I am a new owner of a Squeezebox Touch. I've been happily using it for listening to Internet "radio" streams, and I've been reading various posts on this forum seeking information that will help me assemble a SBT-based setup that meets my other listening interests and priorities.
Has anyone posted a function-oriented description of the various hardware and software elements of the SBT--sort of a "system architecture" portrait? I've been gleaning some of that type of info from forum posts, but I don't have a full and accurate understanding of how the software (Squeezebox Server, Logitech Media Server, "TinySB")--whether in the SBT or sitting elsewhere--works with the SBT and ancillary gear (while having been a computer user since DOS days, I'm rather ignorant about client/server stuff; obviously the SBT is to some degree a specialized server device). Such understanding seems essential for making decisions about what I would need for what I want a system to do. My interests and priorities (beyond accessing streams): I intend to move the data from all of my CDs (numbering over 2000, and slowly growing) onto a hard drive, along with some number of purchased files. I hate dropouts while listening; since I'm not yet sure that the WiFi in my main listening room is stable enough to avoid them, I have to decide whether my library drive will be plugged directly into my SBT, or into my WiFi router (currently an Apple Airport Extreme). Given the long process of ripping and tagging that many discs, I want to know that a drive I buy for my music library will actually work--I'd hate to buy one only to have to spend time and effort returning it. I've tried plugging three USB hard drives into my SBT, with and without external power supplies, with and without a powered hub; one drive has never been recognized (nor have any USB thumb drives I've tried). At some point I'll swap enclosures with a drive that is recognized, but my time for such experimenting is limited--I'm into all of this more for the music than for the hobbyist adventure). I'd like to determine in advance whether a particular USB or NAS hard drive will work. Since I certainly will be adding music to my library, convenient system or network access to an optical drive, ripping/tagging software and WiFi makes sense, right? Given that, along with my concerns about finding a good library hard drive, I want to assess the pluses and minuses of using the SBT with a Vortexbox Appliance, SqueezePlug or fit-PC. Once I get this system up and running well, I intend to check out the sound of high bit depth/high sample rate files, and also consider measures for improving the general sound of the system (external DAC; improved power supply), funds permitting. For now, the sound quality of the SBT is more than sufficient for me. I'm sure I will have further questions for the forum members as I continue along this path, but for now I'll ask: would someone please point me to--or post--a "system architecture" description of the SBT software and hardware? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeromeharris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96003 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
