Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Is it right for kids?
ply3908 wrote: My 8 year old boy able to control my SB Touch from his SB Radio. Keep that in mind when your SBs behave strangely. Ah yes. Kids have both discovered that endless source of amusement. In fact if I was competent to write a plugin, it would be one which allowed you to restrict which players can control which streams. Hobgoblin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36018 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93574 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Is it right for kids?
I've got a 9 11 year old. I bought a Radio for them to share about a year ago. It was getting so much use (and causing the odd argument about who's turn it is and so on) that I bought a second one. I already had a Duet, so they were familiar with the menu system etc. But it hadn't take them long to pick that up anyway. As others have said, our musical tastes diverge, so they use Spotify and IP radio more than my music collection. The Radio supports the official Logitech Spotify plugin; I much prefer Triode's for usability, but the official one has the benefit that they can each listen to a different stream simultaneously. I restructured my library slightly - all my artists / albums / tracks were under a single 'music' folder. I've now just got three redirects from a top level folder to individual folders for me and each child. Then I export each of our folders as separate Samba shares - so if they buy music from Amazon it downloads to their own folder. As others suggest I've created a favorites folder each. Just finished doing a factory reset on my daughter's radio - that's the most maintenance it's needed so it's all been fairly painless. Apart from what they actually listen to... damn, I just turned into my own parents... -- Hobgoblin 2 Receivers 1 Controller 2 Radios Logitech Media Server 7.7.0 - r33614: Acer Revo R3600 running Ubuntu Server Edition 11.4 Hobgoblin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36018 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93574 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio or other?
Radio arrived today. Straightforward set up, plugged in, gave it the wifi password, it patched itself a couple of times, and that was it. I'd say the sound is impressive for the size of box, certainly adequate for casual listening in a bedroom. Daughter is delighted, now son wants one too. -- Hobgoblin 2 Receivers 1 Controller Squeezebox Server 7.5.2: Acer Revo R3600 running Ubuntu Server Edition 10.4 Hobgoblin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36018 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86405 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio or other?
wow - that was quick. Thanks for all replies. Not one dissenting voice - so Radio it is then. Only £101 on Amazon, so might just sort that out today. Only downside I can see is that I'll get even less access to my Spotify stream than I do today. :-( -- Hobgoblin 2 Receivers 1 Controller Squeezebox Server 7.5.2: Acer Revo R3600 running Ubuntu Server Edition 10.4 Hobgoblin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36018 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86405 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio or other?
reniera;618883 Wrote: The radio is addictive. I have 4 of them. They sound excellent and are cheap. For the price you don't make a bad investment. 4?? Kudos - I'd be well on the way to divorce if I bought 4. -- Hobgoblin 2 Receivers 1 Controller Squeezebox Server 7.5.2: Acer Revo R3600 running Ubuntu Server Edition 10.4 Hobgoblin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36018 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86405 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Radio or other?
Hi - I'm running a couple of receivers and a controller off an Ubuntu hosted SBS. My daughter (10) loves it, especially access to Spotify, and is now angling after her own squeezebox player for her room. Possible solutions would be an SB Radio; a Boom; or I could buy a Touch for myself and let her have one of the Receivers with some powered speakers. At the moment, my favourite is the Radio, although I've no idea what the sound is like - seems very small and it's only mono. But it has the familiar UI, and for a bedroom I think the sound should be adequate. Her room is about 10 feet from the router, so signal should be good. Anything I ought to think of which I haven't? And what's the sound like? Thanks for any advice. -- Hobgoblin 2 Receivers 1 Controller Squeezebox Server 7.5.2: Acer Revo R3600 running Ubuntu Server Edition 10.4 Hobgoblin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36018 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86405 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
