Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] ScanSpeak any good?

2011-06-06 Thread callesoroe
pski;633147 Wrote: Do they make systems or just drivers? Any specific models you have experience with? P The follwing companies use/have used speaker units from Scanspeak: Martin Logan, Revel, Alpine, Tag McLaren, BO, Dali, Jamo, Miller Kreisel, NXT, Sonus Faber, Audio Physics,

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Can a netbook fully replace a squeezebox?

2011-06-06 Thread stop-spinning
I've recently acquired a Samsung Netbook and would like to set it up with the necessary programs so that it runs like a Squeezebox (streaming radio and FLAC files etc) - is this possible so that I may continue using Squeeze Commander from my mobile phone to control it? And are none of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Can a netbook fully replace a squeezebox?

2011-06-06 Thread aubuti
To make a netbook act like a Squeezebox you'll need to run one of the software players on it (SoftSqueeze, SqueezePlay, or squeezeslave). One thing you'll lose with software players is reliable synchronizing of multiple players. A few people get lucky, but in general you can only be assured of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Can a netbook fully replace a squeezebox?

2011-06-06 Thread stop-spinning
aubuti;635133 Wrote: To make a netbook act like a Squeezebox you'll need to run one of the software players on it (SoftSqueeze, SqueezePlay, or squeezeslave). One thing you'll lose with software players is reliable synchronizing of multiple players. A few people get lucky, but in general you

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Can a netbook fully replace a squeezebox?

2011-06-06 Thread garym
stop-spinning;635136 Wrote: 2. The USB 'out' ports on the netbook are its greatest strength - allowing me to use any good asynchronous DAC without trying to hack the SB which is not successful in all cases. I have a couple of async USB DACs in mind. Or even if I don't use an async DAC then a