more than $120 or so.
Im afraid you are correct. I am amazed at Logi's lack of vision here. Well heres hopin I can catch some SBRs on a firesale soon
Its actually already here https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ech.smartradio
I created a username on the website to check it out, and went to the website, and to be honest it looks like a rebranded mysqueezebox site, except amazon, facebook, and flicker are missing. It does look cleaner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ANR5Q7ZYA0 shows the interface and it looks identical to the SBR.
The windows app is 45 megs as opposed to the 56MB that LMS isLast edited by vw195; 2012-08-29 at 14:52.
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2012-08-29, 14:44 #85
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2012-08-29, 14:45 #86
Nice to hear from you again Ben. I trust you've found a better company to work for, having left Logitech.
I have to admit that I am not sold at all on this UE direction. And what a naff name. It sounds like a noise that is made when sniffing a rather smelly sock.
I fail to see how this is going to become a mass-market device. It looks the same as a SB Radio, but has a lot less functionality, and a total reliance on a permanent internet connection to function.
If it is marketed as an internet radio device (and there's plenty of competition with other internet radios and DAB radios), why bother with local music playback at all? It will be pretty rubbish if it can't even do BASIC things like random play, smart playlists, ratings, etc, that most people these days come to expect.
Where's the killer feature that will entice people to pick this. What things will this product do that competitors products don't do?
Radio has/had a useful niche use, as part of a family of devices. On its own, it is less appealing. What did the SB Radio retail at, compared to the UE? It seems UE is more expensive than a product that is 3 years old.
I dread the day that my SB2 fails, as it's perfect for me in the bedroom. I dread the day that my Transporter fails, as it's perfect in the HiFi rack in the lounge. Likewise for my Booms and Touch in their respective rooms. I don't really use by SB Radio much (I should do more washing up, I guess!) but it's good in the kitchen.
Anyway, I won't be going down this route. I suspect most people round here with SB kit won't be either. Why buy new kit that has less functionality? People who have SB equipment and have figured out how to install it and use it I suspect will continue to until the devices fail. People who found the devices too hard to use will have moved on by now to alternatives from other companies.
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2012-08-29, 14:52 #87
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Home: Pi4B-8GB/pCP8.x/4TB>LMS 8.2.x>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet)
Cottage: rPi4B-4GB/pCP8.x/4TB>LMS 8.2.x>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (Radio WIFI)
Office: Win10(64)>foobar2000
The Wild: rPi3B+/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>hifiberry Dac+Pro (LMS & Squeezelite)
Controllers: iPhone11 & iPadAir3 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, Material Skin, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64)
Files: Ripping: dBpoweramp > FLAC; Post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes, TuneFusion; Streaming: Spotify
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2012-08-29, 15:05 #88
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I agree. It's a niche market - above a hard-core base, additional sales are only likely through repeat purchases, and more importantly extra sales by recommendation. As it stands, I've recommended the SB to may other internet radio users (as an alternative or additional device). Can't say, from what I've read about the Smart (?) radio, that I'd recommend it.
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2012-08-29, 15:09 #89
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What to do now? Buy another radio today? Wait for a Amazon or logitech price blowout?
From my experience this is what usually happens. You keep the old equipment you love but the features on the crippled device start to make you want to move to the newer one.
Lets say only the newer device supports some new streaming service or the newer device starts to support AirPlay. etc, etc. Eventually over a couple of years the majority of the die hards start to migrate to the new architecture and there are very few left behind to hack and create whatever is the latest and greatest functionality.
I experienced the death of ultimate ears IEM's and now we are experiencing the death of the Squeeze.
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2012-08-29, 15:39 #90
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Is there an official statement from Logitech, will there be? Thanks Bob