Agree with all the others. Stock up on spares and known failure parts. In my experience, the SB ecosystem has proven fairly durable and robust.
And knowing how to repair the known failure points on some models, and what steps to take to reduce wear on those components, and to work around them if necessary, helps enormously as well. For instance, keep the VFDs on models that use them at low intensity or off as much as possible. Take it easy on the Classic/Transporter style remotes, which are known for IR emitter failures. The era of smart devices and apps has reduced the need for both. And don't crank up the volume on a Radio or Boom much past 40 if you want to preserve the speakers. And for all those models with cheap wall wart supplies, make sure they are always getting clean, stable, transient-protected power. Nothing can chew up a piece of electronics as quickly as a low-quality, out-of-spec, failing or bad PSU can. At this point, our inventory of Squeezeboxes and repair elements will probably now outlive me. But even if the platform ever became unworkable, the technology and marketplace has now evolved to the point where there are now plenty of escape rafts. Unlike in 2005, in today's era of 4k video streams, storing and streaming even uncompressed high definition audio files around in most homes is now incidental. The only thing irreplaceable is one's personal music library. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sgmlaw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13995 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108823 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
