snarlydwarf Wrote: > Sure it does unless you like playing "queue up some songs, run across > the house to listen." > > Personally, I like being comfortable and relaxed when listening to > music. I don't like the concept of running across the house to see > what song is playing or to choose a different song. > > That would mean having a PC in the same room to control it.[/QUOTE > > Personally, i can't see how the Squeezebox solves that problem. It's > screen doesn't allow you to browse through the collection you have on > the computer that is distributing the music. So, i think that > Squeezebox or not, your comment applies. > > However, I finally acquired this music bridge product. Here's my > feedback on its performance relative to how I had intended to use the > Squeezebox. > > First, my home and audio configuration: I have a very old house with > lathe and plaster walls, which induces a great deal of interference > with wireless in general. > The stereo/listening room is at one end and the computer with audio is > at the other end - about 125 feet away. So, even the SuperG or MIMO > technology struggles a bit to get from computer to stereo, though the > D-Link MIMO router Im using works much better even without a range > expander than the Linksys G router with expander. > > The Music Bridge was moderate in ability to set-up and get running. It > uses a C-Media Wireless audio driver and allows you to switch between > sending sound to the Music Bridge or leaving sound at the computer. > Three areas of complaint: > 1. Sends *all* audio to the Bridge, including any system sounds such as > new IM messages. > 2. Will not allow simultaneous sound with PC and stereo. > 3. When trying to move sound back to PC, it requires some manually > fiddling on my part to get the PC sound reinstated. I have five total > audio drivers and the Bridge software doesn't like anything other than > the Soundmax and C-Media drivers - crashes when any others are the > active driver. > > These are relatively minor annoyances, however. > > How *I* use the Bridge now and how I had planned to use the Squeezebox > is thus: > I take my laptop into the listening room, connect to the PC at the > other end of the house via Remote Desktop, fire up either Music! or > Music Library or stream a radio station from the PC - anything that I > want to listen to that's accessible from the PC - and its being routed > to the stereo where I sit. > > This is exactly what I was looking for. I can go to eMusic.com and > browse for new music, listen to samples. Or decide to switch right > there and launch Real Alternative to listen to a radio station. I can > browse the 800 CDs that are in my two Sony Mega Changers and play that > along with iTunes files via Music!. > > The software has a setting for using multiple bridges and I tried the > software on both PC and laptop. It seems it will allow for the same > sound from the PC to go to multiple bridges, but I haven't tested that. > It would be nice if you could send different audio to different > bridges, but I just don't have the need. The significant annoyance for > me is not being able to play one type of audio at the PC room while > someone else is listening to different audio in the stereo room. I > expect future versions of the product and s/w to cover that, so long as > the product survives and that's certainly a TBD. > > With the D-Link MIMO router - DI-634M - i rarely get a dropped signal, > usually a sub-second blip (it happened twice in the two hours I > listened to it last night). I was getting more drop-outs with the > Linksys router... > > I don't have to "queue up songs and run across the houst". I do all > the queueing and browsing via the laptop. > > So, from a gap perspective, relative to my implementation, the > Squeezebox lacks in the ability to allow me to play any source > connected to the PC. The Bridge doesn't allow sound at both PC and > stereo. Other than that, there are no gaps yet - I would be using a > touchscreen or laptop in the listening room anyway. > > I think it's nice that the Squeezebox tells you what's playing but you > still need to run back to the PC if there are sources it can't switch > to or you want to browse. > > The touchscreen will make a nice compliment given it allows Remote > Desktop connection - Viewsonic's will since it runs XP and is designed > for that type of application. Don't know about others....
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