Squeezebox Line Comes to an End

A technical success maybe, but from a marketing standpoint it was a bomb. Too complicated for the masses I guess.
Hopefully continuing support for current owners will last for a few years.
The new Smart Radio has no digital out, mono, no support for random play, has to be connected to the internet.
Some interesting insight from some insiders on the slimdevices forums.

I guess I'll end up with a sleek mini PC and run Plex or something similar. Who wants to risk buying into something proprietary that may suffer a similar fate?

Does anyone know of another wirless device that streams Pandora/MOG/Slacker etc. that has a digital output? I'm really bummed because the Touch has become an essential part of my system.

Are we jumping to a conclusion perhaps still regarding "SB is dead"?

It's not clear to me from anything I've read yet that the Squeezebox line is dead.

IT could just be a marketing refocus to make newer devices easier to use and more appealing to the masses.

As long as Logitech maintains compatibility between all their recent devices and the server, things should be OK and continue to improve over the long term.

I will not cry if they just offer a player with no DAC in that I and many who care use external DACs anyhow which is where most of the sound quality is determined.

It would not make sense to me for Logitech to kill off their current market while moving forward to gain new users.

We'll see....

ALso, the news releases on teh new products only indicate that these new products are targeting the mobile listener market mainly. THat makes sense from a marketing perspective to gain new users. There is nothing to indicate that home audio users will be ignored. THey are currently well covered by teh Squeeze devices.

Gaining a larger market shoudl be a good thing for Logitech that might help keep the entire line including products for home audio use more viable.

We'll see....