Accepted - thank you - no harm done.
HB
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ralphpnj wrote:
I know that you may find this incredibly hard to believe but there
people who don't have and don't want an iPad, iPhone or any kind of
smart phone. Plus Airplay isn't all that great, especially when one
takes into account all the file formats it does not support, which is
HeadBanger wrote:
Blimey ralphpnj that was plain unnecessary - I do hope you felt better
for that. Anti-Apple/Microsoft/Sonos rants really serve no purpose other
than to stir up ill feeling. Forums should be a place to offer advice in
a constructive manner.
The OP asked 'why do I need a
ralphpnj wrote:
Since you asked.
I've been an active member of this forum for five years during which
time I've seen and read many, many posts dealing with the shortcomings
of the Apple universe. Such things as trouble with iTunes, lack of flac
support, lack of high resolution support. I
totoro wrote:
WTF? OS flame wars? Really? Windows is thinking different? At least
OSX is a unix and has a reasonable command line. I prefer linux, but
whatever. Why don't we stick to the subject at hand, rather than go down
this rathole?
I just love it that Apple fanboys are morally
ralphpnj wrote:
I just love it that Apple fanboys are morally compelled to respond to
even the slightest anti-Apple post. The think different was a
reference to a one time Apple advertising campaign which went along the
lines that Apple users somehow were thinking differently from Windows
totoro wrote:
I more or less agree about the fanboy thing. I am aware of the attempted
irony.
But someone who is claiming that using windows is thinking differently
is being recursively meta-ironic. I mean seriously, I've never had the
it trolls at any company I've worked at try to
DennyL wrote:
HeadBanger simply made a reasonable contribution to this topic that
didn't warrant rudeness and childish sarcasm. What is is about Apple
that makes makes people lose their judgement? Yes, I can imagine people
who don't want iPad, iPhone, etc, and I can equally easily imagine
ralphpnj wrote:
I know that you may find this incredibly hard to believe but there
people who don't have and don't want an iPad, iPhone or any kind of
smart phone. Plus Airplay isn't all that great, especially when one
takes into account all the file formats it does not support, which is
HeadBanger wrote:
If you have an Apple AirPlay device you do not need a Squeezebox device.
Just instal iPeng on your phone or pad and LMS on your network. iPeng
will then instruct LMS to steam directly to your AirPlay device. Only
downside is FLAC is uncompressed and sent as WAV (no diff to
ralphpnj wrote:
I know that you may find this incredibly hard to believe but there
people who don't have and don't want an iPad, iPhone or any kind of
smart phone. Plus Airplay isn't all that great, especially when one
takes into account all the file formats it does not support, which is
If you have an Apple AirPlay device you do not need a Squeezebox device.
Just instal iPeng on your phone or pad and LMS on your network. iPeng
will then instruct LMS to steam directly to your AirPlay device. Only
downside is FLAC is uncompressed and sent as WAV (no diff to SQ just
file sizes are
HeadBanger wrote:
If you have an Apple AirPlay device you do not need a Squeezebox device.
Just instal iPeng on your phone or pad and LMS on your network. iPeng
will then instruct LMS to steam directly to your AirPlay device. Only
downside is FLAC is uncompressed and sent as WAV (no diff to
Simple answer - for the music library management features of Squeezebox
Server/Logitech Media Server, which despite it's many shortcomings is
still many, many light years ahead of just about any DLNA music library
management software. Plus one cna further improve and enhance SBS/LMS by
using one
Hello,
I have owned a duet + receiver for a couple of years, the duet being
connected direct to a NAS which serves the music utilising LMS. In
recent times the duet controller has become superfluous as the Logitech
remote app on smart phones is a better solution.
I wouldnt say I am thrilled
scoobynz wrote:
Hello,
I have owned a duet + receiver for a couple of years, the duet being
connected direct to a NAS which serves the music utilising LMS. In
recent times the duet controller has become superfluous as the Logitech
remote app on smart phones is a better solution.
I
Jeff Flowerday wrote:
NAS = Network Attached Storage it has no ability for audio playback
and even though Twonky can serve music via UpNP, you need something on
the receiving end to accept it. I'm not aware of any DAC that has this
capability. (and of course the LMS approach to serving audio
and thirdly the UPNP control apps leave much to be desired in comparison
to iPeng et al.
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Multi room and sync are major pionts besides the superior experience ,
otherwise you could just use spdiff from a PC if using a PC as interface
don't bother you .
Another les obvious but important point for people interested in sound
quality is the total decoupling from server-side drivers and
Also - as far as I know - most DLNA/UPnP clients do NOT support gapless
playback.
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