Justme wrote: > Well, I have been plodding along with my Squeezeboxes for many years > now. A SB2, Radio and Boom, all on the server software used here (not > the new one from Logitech). > > Generally speaking, I have always been rather happy, as the devices > cover the main bases I require: > > * Internet radio - with 6 presets on the front of the Boom (It is > surprising how hard that is to find). > * Access to my extensive music library from the NAS (and access from all > devices either separately or synced together). > * Spotify access (although this is a tad limited and not very well > integrated). > * Control via the iPad (I use iPeng). > > I love it, but there are a couple of issues: > > * I get odd buffering problems with the radio, which shouldn't be as I > have a 50mb line and can happily stream live HD TV at 3600kbps from > other countries, or Netflix 1080p at 6000kbps*. > * My old SB2 is about to give up the ghost. > > The second problem is where I consider it all quite serious. I would > like to replace this, but am I correct that Logitech do not make the > Squeezebox range any more? > * One of the reasons I never switched over to the new firmware and > server was because of my SB2, but if I did find a modern replacement, > would I be better off switching over? > > The problem is, I never see any real alternatives on the market out > there that has everything the Squeezebox's had. > A lot of people talk about Sonos, but they don't seem to have a Boom > with the presets that work so well with Internet Radio, not something > simple like the SB2 with a nice display showing what is currently > playing. > Is there anything out there that compares to Logitech's Squeezebox > ecosystem with the features I need? > > By the way, I've been with the Squeezebox for nearly 10 years, and if I > could, I'd rather stay :) > > (Oh, and finally, I would have loved the Squeezebox to accept AirPlay - > but I know this can't happen)
As for rebuffering. Try to set streaming through PROXY. This helps in many cases. I can stream wimp-hifi (flac streaming) without any rebuffering. Also wireless.17174 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: proxysettings.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17174| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Callesoroe Living room: Transporter, Tact RCS 2.2X digital preamp, Martin Logan Vista speakers, AMPS(Icepower): Acoustic Reality Ear Enigma PLUS(PANELS), Acoustic Reality Ear TWO MKII(Bas) Kitchen: Transporter, Prodipe Pro 5 active bi-amp speakers. Bedroom: Receiver+UE boombox, Kids: Receiver+Active speakers, WIMP-HIFI flac streaming. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ callesoroe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22693 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102940 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
