Playing HiRes

For many tech users Apple is the gold standard for “easy”. Apple likes sparse screens because if there are few options visible it must be “easy”, right? Personally, I don’t like to be endlessly digging down before I can accomplishing anything. Displaying the bit rate and such would make the screen seem more “complicated” for some users and I think that SONOS is trying to attract “easy” types. I have no proof, but I’ll bet a lot of Apple expats or staff that went to the same classes as the Apple designers work for SONOS.

An interesting option, if the user digs down enough, would be to enable “complicated” screens for tech types. Or there could be a second “hard” controller. I think the chance of either scheme being available at some point is less than zero.