Okay, that may explain why I can get such a damn good price on one and why its very hard to get here <smile>.
On 29/03/2011, at 1:17 PM, Gary Schindler wrote: > It seems that the Squeezebox boom is no longer being made! Logitech doesn't > have it listed with there products any more. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:24 PM > Subject: Re: Accessible Internet Radio devices > > >> And that's exactly what you don't want <smile>. >> >> >> On 29/03/2011, at 5:48 AM, Gary Schindler wrote: >> >>> I haven't been all that impressed with the Plextalk web radio feature at >>> this point. it seems to be quite picky what streams it will handle, it does >>> best with MP3 streams, but haven't had any luck with WMA streams at all. >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" >>> <grtd...@internode.on.net> >>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 9:06 AM >>> Subject: Accessible Internet Radio devices >>> >>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> Does anyone manage to use a standard Internet type radio device? by that I >>>> mean a device which you just purchase from your local Walmart or local >>>> electronics Retailer? >>>> >>>> Obviously the user would have trouble setting the thing up due to the lack >>>> of speech or other accessibility but just supposing you had someone set >>>> the radio up to match your wi-fi network and they programmed some presets >>>> for you, I can't see any reason why you couldn't scroll through those >>>> presets up and down as you would with some digitally controlled FM radios >>>> which have been readily available for the last quarter of a century, >>>> anyone got any views or had any experience with this. >>>> >>>> I'm looking at buying a "stand-alone" Internet radio for the kitchen >>>> though if I can't get one that won't work at all for a person with no >>>> vision then I won't be too worried, Ootunes on the Iphone and Ipad does a >>>> damn good job but I don't want to be carrying them around with me >>>> everywhere if I can avoid it. >>>> >>>> I did think about the new Plextalk Pocket which is supposed to have >>>> Internet Radio accessible on it however I think it will be quite some time >>>> before we see anything out of that company, unfortunately the whole >>>> company's location was destroyed in the recent Japan earthquake. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
