Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-07-08 Thread Dingostrategy
funkstar;438972 Wrote: > Boom or Transporter? > > (at least it is semi-related to this forum) I considered a topic change to be greater than or equal to ignorance. I still do. How bout those Yankees. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf st

Re: [slim] Help Me Get Started!

2009-07-07 Thread Dingostrategy
issues you see around this place. Avoid the Duet, don't try and fiddle too much, and it's just about plug and play. I call it, plug, learn, fiddle, read, play - but then it's smooth sailing... -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top s

Re: [slim] Ultimate server for SqueezeCenter?

2009-07-06 Thread Dingostrategy
anted to use it also as a basic fileserver. I hope that helps and is a window into your potential market. I also know that advice like mine is frustrating to developers since you chose what you chose for the best reasons - maybe I am just not meant to be your market! -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + G

Re: [slim] My personal thoughts on Squeezebox concept.

2009-07-06 Thread Dingostrategy
Yup - the present is the future. These things are going to pop up more and more as Squeeze interface/storage machines. I can just feel it in me bones. Asus do one very similar to the MSI offering. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf

Re: [slim] My personal thoughts on Squeezebox concept.

2009-07-06 Thread Dingostrategy
bah, that device is for people with too much money. Like Toyota Prius, Monaco, Carbon Fibre bicycles and adequate health care. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-07-06 Thread Dingostrategy
Labarum;438276 Wrote: > > > But then it is impossible to hijack a thread while ignoring it. No it isn't. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-07-05 Thread Dingostrategy
Labarum;438181 Wrote: > Ah! > > Ignor - ance. Roger Federer is awesome but his suits make him look like a knob. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint

Re: [slim] My personal thoughts on Squeezebox concept.

2009-07-03 Thread Dingostrategy
the brand. That's bad for all of us. I guess the 'touch' might change all this again. Yanni if you didn't see already there is a strong rumour there is a new device to be released. You may like to explore that option, but still for sure the SB3 will do what you want it to.

Re: [slim] My personal thoughts on Squeezebox concept.

2009-07-02 Thread Dingostrategy
s and entertainment comment' - the box is just a convenient and high-quality transport for your tunes. It's gotta remain about the tunes, not the boxes! Oh and P.S congratulations :) you are one fine parent for sharing music with the new baby. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec

Re: [slim] Thread on Sonos board

2009-06-30 Thread Dingostrategy
SB or a Walkman(R) the size of a Quran or two cans and a piece of freakin' string. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng "Dear Mother, ki

Re: [slim] No sound remotely?

2009-06-30 Thread Dingostrategy
Sounds to me like you are logging into the WebUI of the server rather than streaming the .mp3 to your remote system (using any SW that plays streaming media from a keyed-in URL). My knowledge ends there but might get you started? -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3

Re: [slim] Thread on Sonos board

2009-06-30 Thread Dingostrategy
x my bloody squeezenetwork connectivity issue, I'll be chipper again! -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng "Dear Mother, kindly forward un

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-19 Thread Dingostrategy
This is just petty. How dare you hijack this thread from it's main focus. Mods? Anyone? Won't -someone- think of the children? -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box &a

Re: [slim] Yamaha is in on the game of (decent) wireless audio streamers

2009-06-19 Thread Dingostrategy
free at Kuala Lumpur airpor. Sonos represented too. No Squeeze :( -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng "Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DA

Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
. :) When I bought my first one, I got tea at the wholesaler's house, and it ws delivered later that day on a bicycle. Meanwhile back at the new website It's looking good :) -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | B

Re: [slim] Feature I'd like

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
Just do it after the SB with 4 into 2 RCA wires or similar? i.e just splice into the wires from your SB to your amp. Don't -actually- splice the wires of course, just get the right cables. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
Peter314;433283 Wrote: > I see the problem clearly, and am studiously ignoring it. Excuse me could you keep it down? I'm trying to work. Thankyou. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
I iz in ur forumz Ingoring your threadz -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng "Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those J

Re: [slim] Larger-screen (touch) remote interface in the future?

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
27;touch', about the size of a thin paperback, with cradle and stand. For using apps/reading/netbooking stuff. You heard it here first. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box &

Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
ngeon. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng "Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those Jensen's I bought offa ebay" '

Re: [slim] Larger-screen (touch) remote interface in the future?

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
Moose running on an EEEtop or even just SC via Mozilla Prism would not be a terrible 'poor man's' Sooloos. (Plus they throw in a PC for free) At well under US$1000 it's mighty cheap computing. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf st

[slim] An amusing argument won by me - and share your amusing confusion with SB

2009-06-17 Thread Dingostrategy
mechanical engineer. Clearly that does not include a minor in electronics :S So are your mates as confused as mine about these systems, or should I get different friends? -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-17 Thread Dingostrategy
shake-the-disease;432982 Wrote: > I have a bright green pencil case. Sorry can't help with your technical issues unless you tell us what firmware it runs. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom |

Re: [slim] Squeezebox receiver + NAS + iPhone

2009-06-16 Thread Dingostrategy
lly with my server, which is wired to the wireless router, which then serve my SBs. Best of luck. Post the specifics of your NAS and the NAS pros will take over from here. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace -

Re: [slim] OpenFrame remote for SB?

2009-06-14 Thread Dingostrategy
exibility. I was very tempted by the eeeTop when I bought the EEEbox, but I'm constrained by mobility. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng

Re: [slim] Squeezebox - Evoke Flow - Listen Again

2009-06-13 Thread Dingostrategy
l user forum. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng "Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those Jensen's I bought offa ebay"

Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com

2009-06-13 Thread Dingostrategy
professional", but that's just me. They're all transporters, arent they? The name has been hijacked by the high end unit. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. Bedro

Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com

2009-06-12 Thread Dingostrategy
d direction to go. It is looking great so far. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. Bedroom/Terrace - Boom You've been served: Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint, and a bunch of co

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-12 Thread Dingostrategy
ut happy listening and the occasional stupid remark :) -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. Bedroom/Terrace - Boom You've been served: Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint, and a bunch of con

Re: [slim] OpenFrame remote for SB?

2009-06-11 Thread Dingostrategy
I have such a device in my pocket right now. It's an iPod touch. A decent cradle and I'd be just as happy :) Seems like a nice device though. No 'buy now' button so far! -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen:

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-09 Thread Dingostrategy
This childish nonsense is beneath me. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. Bedroom/Terrace - Boom You've been served: Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint, and a bunch of consumer level ro

Re: [slim] SB far too expensive?

2009-06-09 Thread Dingostrategy
My girlfriend spend a thousand bucks in a day on a pair of shoes, a handbag and lunch. Case Closed. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. Bedroom/Terrace - Boom You've been served:

Re: [slim] how to best get audio into my kitchen

2009-05-30 Thread Dingostrategy
on (a generic brand chines one) and the sound quality seemed perfectly satisfactory (not using good equipment at the other end). Maybe since you don't want to control them independently, just a simple wireless system is all that's required? -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompa

Re: [slim] which Squeezebox iphone app is the best?

2009-05-30 Thread Dingostrategy
ve no hesitation recommending iPeng app. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. You've been served: Sony laptop, XP Pro and a bunch of consumer level routers and VNC and so-on. Remote an

Re: [slim] Updated Squeezebox products?

2009-05-26 Thread Dingostrategy
n my sig I have crud. A handsome controller and an optional in house server thingamajig would cause some headaches over at sonos (but I do concur that both have space in the market). -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 booksh

Re: [slim] Baby monitors killing urban wifi

2009-05-12 Thread Dingostrategy
times ahead people. Offset now. Vote 1 for recycled hardware, at a minimum. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. You've been served: Sony laptop, XP Pro and a bunch of consumer level ro

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.1 now on the AppStore

2009-05-09 Thread Dingostrategy
Just want to give my props for the application, which I have and love, and for the support through this community. Good form, Pippin. Great app, making lots of us very happy and it really is a very neat party trick. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio

Re: [slim] Can PDA with WiFi function act as remote?

2009-05-09 Thread Dingostrategy
do, it's not a zillion dollar proposition. I don't really want a phone remote anymore - but the touch is sweet. This is now an official hijack. Return to normal programming at your leisure. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2

Re: [slim] Can PDA with WiFi function act as remote?

2009-05-09 Thread Dingostrategy
I got an iPod touch and iPeng and threw the HTC in a sewer because it was a piece of junk. I am never buying a phone worth more than $50 again. :) -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Products I would like to see.

2009-05-08 Thread Dingostrategy
, but others are not) That said - an inexpensive mp3 player and a stereo cable makes just as much - or more - sense. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View t

Re: [slim] Scrobbling Deezer

2009-05-07 Thread Dingostrategy
so I imagine a plugin to scrobble has to come after that (but i'm just a punter and that technical stuff eludes me. Hopefully this happens! -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [slim] Logitech Squeezebox Boom?

2008-08-26 Thread Dingostrategy
ing. Why don't you have an iPod, he wondered. Does the same thing. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/show

Re: [slim] Slim proprietary NAS

2008-08-26 Thread Dingostrategy
e trying with dodgy illegal IP faking, which works, but badly due to delays and the constant feeling the cops were gonna show up at any moment). Dingo. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [slim] Logitech Squeezebox Boom?

2008-08-26 Thread Dingostrategy
distributed internationally. (We're still waiting on Duet in India) - even purchasing a new SB3 involved a trip to the distributers home, chai, phone calls, delivery on a bicycle. Dingo. -- Dingostrategy Dingostr

Re: [slim] Slim proprietary NAS

2008-08-26 Thread Dingostrategy
laptop to grind away for long hours like that. Glad at least one person agrees with my general idea. I just reckon it'd position LT/Squeeze more strongly against other more expensive systems. -- Dingostrategy Dingostra

[slim] Slim proprietary NAS

2008-08-26 Thread Dingostrategy
with swappable drive bay and upgradeable firmwear and soon. Sure beats messing about with a server from ebay. . Dingo. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

Re: [slim] Wired or wireless

2008-08-25 Thread Dingostrategy
wireless strength in my kitchen > is marginal. But I keep a laptop almost permanently on the kitchen > table, so control my receiver from that (the laptop's wireless > reception is better than the controllers). > > Bob -- Dingostrategy -

Re: [slim] "Non-standard" Countries

2008-08-25 Thread Dingostrategy
ng able to directly order from SlimDevices. > > Not a major gripe. Just for info. > > Cheers > Louis Hassles in India, too. We don't even have the duet yet. Dingo India / Australia -- Dingostrategy Din

Re: [slim] Wired or wireless

2008-08-25 Thread Dingostrategy
Sorry for slight off topic: Mr. Minor may I ask a dumb question? What's SBR - just when I thought I knew all the acronyms... -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

Re: [slim] Wired or wireless

2008-08-25 Thread Dingostrategy
No. (note, I use SB but even a basic wireless system is as 'fat' as ethernet and will make no difference to your quality, regardless of the components. However, if you won't otherwise use the wifi for computers, then its just a waste of power, I guess.) Dingo India. --