lordblair wrote:
I bought a Brennan device several years ago , a JB7, for about $700. It held all of our 1500 + collection easily, BUT, I did it without thinking I could have just as well put them on the computer app (iTunes) instead and saved the $700. Why? of course, I don’t know the capabilities of the B2, but my unit, which used online “look-up” easily enough, was a real pain for custom made recordings. It’s not unexpected that one would have to enter the title and track names of a custom recording, but the way to enter them! It was like a cell phone of the 90’s- the letter “c”, for example, three strokes on the ABC number. There was no alpha numeric keyboard, but just a number pad on the remote like an old phone- 1 2(ABC). 3(DEF) etc. There was also a rather restricted number of letters and numbers you could enter for each title, not to mention you might want to squeeze in the name of the composer, and then spend a lot of time “typing “ titles for individual tracks. The display was pretty small and would have to scroll across for anything but the shortest entries. Plus, it balked at some of the discs I tried to insert-maybe if it had a paper label. I had to rescue a couple of CDs with a tweezers! And the sound quality wasn’t all that wonderful. Also, I thought the search function (which you had to access through the above-mentioned process of typing) wasn’t very good. It had very little AI, in other words. I think I would have pulled out most of my hair if I had tried to make a playlist.
So, if you’re really sold on having one, go ahead! But, for me the graphics and access of a computer-based program are superior.
Dave
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