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In Reply to: When your music appliance breaks you're at the mercy of others... posted by AbeCollins on July 22, 2015 at 11:52:49:
Yes, there is an argument that using a general purpose computer for audio playback gives you more options. But I think a lot of computer audio users are strongly attached to their playback chain of choice and when it breaks they're not going to be happy about switching to some other software. Likewise if a person's music player appliance breaks they're not going to be happy but usually have something else to play music they can fall back on.
A more important point in my opinion is that the maintenance burden of an internet connected general purpose computer is considerably higher than any media playback device I've owned, and the overall reliability of a general purpose computer can be a fair bit lower. I think if we were able to compare the number of people affected by a botched upgrade like the one you posted to the number of people affected by operating system updates gone awry, viruses and malware, and other common computer problems - the latter would but much higher.
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- My computers give me a lot more trouble than my music players - Dave_K 07:59:35 07/23/15 (73)
- RE: My computers give me a lot more trouble than my music players - Bob_C 10:34:48 07/23/15 (41)
- Are you trying to moderate the forum to only include your viewpoint ? - Sordidman 12:31:25 07/23/15 (33)
- RE: Are you trying to moderate the forum to only include your viewpoint ? - Sprezza Tura 15:21:41 07/23/15 (0)
- RE: Are you trying to moderate the forum to only include your viewpoint ? - Bob_C 14:48:21 07/23/15 (31)
- I can see where you'd have trouble understanding 1 simple concept - Sordidman 19:08:05 07/23/15 (3)
- RE: I can see where you'd have trouble understanding 1 simple concept - Bob_C 21:25:30 07/23/15 (2)
- YOU'VE NEVER LISTENED TO THE GEAR - Sordidman 06:09:31 07/24/15 (1)
- RE: YOU'VE NEVER LISTENED TO THE GEAR - Bob_C 09:43:50 07/24/15 (0)
- RE: Are you trying to moderate the forum to only include your viewpoint ? - AbeCollins 17:58:32 07/23/15 (6)
- LOL, poor persecuted PC tweaker -t - Sordidman 19:09:14 07/23/15 (4)
- LOL indeed. Between putting down "tweakers" (daily),..... - carcass93 07:27:13 07/24/15 (3)
- THE ultimate music-milking machine nt - Tony Lauck 11:05:31 07/24/15 (1)
- Too bad about "music-milking" - but "faithful-milking machine" I'm OK with. - carcass93 15:31:37 07/24/15 (0)
- RE: LOL indeed. Between putting down "tweakers" (daily),..... - Sordidman 09:29:38 07/24/15 (0)
- RE: Are you trying to moderate the forum to only include your viewpoint ? - Bob_C 18:25:11 07/23/15 (0)
- Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Sordidman 16:08:40 07/23/15 (19)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Bob_C 18:07:49 07/23/15 (4)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Mercman 04:27:49 07/24/15 (1)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Bob_C 10:06:05 07/24/15 (0)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Sordidman 19:00:32 07/23/15 (1)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Sprezza Tura 19:15:41 07/23/15 (0)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Sprezza Tura 16:12:07 07/23/15 (13)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Bob_C 18:10:51 07/23/15 (12)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Sprezza Tura 18:19:29 07/23/15 (11)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Bob_C 18:27:45 07/23/15 (10)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Sprezza Tura 18:29:57 07/23/15 (9)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Bob_C 19:27:34 07/23/15 (8)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Mr_Steady 20:38:31 07/23/15 (1)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Bob_C 21:59:55 07/23/15 (0)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Sprezza Tura 19:38:08 07/23/15 (5)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Bob_C 20:00:43 07/23/15 (4)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Sprezza Tura 20:06:54 07/23/15 (3)
- RE: Perhaps some audio shows, & friend's systems will help - Bob_C 21:20:27 07/23/15 (2)
- so, please, do us all a favor and go out and use those ears - Sordidman 06:12:15 07/24/15 (1)
- RE: so, please, do us all a favor and go out and use those ears - Bob_C 09:42:31 07/24/15 (0)
- RE: My computers give me a lot more trouble than my music players - Dave_K 12:17:15 07/23/15 (6)
- RE: My computers give me a lot more trouble than my music players - Bob_C 12:40:51 07/23/15 (5)
- Can't help you with reason, or experience: you need to do it -t - Sordidman 12:49:28 07/23/15 (4)
- RE: Can't help you with reason, or experience: you need to do it -t - Bob_C 12:59:26 07/23/15 (3)
- RE: Can't help you with reason, or experience: you need to do it -t - Sordidman 13:01:48 07/23/15 (2)
- RE: Can't help you with reason, or experience: you need to do it -t - Bob_C 14:05:36 07/23/15 (1)
- RE: Can't help you with reason, or experience: you need to do it -t - Sordidman 14:17:56 07/23/15 (0)
- RE: My computers give me a lot more trouble than my music players - AbeCollins 09:11:32 07/23/15 (30)
- RE: My computers give me a lot more trouble than my music players - Dave_K 11:59:57 07/23/15 (1)
- RE: My computers give me a lot more trouble than my music players - AbeCollins 12:12:50 07/23/15 (0)
- My post is about a software update - Sordidman 09:22:04 07/23/15 (27)
- RE: My post is about a software update - AbeCollins 09:30:59 07/23/15 (26)
- Everyone understood your post - Sordidman 09:32:42 07/23/15 (25)
- Then what's your beef? - AbeCollins 09:36:34 07/23/15 (24)
- RE: Then what's your beef? - Bob_C 22:02:39 07/23/15 (0)
- I understood your troll post perfectly: as did everyone - Sordidman 09:41:28 07/23/15 (22)
- RE: I understood your troll post perfectly: as did everyone - AbeCollins 09:51:23 07/23/15 (21)
- Trotting out old disproven crap: This IS NOT a computer audio forum - Sordidman 09:57:31 07/23/15 (20)
- Says so right at the top of the page. whatever -nt - AbeCollins 10:01:29 07/23/15 (19)
- Chris controls the content of the forum: no one would post - Sordidman 10:04:43 07/23/15 (18)
- RE: Chris controls the content of the forum: no one would post - Cut-Throat 10:17:16 07/23/15 (17)
- Thanks but...... - Sordidman 10:21:56 07/23/15 (16)
- RE: Thanks but...... - AbeCollins 13:40:46 07/23/15 (15)
- I Tought I Deleted that Post - Mr_Steady 16:45:37 07/23/15 (6)
- He sure made some new friends lately. - carcass93 07:30:10 07/24/15 (0)
- RE: I Tought I Deleted that Post - Bob_C 22:11:52 07/23/15 (0)
- RE: I Tought I Deleted that Post - AbeCollins 20:37:20 07/23/15 (1)
- RE: I Tought I Deleted that Post - Mr_Steady 20:52:16 07/23/15 (0)
- The medium is the message - Tony Lauck 17:36:44 07/23/15 (1)
- RE: The medium is the message - Mr_Steady 20:03:44 07/23/15 (0)
- RE: Thanks but...... - Sordidman 14:29:04 07/23/15 (7)
- A little help please, so I can properly follow this s%&t-show... - Ivan303 16:54:30 07/23/15 (6)
- It's really simple, Ivan - it's like the difference.... - carcass93 14:28:17 07/24/15 (0)
- RE: A little help please, so I can properly follow this s%&t-show... - Sordidman 17:41:06 07/23/15 (4)
- RE: A little help please, so I can properly follow this s%&t-show... - Bob_C 22:17:03 07/23/15 (0)
- Guessing I have both... - Ivan303 20:31:57 07/23/15 (2)
- RE: Guessing I have both... - Sordidman 09:15:10 07/24/15 (1)
- IF I wanted my music on my home network... - Ivan303 16:13:50 07/24/15 (0)
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