Re: [slim] MOG was the last straw: Moving to the dark side (Sonos)

2014-02-23 Thread Viventis
GeeJay wrote: > Has Sonos introduced the concept of rating music and creating dynamic > playlists based on those ratings? That's the thing that kept me away > before. I think it's pretty cool how mherger was able to integrate > Smart Mix with erland's suite of plug-ins.I am not yet a Sonos expe

Re: [slim] MOG was the last straw: Moving to the dark side (Sonos)

2014-02-09 Thread Viventis
GeeJay wrote: > The possibilities of integrating my local music and Spotify through the > Smart Mix app is what has me seriously considering subscribing. > Sonos natively allows the creation of a queue mixing music from your home collection and streaming services. I just created a short mix of m

Re: [slim] MOG was the last straw: Moving to the dark side (Sonos)

2014-02-09 Thread Viventis
aubuti wrote: > What "mod"? There's no mod required to run Spotify on a Duet Receiver. > Just the right plugin. > Likewise, other than the problems of the past couple weeks, Rhapsody > works fine on a Touch.I meant the Triode Plugin. I still had problems with > the Duet and Spotify. One song

Re: [slim] MOG was the last straw: Moving to the dark side (Sonos)

2014-02-04 Thread Viventis
JJZolx wrote: > I think people who are primarily interested in playing streaming online > music services should probably be using some other platform.The biggest > bummer with Sonos is that I can't use my computer as a synced player. Actually, the $$$ is the biggest bummer. ---

Re: [slim] MOG was the last straw: Moving to the dark side (Sonos)

2014-02-04 Thread Viventis
TimT wrote: > Glad you found that Sonos better meets your needs. Now that your Touch > is worthless to you, send it to me.I have the Touch and ZP80 separately > connected to my main system. (A-B tests show no difference that I can hear) Once I get more Sonos parts, I will be selling my Squeezebo

[slim] MOG was the last straw: Moving to the dark side (Sonos)

2014-02-04 Thread Viventis
I have been a loyal Squeezebox owner for years. I have owned a Classic v3 (burned out in the sun), a Duet, a Touch and two Radios. My main use of the system is to stream from a premium music service. I tried Spotify, but it doesn't work with my Duet (I tried the mod). I switched to Rhapsody, b

Re: [slim] MOG issues

2013-08-03 Thread Viventis
gocubs42 wrote: > For the last two days issues with MOG via LMS skips songs due to time > outs, or the album just doesn't start to play. I stopped and restarted > the server,the Touch and IPeng with no success. Playing MOG from the > browser on my Mac works just greatanyone else having issues

[slim] Using Radio headphone out to connect to powered speakers. Sound quality?

2013-06-21 Thread Viventis
of the Squeezebox radio is stereo, rather than mono. Has anyone used the radio headphone jack to run powered speakers? What is the quality compared to say, a Squeezebox Classic? I was using a Classic to run some powered speakers and also hooking it up to a PA system. The Classic died and the p