Re: [slim] Buying a new Squeezebox...... or not?
mortslim;221554 Wrote: I don't intend to offend anyone with this response but I find it quite funny that people are discussing the merits of an audio device based upon its logo rather than on what it sounds like. By the way, I like the way the squeezebox sounds. I use the Rhapsody service with it and I believe the source material has a lot to do with the final output. It sounds great. I use the digital coax out with a Yamaha RX-V659 - AV receiver and a pair of Yamaha NS-777 3-Way Bass Reflex Tower Speakers using two channel stereo mode and pure direct where the receiver doesn't process the sound at all. This setup sounds audiophile to me without the audiophile budget. And further on the subject of labels as it relates to the socalled audiophile world, I have browsed some audiophile magazines at newstands and I am amazed how much some people will pay for socalled audiophile equipment. In my own opinion, it is an utter waste of money. I studied economics in college and I remember an analogous example involving women who go to a department store to buy lipstick and prefer the fifty dollar brand over the five dollar brand even though in blind tests there was no difference. It seems they received some type of psychic income from the label, even though the quality was no different. I think the same thing applies to audiophiles. And do your friends who see your equipment really judge you based upon the labels of your toys? You might want to think about getting new friends. Just my two cents. Malarkey... . -- haunyack Transporter - BK Reference 200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature. (Listening room) RWA (Analog) SB3 - Rotel RB 1070 - BW Matrix 805. (Bedroom) Fridgidare - Mirror Pond pale ale - easy chair w/remote - irritated neighbors. haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37704 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SqueezeBox3 Remote protection
Hi, I have looked in the forum but cannot find anything related to protection for the remote control. I would like to keep my remote controls of the SqueezeBox how they're now. Because they are glossy I think scratches can be seen easily. Also the text on the buttons will wear out with extensive use on most remote controls. Kind Regards. -- jordi.c jordi.c's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37716 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does a $350,000 system sound like?
ioncube;221522 Wrote: Interesting question, and in practice, probably not that much better than a decent $3,500 system due to the law of diminishing returns. Would still be nice to hear it though :) I had a chance to hear a $120.000 system once. Not exactly sure what it was, but mostly Lynn. Wasn't impressed for the price - don't know what I was expecting, but certainly way less 'wow' than when I first time heard true HiFi sound (Marantz). K -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially. slimkid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8881 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37656 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please help, thanks-can't connect to SlimServer.......
First thing to check: is slimserver actually running on your machine, or not? If not, don't bother messing around with the SB itself until you have it running... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37711 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver not 'seeeing' the same as iTunes
I am running Slimserver 6.2.4 on Win XP. The music list disagrees with the list that iTunes provides: some tracks display a different Genre and/or a different Album name and/or different Artist name. To try to fix this I removed all ver 3.1 tags but I still get differences. For example, I have a Leo Sayer album that iTunes (and MP3tag and MP3Collector and Windows Explorer) report as having the genre 'Easy Listening' whereas Slimserver insists it is 'Pop'. I have checked some of the other anomalies and all are correct in iTunes, MP3Tag and MP3 Collector. Any suggestions as to why Slimserver is different and/or how to fix it? Thanks -- jmaynard jmaynard's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37718 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please help, thanks-can't connect to SlimServer.......
The SlimServer won't start up, I press the 'start server' button then it stops after 10 seconds, so I can't get any further. Since I have a wireless SB I also checked the AirPort connection, which is fine. -- chevvies chevvies's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9152 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37711 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] problem with 6.5.4
I had a similar thing, for some reason the SB had changed its ip address and so was now being blocked by my firewall. -- Gibbo Gibbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37709 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does a $350,000 system sound like?
don't know what I was expecting, but certainly way less 'wow' than when I first time heard true HiFi sound (Marantz). Exactly. The differences between a 350,000 and let's say 35,000 system are presumably measurable given favourable conditions and top notch monitoring equipment, but it's less likely that the average 30 to 40 year olds ears and brain can detect much, particularly if they're unmusical and untrained in listening. If one does implement a really top spec system then it's probably not going to put it in an average living room filled with junk that compromises the sound, but will be in a dedicated multimedia room with as close to desirable acoustics as possible, and that will probably have as much a beneficial effect as anything. I'm currently putting the picture speakers that you can get from soundartuk.com into our kitchen as traditional speakers were unsuitable, and with an onsite demo I was surprised at how good those sound relative to my expectations. The sound is radiated differently to normal speakers, and stereo imaging even from a dual transducer single panel was very effective. You can also get ones that are plastered into the wall or ceiling so that they're completely invisible. Not going to sound as good as the ugly speakers from the 350K system, but definitely more pleasing :) -- ioncube ioncube's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2212 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37656 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Crossover cable and wireless bridge?
I know that the SB2/3 has a bridging or AP function, but wasn't clear whether this permits plugging in a wired client via a crossover cable to share the wireless link for the wired client and SB (maybe that is precisely the function). I couldn't find any xover cables here to try it yet, and wanted to save a trip to being overcharged at maplins if it's definitely not going to work. Should this work? -- ioncube ioncube's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2212 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does a $350,000 system sound like?
Well, for that money it really ought to sound like a million dollars! -- norman12 norman12's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37656 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Crossover cable and wireless bridge?
The SB3 needs a crossover cable to connect a wired client through the wireless bridge. You will need to go through setup on the SB3 to switch on the bridging with the wired client connected. -- Ramage T5500 1.6GHz, Slimserver 6.5.4 - 12568 - Windows Vista, Alien 1.06 P4 2.6GHz, SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Windows XP, Alien 1.06 P2 266MHz, Linux ClarkConnect 4.1.sp1, SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12431, Alien 1.06, perl 5.8.8 NSLU2 Unslung 6.8b SlimServer Version: 6.3.1 - 8476 - Linux, No Alien Ramage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5343 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.3 6.5.4 for Infrant NAS NV+
To shed more light on the matter, I had followed up with infrant and Slim Devices. Infrant via long distance as I live in Asia. They mentioned that it will take several weeks before someone gets around to make the BIN file for the update. One of their support staff gave me a link to the new infrant software: www.infrant.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12249. Its a beta release of the new software. I did not download it as it mentions that Infrant will not support the beta release and you can not get back to the older release once you install the Beta Release. Whats scary is that it now allows you to access the root of the infrant system. Was wondering if we will have to do future updates of slim server ourselves? Since we have access to root. But how? Another thing: how do we convert a Linux file to a BIN image to do this? -- dhinesh dhinesh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12813 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.3 6.5.4 for Infrant NAS NV+
The BIN (or binary) image is or the firmware. It is effectively a direct dump image of the firmware chips. If SS were to be added on top, you wouldn't need a BIN. I don't know how you would package SS up though. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Mike Beranek/Chicago/IBM is out of the office.
Administrator - can you please remove this thread and the personal info contained in it. MB -- mjb18 mjb18's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7359 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=3914 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does a $350,000 system sound like?
i'm just surprised that billy crystal is into hi-fi. don't know why, i just am. at least i know where last year's tour profits went. i can't imagine city slickers could still be bankrolling a system like that. -- drewe181 http://www.last.fm/user/drewe181/ drewe181's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8129 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37656 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does a $350,000 system sound like?
Has Steve Guttenberg done anything since Police Academy? I can't imagine how he bankrolls his HiFi habit. -- drewe181 http://www.last.fm/user/drewe181/ drewe181's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8129 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37656 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Crossover cable and wireless bridge?
Thanks for the quick reply. I'd seen that thread already, but there seemed some confusion (at least I was confused :) about whether the thread was discussing trying to use the SB as an AP for other wireless devices, or what I want to do which is attaching a second client via the wired port to get it onto a wireless network. I'll get an xover cable from maplin and see what happens. It'll be great if it works as I need to network a Siemens S450 basestation (VoIP/Dect phone) which only has a wired port in a room where there's no wired ethernet. An SB3 is located were it would be convenient to tuck away the phone basestation, so if I can get the phone onto the network via the SB then that'll save getting a separate ethernet to wireless device for the phone and be a neat solution. -- ioncube ioncube's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2212 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Buying a new Squeezebox...... or not?
Haunyack, I'm curious as to what part of the prior post your malarky comment applies? The whole of humanity is not shy for snobs who value brands and appearance as much or more than performance and audiophilia is certainly part of the human race. Exclusivity is a critical component of marketing for certain products where mass market penetration works against that image. Mortslim's point about some who need the status conferred by one brand over another is accurate for at least a certain percentage of audiophiles, though certainly not all. I would suspect that the executives and marketing types over at Logitech studied this issue very carefully and weighed the likely outcomes. They knew they'd tick off a few people with the branding change. They probably also looked at increases in market penetration into new segments with a more widely known product name. While corporations typically don't share marketing projection data with the public (and their competitors) it doesn't take a rocket scientists to figure they concluded there were probably more new sales to be had from the name change in contrast to lost sales to those who think their private club has now been invaded by the riff-raff. -- mlsstl mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37704 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please help, thanks-can't connect to SlimServer.......
Can't harm to delete the SlimServer cache (in ~/Library/Caches) and perhaps also the preferences in ~/Library/Preferences I know that deleting the cache is necessary at one upgrade, though I thought it was the updrade to 6.5.2, not from it. -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37711 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Buying a new Squeezebox...... or not?
However I DO NOT want a Logitech branded box on top of my Cyrus equipment. I ordered mine just as the changeover occurred, so ordered a SlimDevices Squeezebox and received a Logitech Squeezebox. Just live with it. YOU know that the internals are identical, so it makes no difference what the front says. If you're worried about what other people will think then why? As soon as you turn it on they'll forget the logo too. The point of this is that I also have a Cyrus and I love my SB3 whatever it says on the front :) -- Skittler Dave. SB3 -- Cyrus 8vs -- PMC FB1 Skittler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11280 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37704 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Crossover cable and wireless bridge?
And it works :) A new option appears when setting up the SB to enable the bridge once a device is plugged in with the xover cable (not seeing this before made me wonder about the bridging feature), and it just works seamlessly. Very nice indeed, saves me at least 40 quid, and yet another reason why the SB is such a superb piece of kit. -- ioncube ioncube's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2212 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Crossover cable and wireless bridge?
That was quick work. Glad it works as you want it -- Ramage T5500 1.6GHz, Slimserver 6.5.4 - 12568 - Windows Vista, Alien 1.06 P4 2.6GHz, SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Windows XP, Alien 1.06 P2 266MHz, Linux ClarkConnect 4.1.sp1, SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12431, Alien 1.06, perl 5.8.8 NSLU2 Unslung 6.8b SlimServer Version: 6.3.1 - 8476 - Linux, No Alien Ramage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5343 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SS 6.5.4 - IE Frame Refresh
I hate to open a new thread for this issue, but searches did not find anything relevant... I upgraded to the official 6.5.4 yesterday to get the new FW for my transporter loaded and now Slimserver has trouble refreshing in IE. Seems to work for a bit, then it stops, say at three tracks down the list on the right side and the top says it cannot be displayed. I click of the refresh button in IE brings everthing back to current. Anyone have any ideas? I've attached a screenshot of what is happening. At the point shown the album had actually run all the way through. +---+ |Filename: SS Display.JPG | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3152| +---+ -- 04dgmsilv 04dgmsilv's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37723 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.3 6.5.4 for Infrant NAS NV+
Would it be possible to download the latest slimserver in Linux and convert it to a BIN image and do an update local to the Infrant NAS NV+ ? I am new to Linux and am not familiar if the above can be done. Any thoughts? -- dhinesh dhinesh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12813 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Crossover cable and wireless bridge?
My SB3 works also with a normal straight LAN cable... ;) most of the ethernet ports are actually auto-crossing. -- lucas72 When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris. lucas72's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11288 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SS 6.5.4 - IE Frame Refresh
Please close your browse, empty its cache and try again. Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Crossover cable and wireless bridge?
I'm lucky to have a maplins just around the corner, and it was up and running within a couple of mins of getting back with the cable :) The SB3 might auto sense. I thought the h/w was the same, but I tested proof of concept on an SB2 that I had close to hand rather than the SB3, and the bridging option didn't show up for me with the SB2 an a regular cable. I've now just got to wire up the phone cable that runs under the floors to living room AV area and SB3 from where the master socket is in a bedroom. The g/f didn't like the idea of a wireless bridge for the phone sitting under the bed with us and unborn baby! -- ioncube ioncube's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2212 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB3, active speakers and subwoofer issue
Hi all, I have a setup with a DB3 connected directly to a pair of active speakers (they have a RCA input and automatically powers on). Now I want to add a subwoofer but have run into a issue, how to I connect the subwoofer? The subwoofer I want to use is the BW PV1 which has a high WAF :-) Problem is that is that it only has a single input and no output. So how would you connect the PV1 to my setup? The PV1 retailer suggested that I connect a Y-splitter to one of the audio channel and have one channel that feeds both the subwoofer and the active speaker. Will this work, can the SB3 drive both the PV1 and the active speaker on one channel? Regards Henrik http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/display.aspx?infid=1187sc=hf -- Husted Husted's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5248 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37729 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Transporter Price
Has anyone bought a Transporter in the UK? Pricing here seems ludicrous, with on-line prices anywhere between £1300 £1700 (approx $3350). That's a Squeezebox plus very expensive DAC...or maybe a squeezbox in every room. Why is this with Slim Devices website showing $2000 or a little over £1000. -- ntom SB3, Perpetual Technologies P1-A / P3-A, Naim 82, 4 x Naim 135, Magneplanar MG3a ntom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3197 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37730 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3, active speakers and subwoofer issue
Connect using the speaker-level inputs? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37729 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Price
I have one. I bought it when the launch promotion was on which made the price just over a grand effectively accounting for the free SB3. -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37730 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Price
LOL. I await the Logitech corporate PR team having this thread killed ASAP. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37730 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Price
amcluesent;221641 Wrote: LOL. I await the Logitech corporate PR team having this thread killed ASAP. Why would they kill this thread when there's been another about the same issue going on for the last few weeks? They've been able to completely ignore that one, so one more won't hurt. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37308 Maybe what the PR guys could do is provide an explanation for the price difference. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37730 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Price
amcluesent;221641 Wrote: LOL. I await the Logitech corporate PR team having this thread killed ASAP. Right, because that's something we've been known to do? Logi employees will not comment here on pricing for many reasons, but we're not here to suppress civilized discussion either. The only posts we've ever deleted are spam or the real nasty ones, eg personal attacks, foul language, slander etc. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37730 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Price
Something has actually happened since the last thread. Previously the national Logitech sites showed a high price on the Transporter, £1700 in UK I believe, now the Logitech site doesn't show any price at all. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and RandomPlayList plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37730 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Price
The cost of things, especially specialist luxury items like the Transporter are higher in the UK (and the rest of Europe to a certain extent) because of the following reasons compared to the US: Taxes are higher (VAT) Taxes are higher (company tax) The cost of business is generally higher (Wages, rents, electricity, etc) The US is less afluent at the moment And here is the killer point: The transporter can be sold at 1700, because thats what the market values it at. If no-one buys it at that price, then it will be reduced to the point it does sell. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37730 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Wake on Lan no longer working
The PC on which I run SS had its C: drive crash. I re-installed XP and SS and the system seems stable. Before the crash I could get the PC to wake on LAN from either of my two SB3s or from my laptop sending a magic packet. I am having difficulty getting WOL to work after the XP re-install. I have WOL enabled in the BIOS (Abit MoBo with an integrated 3com 10/100 ethernet port). I have tried all of the permutations I can think of under the properties for the NIC, but lo the system will no longer wake. The PC is connected to a Linksys switch (and was when WOL used to work). I notice when the PC goes into standby, the LEDs on the switch corresponding to the PC go out. I don't recall if this was the behavior before or not. If the ethernet adaptor is listening for magic packets would one expect to see the lights on the switch to stay on? Any suggestions? Many TIA. Mike -- Plano_Mike Plano_Mike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5437 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37732 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Buying a new Squeezebox...... or not?
glen66, i purchased a SB3 last week and it came with the Logitech logo. sorry to hear that your Cyrus equipment does not like to share space with the new logo. i have a mid fi setup here, mostly Linn Products and there is no clash of personalities in my setup. i'm typing this from a Logitech keyboard/mouse and my pc speaker/sub is also the same brand. i'm very happy with the performance of the Squeezebox via my Bonnec Timpano preamp and once i've conquered the interface i will have all the performance/versatilty i need.logo's notwithhstanding. dennis hifi setup is LP12/EKOS2/DYNAVECTOR DV17D2/LINGO/LINTO BONNEC TIMPANO PREAMP/LINN IKEMI/PEKIN/Kaber AKTIV XOVER/ AKURATE 4200 X 3/LINN KABERS SQUEEZEBOX 3. -- dennis55 dennis55's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8884 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37704 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can't open Slimserver
Hello I can't open the Slimserver web interface. I search the FAQ's and restored the IE options and I don't have Norton firewall. I use a wired DI 604 router, may be the router has firewall or some URL restrictions? Please help me to solve this isssue. Thank you -- gabweb gabweb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12843 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37734 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Unable to Connect to SlimServer After Working for 5 Days
I have a Transporter which has been working fine for the last 5 days. Today, I started getting stoppages while playing a song. I then tried to connect to SlimServer and it just hangs. I've reinstalled the software a few times. Each time it will work and while playing a song it will pause and intermittently start (for second) then pause. I try to reconnect and it just hangs. I've reset the Transporter and wireless router and the same thing happens. It finds the network, gets the ip automatically then finds my computer then goes to connect and gets hung up at this point. Any help would be appriciated. -- mbakes mbakes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4493 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37735 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unable to Connect to SlimServer After Working for 5 Days
mbakes;221673 Wrote: I just connected my sons XP Home computer and it seems to work for the moment. I am guessing it is a Vista issue. I checked the Vista sticky above and didn't see a patch. Has it been included in the latest firmware? One patch that is sure to work very well is a Linux CD. Facetiousness aside, for some reason slimserver performs a lot better under Linux. If you have a spare (perhaps older) machine available for use as a file server it would make a great slimserver host. -- egd Thecus N5200PRO Transporter ATC SCA2 ATC SCM100SLAT egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37735 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unable to Connect to SlimServer After Working for 5 Days
egd;221679 Wrote: One patch that is sure to work very well is a Linux CD. Facetiousness aside, for some reason slimserver performs a lot better under Linux. If you have a spare (perhaps older) machine available for use as a file server it would make a great slimserver host. Thanks. I've been considering picking up an older mac mini to use. Until then, I'm stuck with my Vista notebook. -- mbakes mbakes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4493 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37735 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please help, thanks-can't connect to SlimServer.......
danco;221594 Wrote: Can't harm to delete the SlimServer cache (in ~/Library/Caches) and perhaps also the preferences in ~/Library/Preferences I know that deleting the cache is necessary at one upgrade, though I thought it was the updrade to 6.5.2, not from it. Thanks, tried that but no joy, also tried holding brightness button but still nothing. -- chevvies chevvies's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9152 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37711 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please help, thanks-can't connect to SlimServer.......
Start slimserver in a Terminal window with --d_server and --d_startup command line options. You should get lots of messages at startup and also an indication why it doesn't start. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37711 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Price
ntom;221634 Wrote: Has anyone bought a Transporter in the UK? Pricing here seems ludicrous, with on-line prices anywhere between £1300 £1700 (approx $3350). Why don't you have someone in the States purchase it at $2000, open the box and take it out (so it's not NEW) then re-ship to you? Either that or I'll sell you my black TP that's less than a year old for $2000 + shipping, then I'll replace it with a new one. Could work... -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Seaberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7896 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37730 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Price
Eric Seaberg wrote: Why don't you have someone in the States purchase it at $2000, open the box and take it out (so it's not NEW) then re-ship to you? Either that or I'll sell you my black TP that's less than a year old for $2000 + shipping, then I'll replace it with a new one. Could work... Lots of places have strange markup do to customs taxes, VAT, exchange rates, etc. I've bought stuff for friends in down under, plugged it in so I know it is USED, and ship it. You (the receiver) are still liable for duties, etc. It always amazes me that for a lot of consumer stuff, the UK price in pounds is the same as the US price in dollars. Since the pound is worth about two bucks each, thats a lot of markup. I remember walking down the streets in Den Haag (The Hague) and seeing Bass Weeguns in a shop window for three times what they cost here. My US citizen friends working on assignment in Europe would use their trips to corporate headquarters for serious shopping trips. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] MUSICBRAINZ_SORTNAME - not supported but in code?
I asked about this as part of a thread in the tagging forum, but it might be better to ask here. Slimserver doesn't seem to support MUSICBRAINZ_SORTNAME (only ARTISTSORT as far as I can tell). If that is the case, I don't understand why it is referenced in FLAC.pm: Code: my %tagMapping = ( 'TRACKNUMBER' = 'TRACKNUM', 'DISCNUMBER'= 'DISC', 'URL' = 'URLTAG', 'musicbrainz_sortname' = 'ARTISTSORT', 'MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMARTISTID' = 'MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMARTIST_ID', 'MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID' = 'MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUM_ID', 'MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMSTATUS' = 'MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUM_STATUS', 'MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMTYPE' = 'MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUM_TYPE', 'MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID' = 'MUSICBRAINZ_ARTIST_ID', 'MUSICBRAINZ_SORTNAME' = 'MUSICBRAINZ_SORTNAME', 'MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID' = 'MUSICBRAINZ_ID', 'MUSICBRAINZ_TRMID' = 'MUSICBRAINZ_TRM_ID', It would be really useful (at least to me) if ss did support this tag, but I'm a bit confused why the code references a lowercase version of the tag. Can anyone explain what is happening there...? Cheers, Richard -- SadGamerGeek SadGamerGeek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6145 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37738 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Need help to tune into URL radio station
The URLs you provided are the ones intended for the web browser, which loads an HTML page including the streams, graphics, advertising, etc. The correct stream URLs can be found by right-clicking on the stream dialogues on those web pages and clicking properties. -- ds2021 ds2021's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10078 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't open Slimserver
In the StartRun box, type in services.msc, the hit enter. Scroll down to find SlimServer and SlimServerMySQL. Are both running and start type automatic? If not running and they won't start (right click start) then open a command window and start with the debug options (I've never had to do that so search the forums here), then paste the output into this thread. HTH Allan. -- alZmtbr alZmtbr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37734 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3, active speakers and subwoofer issue
buy TWO! [added*] Then use a quality 'Y' connector for each channel. [* Wow -- too short of a message, never experienced that before!] -- alZmtbr alZmtbr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37729 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Cannot read music library on NAS
I've used Slimserver and squeezeboxes successfully for a couple years now. I have recently moved my music library to a DLINK-323 NAS device. I'm mapping the drive to my Vista machine and can readily browse to the files using Windows Explorer or through the 'My Network Places' interface. Unfortunately, the Slimserver interface will not allow me to enter any combination of paths to the music folder on that drive. I get the error: Oops - N:\My Music\MP3 doesn't seem to be a valid directory. Try again. I've tried many combinations of paths, such as the one shown by the My Network explorer \\DLINK-EC2420\Volume_1-1\My Music\MP3, etc. and nothing works. Has anyone got any ideas? -- sgaspam sgaspam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12847 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37740 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cannot read music library on NAS
sgaspam;221711 Wrote: I think I figured it out, from this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33228highlight=Oops I restarted the MySQL Slimserver process once logged in and that seemed to allow me to use N:\My Music\MP3 properly. I hope it'll work on reboot now that I've set the Slimserver to run at login time, though maybe not, as the drive letter actually gets mapped after that at the moment. Let us know if that works. I believe the run at login time means to run when the user logs in to the machine, not when the machine reboots. Select the other startup option to run SlimServer as a service available without a user logged into the server, but you'll have to use the UNC path to the library (generally a better option anyway, since it doesn't rely on a drive mapping) and you may also need to run the service under a user account. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37740 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Buying a new Squeezebox...... or not?
I got mine a few weeks ago and actually cringed when I thought I might get one with the Logitech logo. I was happy that when I got by box it was Slim branded. I guess they are mixed in the wherehouse and there isn't any sort of order in which they go out the door. -- pounce pounce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37704 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Buying a new Squeezebox...... or not?
If exclusivity pitches your tent you need to spend a whole lot more than $250-300 to impress anyone except maybe 12 year old boys and $5 hookers. If the thing does what you want buy it. If it doesn't, don't, but whatever you do, quit whining about the logo here. If you had any creativity you could make your own logo to put on the thing or think of a neat way to cover it (or remove it as I suggested earlier). That's it! My new product will be a sticker with a logo of my own design, far more exclusive than either Logitech or Slimdevices. I'll sell the logo stickers for $100 each (that way they will be more EXCLUSIVE) to the logo-babies who keep whining like little girlie-men. My logo sticker will be sized to cover either the Slimdevices or Logitech logos. They will make your SB sound better, the same way the orange sticker on the clock makes your system sound better! TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37704 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Configuring SB3 display via Slimserver
Probably a question with an obvious answer, however, what is the easiest way to get my SB3's displaying on multiple lines. I'm after something along the lines of: Artist Name - Album Name across the top; and Track - Title on the 2nd line. It annoys me when something is playing I can't put a finger on and the display doesn't show all the info without having to use the remote to intervene. -- egd Thecus N5200PRO Transporter ATC SCA2 ATC SCM100SLAT egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37741 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Configuring SB3 display via Slimserver
The MusicInfoSCR screensaver is probably the only way to get it on two lines. http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/detail.php?nr=446kategorie=slim-plugins Natively, you can that information on a single (scrolling) line by configuring: Server Settings Formatting Title Format and creating a format to display what you want if one doesn't already exist. Then go to: Player Settings Basic Settings Title Format and select the desired format from the ones available, and make it 'Current'. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37741 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Configuring SB3 display via Slimserver
Thanks Jim, it is already set to scroll so I'll try Michael's MusicInfoSCR. -- egd Thecus N5200PRO Transporter ATC SCA2 ATC SCM100SLAT egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37741 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does a $350,000 system sound like?
ioncube;221576 Wrote: I'm currently putting the picture speakers that you can get from soundartuk.com into our kitchen as traditional speakers were unsuitable, and with an onsite demo I was surprised at how good those sound relative to my expectations. The sound is radiated differently to normal speakers, and stereo imaging even from a dual transducer single panel was very effective. You can also get ones that are plastered into the wall or ceiling so that they're completely invisible. Not going to sound as good as the ugly speakers from the 350K system, but definitely more pleasing :) I saw these at the CEDIA show in Australia a few weeks ago. They sounded surprisingly good. I am considering them for our living room -- it's not a primary listening room plus it's really my wife's area, in terms of decor. She's been reticent to allow speakers and doing ceiling speakers in that part of the room would be difficult. If you don't mind, it would be great if you could keep us posted as to how you like them after some time listening to them. -= Jim -- JimC well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that. -- BKlaas' college buddy JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37656 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] RadioIO
I sent a note to Gregory last Wednesday at 6:35 PM PDT hoping to hear a response the next business day. However within 30 minutes Gregory got back to me and said my account had been corrected and to give it a try. Since then radioio has been commercial free for me. Thanks Gregory! -- Patrick On 8/15/07, Gregry Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, My name is Gregory Walters, I am with the customer care dept of Radioio.com. We have come up with a fix for the soundpass login not working for slimserver users. If your login does not work please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your login name and I will get your account updated. -- Gregry Walters Gregry Walters's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36529 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
