Different control points seeing different things

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(14-04-2015 10:39)DavidHB Wrote:  When will I need to be making a donation for MinimControl? ...

This isn't on my radar screen, even as a faint shadow.

Quote:Our field of activity is one where, often, what users want is not the same as what they think they want. Users tend to think that they want things to "just work" out of the box, but the technology of our hobby is such that you have to make it work yourself, unless you buy a 'closed box' system like Sonos. For the those who are prepared to work outside the closed box, the process of discovery is, of course, all part of the fun.

We have a genuine difference of opinion here. If creating, maintaining, accessing and playing a digital library isn't approximately as easy as doing the same for a library of CDs, one of two things will happen:

1) Digital audio will be a niche hobby for technically savvy and technically motivated users. This would be at most 2% of all users.

2) Digital audio using open standards to mix and match system components will be a niche hobby for technically savvy and technically motivated users. This would be at most 2% of all users. The other 98% will embrace and become locked into a proprietary ecosystem such as Apple, Amazon, Sonos, Linn, Naim, etc. or will rely on a streaming service such as Spotify, Qobuz, Tidal etc.