Re: [slim] Pre-Announcement: ickStream Music Platform

For me, this service would need to be less ambitious than the Logitech one. When I started with the Squeezebox Touch, I used mysqueezebox.com a fair bit as I used a music database on my PC and that wasn't always switched on. Now, I'm using a Squeezeplug, the database is always on so all I'm now

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

modest annual subscription?, > > Trev If they could make it better, I'd pay for it. I agree, this is paranoia until it actually happens. I could live without Squeezebox Server being updated but I'd be far more concerned if support was w

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

JJZolx;665475 Wrote: > What does SSD have to do with it? Because you can have something in the listening room that doesn't make a noise. I find spinning drives barely tolerable. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHug

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

me way that the tape cassette wasn't. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevi

Re: [slim] NEW SB hardware?

It's quite highly developed now. The only things that the Touch needs are faster processor/more memory and something that will handle large USB drives better than the Touch does. Tiny SBS is a rather poor piece of work. Boom looks very dated now. Needs a touch screen. -- HectorHugh

Re: [slim] Seeking High Bitrate Music Streaming Service

Linn Radio is 320k. The BBC Radio 3 live stream from Iplayer is 320k. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

pgrade. Someone needs to make money for this (wonderful) service to continue. Yes, it must be technically possible but it's not in their interests, particularly with record companies anxious about the Freemium model, they want to

Re: [slim] Apple's Airplay coming soon...

e of a minority! -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81670 ___

Re: [slim] Transporters for sale in the UK

ay-in-2010/ The hardware looks nice but that's only half what you're buying. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://fo

Re: [slim] Apple's Airplay coming soon...

;ll mostly be using the Apple TV to stream video from my Iphone. Maybe the odd bit of casual internet radio listening. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member

Re: [slim] Do not upgrade to 7.5

Going from 7.4 to 7.5 with a Duet and a Touch, this has been a very smooth upgrade. It's faster and more stable too. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?us

Re: [slim] I officially declare my HATE for 7.4...

The 7.4.1 experience and current handset software for me has been really good. Faster, more stable, better BBC support, better organized. Really excellent and a world away from my initial Duet experiences. -- HectorHughMunro

Re: [slim] New "Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch" spotted !!

be an early adopter. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

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

s getting to be a less frequent event as new versions of Squeezecentre come out. Some attempt needs to be made to bring in non-enthusiasts. It's getting there though. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughM

Re: [slim] The CR200 Sonos new touchscreen remote

ing every time is pricey. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php

Re: [slim] user experience with 7.3.3 = worst

king. So I > will have a better idea in the next days :) This sounds familiar. Mine (netgear DG834N) died on me a week and an half ago and a combination of new router, deletion of the cache and a diskclean really refreshed things with the Sque

Re: [slim] New "Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch" spotted !!

ing on the computer, I'll be buying one pretty soon. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea

Re: [slim] Napster not a bargain in the UK?

I tend to find that it works best for me to add to the library on the PC then play it from the Squeezebox. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View

Re: [slim] Napster not a bargain in the UK?

streamed files on Napster are different to the files that you download. I've found it a good way of pre-auditioning and ruling out CDs that I would have bought and have been dissappointed in. I'd give it 7/10. I still use Last.FM more. I'll pro

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

With the Iplayer plugin installed, I'm really happy with the BBC. It seems to be a simple, very good piece of work that Logitech should be doing. There's the odd missing programme but very rarely. Hopefully, it will continue to work like this. -- Hecto

Re: [slim] What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

alias, my mother told > me she always used to call my Dad Strindberg because of his brooding > character. So perhaps I inherited the nickname without realizing it. Mine's a writer too but it's the real name of an English Edwardian humourist and poet who wrote und

Re: [slim] NYTimes - Cisco to enter the Home Digital Entertainment Market

jt25741;381856 Wrote: > No native FLAC in the player? Transcoding necesssary.802.11n will > be needed even more pushing around uncompressed filesgood for the > business of anyone who sells such devices :) Yes, that is a major problem. -- Hector

Re: [slim] NYTimes - Cisco to enter the Home Digital Entertainment Market

as well. It'll be interesting to see the Mk2. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

eel I have to make the choice. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

The price is fine IMO. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] SB3 / Classic and New Cambridge Audio DACMagic

If you're interested in British designed DACS, the new version of the Beresford is apparently just available. The 6/4. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?us

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

I'd like to add my voice to say that the screenshots look terrific. I'd be a buyer for this. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View th

Re: [slim] What Wi-Fi Router For UK?

el 2 and they also stayed at those speeds for the longest time so I went with the trial-and-error results. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread

Re: [slim] What Wi-Fi Router For UK?

Basically, everyone in my street was using channel 1 and when I moved to channel 2, my speed went from 130 Mbps to 270 Mbps. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

Incidentally, I would be absolutely happy to pay a reasonable amount for a Slimdevices Iphone/Touch app. if that's what it takes to get it going. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

e ever used before. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54336

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

g to make a business out of just selling one unit for £100 rather than two for £240-£280. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://

Re: [slim] The perfect Squeezebox?

eed on the Duet Handset and an edition of Squeezecentre which uses less memory. Also, I'd like to have something like a Duet that can be used as a standalone unit with a USB drive full of music without the PC. It's useful to have 'what we want' t

Re: [slim] AlienBBC - BBC Radio. Why not core component of SlimCenter?

in) compared to most others and if BBC listening was part of the core functionality, it might be used more - especially given that data rates are increasing. Realaudio support is a bit of a red herring. The BBC clearly don't plan to use in the long term future. -- HectorHughMunro ---

Re: [slim] AlienBBC - BBC Radio. Why not core component of SlimCenter?

m MP2. The last I listened (one or two weeks ago), they were not as good as the MP2 from DAB radio. They're not bad but certainly not hifi yet. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [slim] AlienBBC - BBC Radio. Why not core component of SlimCenter?

the Foreign office and not from the licence fee. I think that I may be forced towards using a Netbook and a Bluetooth DAC to get radio on demand in to the stereo. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http:/

Re: [slim] AlienBBC - BBC Radio. Why not core component of SlimCenter?

rather than an independant 3rd party developer. I appreciate the work that the AlienBBC team has put in though. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 Vi

Re: [slim] one album shows as four albums?

I've had this as well & only solved it by deleting the albumn and reconverting it from CD through EAC. The albumns that were affected were the ones that were converted in Yahoo Music Engine. For some reason, changing the tags simply did not work. -- Hector

Re: [slim] Jazz internet radio recommendations

Try TSF which is a station based in Paris. It's on Shoutcast. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimd

Re: [slim] Logitech Squeezebox Boom?

is still on FM though this may change. Internet radio in the UK is still in development to some extent. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 Vi

Re: [slim] Logitech Squeezebox Boom?

Mitch Harding;326786 Wrote: > What exactly would be unethical about it? It's their forum! > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:56 PM, HectorHughMunro > forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > > > Espen;326660 Wrote: > >> As I said in another thread that got remove

Re: [slim] Logitech Squeezebox Boom?

Espen;326660 Wrote: > As I said in another thread that got removed. More to spend money on :) > There is a user manual (pdf) to download if one search for "boom" on > the > front page. Lots of details. Is that really ethical to remove a thread for that reason?

Re: [slim] bye squeeze, hello ipod

ility in the next Duet iteration. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showt

Re: [slim] bye squeeze, hello ipod

our is that it's stable enough and simple enough to get my wife to maybe use it. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: h

Re: [slim] What Anti-Virus software do you use

it's default settings, it presented no barrier to Squeezecentre. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimd

Re: [slim] bye squeeze, hello ipod

trol Itunes but in actual use, there are likely to be varying degrees of stability and functionality. Dogs and fish can both swim, but they're not equally good at it! -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: h

[slim] Finding a DC plug for a Duet is a Pain

it. I've found a couple of plugs that are to spec but only from wholesalers and not retail suppliers. When you come to do the Duet Mk2, PLEASE consider a different fitting. It will enable your UK and European customers to more easily use linear power supplies.

Re: [slim] bye squeeze, hello ipod

is as good or better. The main fault of the Squeezebox IMO is the way it copes when it loses connection. The UI on the Touch is years ahead of the one on the Duet handset albeit on a much more expensive device. -- HectorHughMunro ---

Re: [slim] How to Remove Scratches on SB3?

Silver polish would be the finest. I used to use Brasso on my Ipod 4G Photo with some success. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread:

Re: [slim] I intend to buy a Duet Squeezebox but it lacks USB port for USB HDD(with mp3 etc)

expensive and allegedly with an interface that is not the friendliest). -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] best stand-alone seakers to connect a SB3 to?

along the bottom. > > I would not want them in my living room - they look tacky. That's disappointing - Mine are in the post. The website has changed to describe them as 'Satin Black'. -- HectorHughMunro --

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

HectorHughMunro;291556 Wrote: > So do we know what routers are rock solid with the Duet? > > I've got a Netgear DG834N and unfortunately I am experiencing some of > these problems. Currently running the most up to date software on the > controller and 7.0/22 on the Squeez

Re: [slim] best stand-alone seakers to connect a SB3 to?

cing policy. UK and US pricing seems very close where with some other products from other companies, 60-100% markups are not uncommon. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://foru

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

to listed to Internet radio (since my MP3 > library was no longer accessible). > > I think the Slim team is doing a wonderful job posting frequent > updates. They are definitely on top of the issues. I agree with this. Once it's going, it's fine. I don't have my PC

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

tion every three days of so. Takes me about 40 minutes or so to get a connection again. Upgrading tonight to 7.01/23 to see if it makes a difference. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.

Re: [slim] Duet Software update

HectorHughMunro;290975 Wrote: > So do BOTH the receiver and the handset get updated automatically? To answer my own question (should have RTBM! It's in the appendix on page 30), yes the receiver does auto update. The button flashes white to let you know it's doing it. -- He

Re: [slim] Duet Software update

So do BOTH the receiver and the handset get updated automatically? -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice