Looks very nice, unlike the Sonos "toasters", as you'd expect from Yamaha. No 802.11n support will mean poor reliability (I have a Squeezebox Boom in my study and had to connect over Ethernet as the sound regularly drops out). I hear the ex-CEO of Slim has now left Logitech, so can't really see a future for Squeeze.
No 802.11n? C'mon, this is 2009! At $1200 they could surely afford it. Also, only Rhapsody? I bet in 6 months they'll add aonther service, and another 5 months later another... also a joke. Only 3 can be linked in party mode? You're kidding, right?
The real competition here to me seems to be Cisco - has anyone tested this yet? I'm waiting to get my hands on one around Christmas when they'll probably release an update. The iPod streaming looks good on the Cisco system as does the touchscreem controller... I sawy some dude posted real measurements of Cisco vs. Sonos on NY Times yesterday: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/ciscos-sonos-fighter/#more-9519
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Looks very nice, unlike the Sonos "toasters", as you'd expect from Yamaha. No 802.11n support will mean poor reliability (I have a Squeezebox Boom in my study and had to connect over Ethernet as the sound regularly drops out). I hear the ex-CEO of Slim has now left Logitech, so can't really see a future for Squeeze.
No 802.11n? C'mon, this is 2009! At $1200 they could surely afford it. Also, only Rhapsody? I bet in 6 months they'll add aonther service, and another 5 months later another... also a joke. Only 3 can be linked in party mode? You're kidding, right?
The real competition here to me seems to be Cisco - has anyone tested this yet? I'm waiting to get my hands on one around Christmas when they'll probably release an update. The iPod streaming looks good on the Cisco system as does the touchscreem controller... I sawy some dude posted real measurements of Cisco vs. Sonos on NY Times yesterday: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/ciscos-sonos-fighter/#more-9519
-JW