anglecard48 wrote: > I think I should get accustomed to it, play with it for a couple days -- > it should seem that any device that connects to Internet and allows me > to enter the IP address would operate it. But I need to get into it. It > may be that I keep the Duet and use the controller.
My 2 cents on the duet/controller - keep it, use it. Just to reinforce, any sb UI can control any player. You could even use a radio, touch, boom, etc exclusively as a "controller". So, you can use any sb device with a UI as a "controller" of itself, of a different device, or both/all in "sync". I have a friend that I setup using a pCP as a server and player, but using a radio as the UI/Controller because she is more comfortable with knobs and buttons and screen. As mentioned a few post ago, just "point" the controller at your new pCP/DAC. The controller is a handy device and you can just put the receiver in storage until you can think of a use for it (workshop, spare room, garage, etc). I bought a duet in 2007, then bought another, so I have 2 controllers. I started using squeeze cntrl (android app) before craig developed material. I now use sc along with the material apk (android), material on a desktop, and I have athe controllers in key rooms (e.g. workshop). I also use harmony 650 remotes for controlling rooms where I have touches (main listening/media/living rooms). The My Harmony software has the sb devices in it's library. so it's easy. I find for a controller, I just grab whatever is handy, controller, phone, desktop, harmony remote, etc. I also find the controller a "hands free" "what song is this?" screen especially for, say the workshop, where my hands might not be clean. To me, it's not worth the, say $80USD (max) I could get for the duet (here in the US). Having said that, their screens can die (low contrast), but the batteries are replaceable and still available. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Redrum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114796 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
