Re: [ukha_d] Sonos Sub Review – A Wireless Woofer Wonder

[Rob Iles <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

We may be up for the software part; Audio is one area that Harmony is
lacking at present.....

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Rob Iles
Harmony Automation
On 14 Jan 2013 10:48, "Simon Haslam" <simon_haslam@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

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> Yes I agree about the neglect by Squeezebox by Logitech, especially on
the
> software side - most activity has been in 3rd party apps. The devices
> Logitech came up with, like the Radio and Touch, I think are well
> engineered, and you could argue that Logitech opened up the product to
a
> wider audience, but generally the sale of Slim Devices to them was
probably
> not a good fit. It's a pity they weren't bought by a hi-fi
manufacturer
> (most of whom must have been looking for streaming solutions about 5
years
> ago) or just someone with more vision (like Sonos - do one thing
extremely
> well).
>
> Maybe some bright new company will take up where Logitech left off (or
> perhaps one doing software and one doing hardware, such as a
Transporter
> II) but I'm not optimistic. Perhaps the market has moved on - in the
future
> maybe most people just want controllers on their phones/tablets and
mostly
> use online services like Spotify. Maybe local music will be handled by
DLNA
> eventually and all players will be able to decode the main formats
> including lossless.
>
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