[slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
They just about nailed it. I would want a wider display, but I like the fact that this one shows four lines of text, unlike the Transporter that never has more than three and doesn't switch when using the front panel. I'm not sure if this type of display can change the number of lines displayed, but I would want a display that could, and would want the software to switch to four lines when using the front panel controls and then to one or two lines when using the IR remote. A little like the Touch works. There's even some functionality here that beats any Squeezebox. Plug in a USB stick (it has both front and rear USB ports) and simply browse the file structure and play the files. How amazing. [image: http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/media/20110125_153910_Sonata-NP30-front-3.jpg] http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/summary.php?PID=604 -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
And look at that... a hard power switch on the back in addition to the Standby/On switch on the front. More amazing. And an external antennae! Where was Fred Bould when they were designing this thing? ;) [image: http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/654496.jpg] -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
I hope you are cynical -- SilverRS8 Author of -'AlbumCatalogCreator' (http://acc.vanholt.nl)- for Squeezebox Server . 1xTouch, 1xSB3, 1xDuet, 1xRadio, 1xiPhone iPeng, Ubuntu NAS + SBS SilverRS8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12818 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
SilverRS8;629770 Wrote: > I hope you are cynical JJZolx is never cynical. -- Mark Miksis Mark Miksis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
JJZolx;629763 Wrote: > They just about nailed it. > > I would want a wider display, but I like the fact that this one shows > four lines of text, unlike the Transporter that never has more than > three and doesn't switch when using the front panel. I'm not sure if > this type of display can change the number of lines displayed, but I > would want a display that could, and would want the software to switch > to four lines when using the front panel controls and then to one or > two lines when using the IR remote. A little like the Touch works. > > There's even some functionality here that beats any Squeezebox. Plug in > a USB stick (it has both front and rear USB ports) and simply browse the > file structure and play the files. How amazing. > > [image: > http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/media/20110125_153910_Sonata-NP30-front-3.jpg] > > http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/summary.php?PID=604 Amazing if all your USB media is FAT32. Amazing if none of your music is M4A. Amazing if you never use the webUI to select music. Amazing if you only want to use it at home rather than remotely over the internet. I am disinclined to search for further issues. P -- pski real stereo doesn't just wake the neighbors, it -enrages- them.. It is truly the Golden Age of Wireless pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
All I see is an extra line of data and a nicer faceplate. No Aes/EBU or BNC in; no balanced out. Still, it might be an interesting machine. I wonder what OEM the innards are? -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
Here is some guts... I'm not convinced this is what the perfect Squeezebox should look like. ... +---+ |Filename: CASONP30_INT-Large.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11815| +---+ -- gizek 1st: Transporter > Electrocompaniet ECI-1 > Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor M, 2nd: SB Touch > TA2020 > Fostex FE207E, 3rd: Ipod Touch 4G with PlugPLayer > Grado SR225. gizek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34337 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
pski;629785 Wrote: > Amazing if all your USB media is FAT32. > > Amazing if none of your music is M4A. > > Amazing if you never use the webUI to select music. > > Amazing if you only want to use it at home rather than remotely over > the internet. > > I am disinclined to search for further issues. What, you're not bagging on it not having a full color LCD screen so that you can gaze at album art while your songs play? I wasn't talking about the functionality so much as the form factor and a couple of the switches. Although the simplified USB functionality is something that nearly everyone has wanted. Cambridge decided to make it reliant upon UpNP, which, given all of the recent software issues with Squeezebox, might actually appeal to more people looking for something simpler and with fewer headaches. It would be more fun if it functioned as a Squeezebox. My premise is that it this is the Squeezebox package that I'd always hoped Slim Devices would have come out with. -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
JJZolx;629800 Wrote: > It would be more fun if it functioned as a Squeezebox. > > My premise is that it this is the Squeezebox package that I'd always > hoped Slim Devices would have come out with. Yeah, OK. I guess the minimal look of the receiver didn't satisfy. I don't give a flying %^ck about artwork on a player. In my mind that is a stupid direction for LTech. I need another annoying screen I have to paste up with black tape.. On the positive (and negative) side, it does not suck up to apple but who wants another streaming standard? (I must add that from my experience DNLA is half-baked.) -- pski real stereo doesn't just wake the neighbors, it -enrages- them.. It is truly the Golden Age of Wireless pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
Seems a little pricey as well @ GP400 / $650 vs a Touch less than half that cost. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
Shame it doesn't have a video output--that display would still be darn hard to see across the room from my couch. Also $650 to play <128kb music is kinda nutty IMO. -- Guy48065 Squeezebox Classic Control: Archos A101T tablet + SqueezeCommander, Duet remote Guy48065's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
Is that a switching supply? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
Phil Leigh;630675 Wrote: > Is that a switching supply? 'Tis indeed. Nice looking unit, I'll give it that. -- paulster Web Interface sending music to the wrong player? Please vote for bug '17144' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17144) paulster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23073 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
pski;629802 Wrote: > (I must add that from my experience DNLA is half-baked.) I have to agree with this. It is one of the reasons I went with the Squeezebox versus the UPNP/DLNA route. -- vrette (2) SB Touch, (1) SB3, (2) SB Radio, Cambridge Audio 840AV2, 340T, DacMagic, B&W 683, HSU VFT2-MK3, Logitech Harmony 880, 7.6 on Asus E35M1-M PRO Win7 64 bit , and a bunch of other stuff... vrette's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15256 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
I dunno... all my clients look like the below on large screen TV. No need to swap audio/video inputs, etc between TV and Squeezebox client. With just a couple of clicks of the remote control can have me playing any radio station, pull up a full bio or latest news ticket for the the artist/group, I can play the respective HD music video for the song I'm listening instantly.. or simply watching/record any HDTV / Comcast On Demand channel (without re-encoding)... or watch any blu-ray I want within seconds; with an optional 1080p movie trailer before the movie starts; not to mention with on click I can find height, age and other related info. It will be a long time before stuff like this hits the mass market. THIS: http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h283/mkanet/Screenshot-1381.jpg http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/media/20110125_153910_Sonata-NP30-front-3.jpg[/IMG] -- mkanet mkanet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7965 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
We need an option don't we? This looks pretty good overall if all else fails. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
Guy48065;630651 Wrote: > Shame it doesn't have a video output--that display would still be darn > hard to see across the room from my couch. But that is why I use an Droid or Ipeng remote. I use both for that because of my old eyes. I do like my new droid x though. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
Nonreality;630976 Wrote: > But that is why I use an Droid or Ipeng remote. I use both for that > because of my old eyes. I do like my new droid x though. Same here. That Cambridge unit looks nice, but for the money I'm hard pressed to find anything better than my SB3 and the Droid app on my smartphone. -- Yesfan70 Yesfan70's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10314 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
