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Originally Posted by cerbie  Heh. I've done ~500 before (software RAID went *poof* due to silent data corruption from old WD drives). 50 or so per day is doable.
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Ripping isn't that big of a deal on a sufficiently fast computer. I use a 24" Apple iMac running Windows Vista and its 2.1GHz Intel Core Duo 2 processor is more than sufficient. I can rip CDs to FLAC with DBpoweramp while doing other things. And I agree that 50 or so per day is easily doable without being too much of a distraction.
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| I can see an attraction to the Duet. I can't think of how many times I've squinted in the dark at the Squeezebox's display. |
For me the Duet works well because of my space constraints and its tiny footprint. While there is currently an empty shelf in my audio rack, it will be filled at some point with an Esoteric DV50. The SB3 would not have been a good solution in my situation.
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| As a user of the Squeezebox (IE, version 1), still hanging in there just fine, I don't see any obsoleteness coming, either. The older versions have their inferiorities, but it does not translate into being obsolete. To make them obsolete would alienate the user base quite a bit, I think, and would be a bad move for Logitech (it's just the kind of thing they would do, though, which is why I was not happy that they bought SD!). |
I see the Duet as a refinement to and evolution of the network music player concept. Logitech will continue to develop and refine products in this space if it wants to have offerings that appeal to a wide range of music lovers. I'm glad they didn't take a one-size-fits-all approach to their product line. Also note that they are still offering the SB3 for sale so I believe that the company is probably marketing these devices to users with different needs. Perhaps at some point Logitech will discontinue the SB3, but I think that when it happens will depend on sales figures. In any event, having more choice is good for consumers.
--Jerome
