JJZolx;314462 Wrote: > I'd definitely recommend having a CD player on hand for the times when > your SqueezeCenter server, or your network isn't available for whatever > reason. Or even just for when someone comes by with a CD that you want > to play on your stereo without having to rip it first. I lost my > server's boot disk early last week, so I was without my SqueezeCenter > server until the weekend when I had the chance to rebuild it. During > that time it was back to good old CDs and FM. > > If you're going to be playing it through an outboard DAC, and if it's > only occasionally used, then I wouldn't worry too much about the merits > of the CDP as a transport. > > (An aside: During the week of going "back" to CDs I was reminded once > again of how much nicer it is to browse through a wall full of actual > CDs instead of using one of the Squeeze interfaces. There are a lot of > wonderful advantages to PC based music systems, but browsing and > selecting something to listen to from a large music library is _not_ > one of them. For this reason alone, I'd be tempted to hang on to a > really good CD player instead of selling it. If you haven't played CDs > recently, you should try shutting down the SqueezeCenter server and > going back to CDs for a week or two. You might be surprised to find > that your listening habits, even (dare I say it) your satisfaction > level, may be different.)
As a longer term squeezecenter user too, I'm with you. I really don't like scrolling through my collection - it just seems to wierd and I have never gotten used to it. -- mr_bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mr_bill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6737 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49169 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
