ctbarker32 wrote: > Hi, > > I thought I would pose a question to the community to generate some > discussion about the future of the Squeezebox product we love. > > I have personally been using the Squeezebox products and server for > about 10 years and it's been a rewarding (sometimes frustrating) ride. I > still have my original SB3's and all the squeezeboxs (sans the > Transporter) through to the Touch. I am now having great fun > experimenting with Raspberry Pi based clients courtesy of Picoreplayer > and Squeezeplug. My personal LMS server holds over 6,000 albums across > several terabytes of storage. > > So, my question for 2015 - Is the Universe of LMS and Squeezebox > expanding, contracting, or staying about the same? > > On the expanding side, I am very encouraged by the development of > products like Squeezelite that empowers Picoreplayer and Squeezeplug to > harness the power of the incredibly malleable Raspberry Pi platform. I > think this is an incredible breakthrough and breathes new life into the > platform. I am also encouraged at the introduction of services such as > Tidal and ability for Squeezebox to access via the ickstream plugin. I > am also happy that we can experiment with DSD files using the plugin > introduced for LMS. > > On the contracting side, while USB DAC PC Audio is all the rage it is > almost always implemented using some form of host personal computer > hooked up to a DAC. I never see anyone utilizing Squeezebox based > clients using LMS to accomplish the same thing in a more distributed > network environment. Can we as a community do more to publicize the LMS > platform? > > I am also discouraged that pretty much all of the proprietary music > server systems seem to use DLNA type technology that we all know doesn't > hold a candle to the performance and features of LMS. This, despite many > of these systems being no more than customized Linux computers. Is there > any reason other manufacturers cannot implement LMS/Squeezebox support > into their own products the way open source applications already do? > Every time I see a new proprietary music server solution (usually at a > high cost) I feel it is always reinventing the wheel and solving > problems that have already been solved by LMS? > > I continue to marvel at the amazing system that Sean Adams and his team > created with great foresight that has allowed the Squeezebox ecosystem > to continue to live on despite some pretty severe setbacks. > > I believe that the future remains bright and hope that over time the > community will coalesce around solutions that bring great innovation to > this platform. > > -CB
IMHO - the future is bright! Look for the ickstream plugin, or check out the amazing developments in squeeze2upnp, where you can turn upnp renderer devices into squeezebox players (including Sonos!) Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio Logitech UE Smart Radio Raspberry Pi + Squeezeplug LMS + Squeezelite - Logitech Mini Boombox speaker (mothballed) Cubieboard + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker O2 Joggler + SqpOS + Aune X2 T-amp + Mordaunt Short ms-3.40 speakers IBOX + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Logitech Mini Boombox speaker - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102809 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
