Re: [slim] iPad app doesn't see new New Music

2015-07-21 Thread pablolie
standard squeezebox app from app store. ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.3 on VMware Player System: SB Touch --optical-- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR-- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval-- Totem Element Fire Other Rooms: 2x SB

[slim] iPad app doesn't see new New Music

2015-07-21 Thread pablolie
Interesting. I have a rather large collection (Total Tracks: 36,508 Total Albums: 3,627). As I got some new stuff over the last 2 weeks, the iPad which I use as a a remote has stopped seeing the new albums - it's stuck in the past. The web app does see them no problem. The android app on my

Re: [slim] iPad app doesn't see new New Music

2015-07-21 Thread pablolie
ok. complete rescan from scratch fixed it. ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.3 on VMware Player System: SB Touch --optical-- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR-- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval-- Totem Element Fire Other Rooms: 2x SB

Re: [slim] Subwoofer with Duet/Classic

2015-02-09 Thread pablolie
the SB Boom does a very good jopb at feeding a sub through the audio out. doing so produces an amazing effect, it allwed the Boom to fill my large garage with Gym with very high quality sound. now there are an increasing number of DACs and Integrated Amps with the ability to offer separate,

Re: [slim] new weird behavior...

2014-12-16 Thread pablolie
thanks a lot for the pointer - that's exactly the issue. strange that it now rears its head in my trusty stable configuration. guess an Ubuntu OS update introduced it. ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.3 on VMware Player System: SB Touch --optical-- Benchmark

[slim] new weird behavior...

2014-12-15 Thread pablolie
as of the last 2 weeks, with the config in my sig, this has started to happen... the current song shows, but the other songs in the playlist don't show and i get the loading sign. if i restart LMS then it works again for a day or two, and then it happens again... anyone can imagine why?

Re: [slim] new weird behavior...

2014-12-15 Thread pablolie
nothing today... i get a couple of these [14-12-14 20:06:17.4291] Slim::Utils::Scanner::scanDirectory (318) Found 7 files in /media/1TB/MyMusic/Luther Vandross/Busy Body [14-12-14 20:06:22.1592] Slim::Utils::Scanner::scanDirectory (318) Found 9 files in /media/1TB/MyMusic/Luther Vandross/Any

[slim] Dummy Guide on DIY SqueezeBox based on RPie?

2014-12-12 Thread pablolie
just looking for a very simply guide? the ones i find are distributed all over the place in different wikis. it seems the state of art for nextgen SB is still quite complicated :-) ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.3 on VMware Player System: SB Touch --optical--

Re: [slim] Dummy Guide on DIY SqueezeBox based on RPie?

2014-12-12 Thread pablolie
Thank you so much everybody!!! ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.3 on VMware Player System: SB Touch --optical-- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR-- Creek Destiny Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval-- KEF LS50 Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB

Re: [slim] OT - What's your mobile music setup?

2014-11-11 Thread pablolie
FLACs (for jazz and classical) and MP3s on Samsung S5, and Shure SE530 that provide complete isolation even in loud environments. I fly and travel a fair amount, and need good music to relax during travel or before going to sleep. An important combo for me, hence the relatively pricey in ear

Re: [slim] Wrong transcoding settings to MP3 in default install?

2014-11-06 Thread pablolie
wait a second - are you telling me even when under advancedfile formatsmp3 everything is set to native some transcoding takes place? now i don't understand how any of this works or why we bother to set up advancedfile formats. i thought the whole point is things go to the box transparently, and

Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-18 Thread pablolie
Jeff_G wrote: It is a risk buying something that is no longer in production and there is nobody who can repair it. But as my SB3 is still going strong, I'm taking the chance. I'm not entirely happy that the Transporter is going from California to Erlanger, KY, and then finally shipped to

Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-16 Thread pablolie
Jeff_G wrote: I went for the Transporter. I hope it will last a while. Just like anything, it could last few days, it could last a decade or more. I've had the SB3 since 2007 I guess, it's SlimDevices one and I've had no problems at all. Now waiting for the seller to ship it. Paid on

Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-13 Thread pablolie
Jeff_G wrote: I think I may go for the Transporter. It looks the business and I like the idea of the large display. Buying it from the US, I guess a travel plug US to UK will be needed. I don't need to worry about the 240V I guess? If I need to use the unit itself, the one without the

Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-12 Thread pablolie
garym wrote: I've not been able to detect a difference between my TOUCH vs TOUCH Benchmark DAC I (connected via S/PDIF coax). It was only a single blind test, but my indentification of what I was listening to turned out to be random. And I have a decent setup. I have a Touch feeding into

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread pablolie
dafiend wrote: .. All properly designed DACs should be transparent (i.e., sound the same). .. I hope you are not including the ones provided in every computer, smartphone or tablet as part of those. There are plenty of poorly or cheaply designed DACs out there, then :-) I agree that

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread pablolie
dafiend wrote: ... Your perceived difference in sound quality is likely a placebo effect. Yes, your Benchmark DAC likely measures better than many other gear, but there's a point where differences are too small to be perceived by human hearing. That I decisively disagree with. I can

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread pablolie
Julf wrote: So when only using their analog sections? The data comes into either device as a digital stream (PCM out of the Touch for the Benchmark, USB from the computer to the AE D1), so they do the DA conversion and -let's say for the first test- send it out to the headphone output. Both

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread pablolie
dafiend wrote: I'm not sure it's worth digging deeper into this. If I remember correctly, the original poster didn't mention anything about headphones. your comment was a reply to mine, not to the OP. That said, I abhor theatrical diatribe, and even though I know I can prove my point about

Re: [slim] What else is out there?

2014-10-07 Thread pablolie
serge789 wrote: Try to build the Raspery and use an external DAC like this: http://www.thomann.de/de/teac_ud_501_b.htm to me the issue is... once my (significant) collection of SB devices go why keep investing in HW if the SW component looks vulnerable? I think I said back in 2006 that I

Re: [slim] Replacement system recommendations

2014-09-18 Thread pablolie
cliveb wrote: Sorry, am I missing something here? .. using things like RaspPi/Odroid/Wandboard/etc? i still miss a good primer on this. there's always a reference it's around somewhere, but is there an idiot's quide to building a community squeezebox replacement somewhere? or can we buy a

Re: [slim] Connection timeouts

2014-08-09 Thread pablolie
i desisted to try to use WOL, i could never get it to work so it wouldn't irritate me. hence i built a relatively low power but good performance machine that i just leave always on. shame. if anyone has a fool-proof method i am also very interested. then again my stereo pulls 80w in standby mode,

Re: [slim] Bizarre error

2014-08-07 Thread pablolie
Thanks everybody. An advantage of having a copy of the original, freshly configured VM is that if anything weird happens, I can just go and either save or delete the current VM, and load one that always works. All I have to do is run a scan, done, it all works as if freshly configured. :-) I

[slim] Bizarre error

2014-08-06 Thread pablolie
Out of nowhere the LMS web interface doesn't load, it hangs with Loading Logitech Media Server... (see attached) I assume some file needs to be deleted somewhere in some directory? I am using Ubuntu (in a VM, screenshot is from main Win7, behavior is identical on any browser) and documentation

Re: [slim] The failure of CDs

2014-05-14 Thread pablolie
i have some CDs that i burned over 14 years ago that have started to fail. they were burned to be in the car, so they were exposed to high temps, i am sure. none of my purchased CDs -and if memory serves i switched from vinyl to CD format in 1988 or so- has ever failed. then again, i have had

Re: [slim] Changing to OS Windows 7 or 8.

2014-04-03 Thread pablolie
i got sick of porting and re-configuring applications. so for stuff like LMS i simply configured a stable dedicated VM running a long-term support Ubuntu kernel (12.04 right now) with LMS on top. And then run in on VM Player, and then the underlying machine doesn't matter. you could do the same

Re: [slim] 7.7.4?

2014-02-22 Thread pablolie
Indeed it it the 7.7.3. firmware update, the 7.7.4 is in the nightly beta folder. Like another gentleman answering this thread, I have disabled updates. Thanks! ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.3 on VMware Player System: SB Touch --optical-- Benchmark DAC2HGC

[slim] 7.7.4?

2014-02-21 Thread pablolie
i see there is a new version of the stable to download. in fact i noticed because my SB Touch just demanded i download a new SW version, i could not click out of it, but it was still 7.7.3 (which i already had, i suppose it wanted new FW). in any case, i see no documentation on what's new

Re: [slim] Transporter or Touch?

2014-01-09 Thread pablolie
really, you are much better off spending your money on a good external DAC, and feeding it from any SB - Touch or SB3. i used to want to buy a Transporter but all the spots where taken, and as i recently built my new system (see Pics of your system) i got a Benchmark DAC2HGC (which is superb),

Re: [slim] Thinking about my Squeezebox/LMS future

2014-01-08 Thread pablolie
I would hope that, if Logitech pulls the plug on msb.com, they would release a final LMS version without hooks to it... Even if they don't the SB work ok without SB access. I don't listen to internet radio nor do I ever use msb.com, to me it is always about streaming FLAC or MP3 files from

Re: [slim] Pandora no longer working since August 30th on Squeezebox

2013-09-02 Thread pablolie
It works for me in the USA at 128k of course. The odd thing is one of my Booms shows 2 menu entries for Pandora. ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.2 on VMware Player Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Touch (1), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC for

Re: [slim] SB Touch Prices...

2013-06-01 Thread pablolie
Corelli45 wrote: You're better off getting a Wandboard or a Pi. I have a pi running LMS and Squeezelite player controlled by my iPad. Works great and sound quality is on a par with the SBT. Better still it has cost much less than the Touch. Really? I always heard the audio on the Pi was

[slim] Pandora now missing from Web IF...?

2013-05-30 Thread pablolie
Suddenly I notice that the Pandora tab in the Web IF to control the SBoxen in my household. Anyone know how to get it back onto the home or even Apps? pablolie's Profile:

Re: [slim] Pandora now missing from Web IF...?

2013-05-30 Thread pablolie
That's what it is set to. Weird. pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98875

Re: [slim] Pandora now missing from Web IF...?

2013-05-30 Thread pablolie
Ah. Somehow the mysb.com account-password had been forgotten. If you want to play Pandora you *must* have a valid mysb account set up end entered in LMS. pablolie's Profile:

[slim] SB Touch Prices...

2013-05-27 Thread pablolie
...wow. For the first time I checked into stocking one for the future. Fair pricing for the SBv3, but the SBvTouch is out of control. If I was in Logitech it would make me go hm... how about a 'limited' edition production run at $349?. There seems to be a very strong demand out there, otherwise

[slim] How to Future-Proof your SB Setup

2013-04-04 Thread pablolie
While I am excited to see some plans about Open Source support for the platform, on the other hand I am pragmatic and I guess I think a thread on how to keep the SB investment going, longer term, in a constantly evolving OS environment, can work. I have a number of SB3, SB Boom, SB Touch and SB

Re: [slim] Blog.Logitech: An Open Letter to Squeezebox Fans

2012-11-12 Thread pablolie
To me, the only important thing is that Logitech releases an open source version of the code that allows the devices to run without mysqueezebox.com. The user community can probably take it from there. For that matter - where is the source code for LMS? I have looked online and it isn't easy to

Re: [slim] Blog.Logitech: An Open Letter to Squeezebox Fans

2012-11-12 Thread pablolie
pippin wrote: .. The code is all open Source. The stuff that is not open source is graphics/logos/text. You can't expect all the 3rd-party interfaces to be open source. As of my experience, all of these require proprietary interfaces to 3rd party APIs (after all, that's what they are

Re: [slim] Blog.Logitech: An Open Letter to Squeezebox Fans

2012-11-12 Thread pablolie
azinck3 wrote: That's essentially what LMS *is*. A username/password on mysqueezebox.com is not required. I dispute that - the install will not proceed without the mysqueezebox.com user-pwd info. pablolie's Profile:

[slim] LMS will not detect new songs...

2012-10-26 Thread pablolie
So I have a sizeable library (over 30k songs), but for the first time, LMS will not include new songs (MP3s) I got. They don't show up under New Music, and if I manually navigate to the folder, it will declare it empty... despite the fact the siongs are there. Clear and Rescan doesn't do the

Re: [slim] What if Logitech pulls the plug

2012-08-11 Thread pablolie
I think such trends in the end are cyclical and transitory. It is also merely an expression of the way stuff is marketed and current Zeitgesit - which can change at the drop of a dime. :) Furthermore, I think in this forum you have a somewhat distorted probe of people in general. I think that it

Re: [slim] What if Logitech pulls the plug

2012-08-11 Thread pablolie
mlsstl wrote: ... the more common was of enjoying popular music for most of the 140 year history of music sales to the public. Interesting message. I am aware the debate is about recorded music. Let us not forget the music ideal, despite its sometimes compromised audiop quality, is the

Re: [slim] How large is your local music library ?

2012-07-06 Thread pablolie
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95676 Question:

Re: [slim] How large is your local music library ?

2012-07-06 Thread pablolie
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95676 Question:

Re: [slim] What if Logitech pulls the plug

2012-07-02 Thread pablolie
erland wrote: It has been said before, but I can say it again, audio and video is two completely different use cases. It can make sense to mix them in the same device in the living room, but it doesn't make sense to mix them in the player you want to have in the bedroom, kitchen and outside

Re: [slim] Duet Tempermental again...

2012-07-01 Thread pablolie
Since no other device has ever complained about the wireless routers (and I have had 3 different ones sincde the Duet was caled top duty), no, it is the Duet, not the wireless access point. pablolie's Profile:

[slim] Duet Tempermental again...

2012-06-30 Thread pablolie
...this is my least fav product ever. I regreat the day I got one. Now, again, it refuses to connect to the server. Every time I end up in the try again screen. Every other device in the house (several SB3s, Booms, Radio and Touch) are very happily connected to the server (7.7.2). The Duet has

Re: [slim] Duet Tempermental again...

2012-06-30 Thread pablolie
I did the factory reset, and of course it worked (as I knew it would). This happens about 2-3 times a year with the Duet. I will probably put it on Ebay in the next few weeks, I have a spare multipurpose SB3 that I will use for bedroom duty.

Re: [slim] What if Logitech pulls the plug

2012-06-30 Thread pablolie
The key here is to define work - would the software continue to be officially worked on and thus available for new OS updates that, over time, are sure to obsolete any application frozen in time? No. However, the way I see it, for the foreseeable future it is easy to create a dedicated

Re: [slim] What should be in the next version of SqueezePad ?

2012-03-22 Thread pablolie
myself adding songs to playlists feeling a bit of dread, since one wrong touch means the active plalist will get wiped out. Make no mistake buttons would help. In my opinion, the current apply pressure on song/album until options pop up is error prone and unintuitive. -- pablolie ...pablo Server

Re: [slim] Dear Squeezebox, still love you

2012-03-04 Thread pablolie
product i could use to replace my SB, and i think it'd be tragically silly of Logitech to abandon or reinvent the concept against some other flawed premise (such as the revue, which i bought and gave away). -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu 11.04 - SBS 7.6.1

Re: [slim] Thank you Slim Devices.

2011-12-06 Thread pablolie
loves her SB Radio, which allows her to listen to stations from the mother country all day long. Thank you Logitech via SlimDevices :) -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu 11.04 - SBS 7.6.0 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Touch (1), Duet (1), Radio (1

Re: [slim] Any new Squeezebox Devices on the horizon?

2011-10-20 Thread pablolie
that automatically FLACs any analog source that flows through its DA and sends it back to the server, and prompts you to name it from the UI? I still have analog material I have not converted because of the cumbersome factor... I can't think I am the only one. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel

Re: [slim] 7.6 Plalist Bug: Added albums played as if Shuffle was off even when Player (touch)..

2011-08-01 Thread pablolie
today. Thanks for following up. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu 11.04 - SBS 7.6.0 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Touch (1), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC for SB3 mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers

Re: [slim] 7.6 is totally broken

2011-08-01 Thread pablolie
Are all problems Windows and perhaps specifically Vista OS related? Things seem to run OK in Linux land, the usual quirk or two excepted here and there... -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu 11.04 - SBS 7.6.0 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Touch (1

[slim] 7.6 Plalist Bug: Added albums played as if Shuffle was off even when Player (touch)..

2011-07-31 Thread pablolie
...is in shuffle by song mode -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu 11.04 - SBS 7.6.0 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Touch (1), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC for SB3 mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers

Re: [slim] 7.6 is totally broken

2011-07-30 Thread pablolie
On Ubuntu Linux 11.04, no issues thus far. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu 11.04 - SBS 7.6.0 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Touch (1), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC for SB3 mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22

[slim] New Drive - what to do with playlists?

2011-07-24 Thread pablolie
anyone has any suggestions on how to most effectively migrate playlists? I have a Linux system, it keeps drive names in the playlists as a reference. I guess I should have thought about it when naming my drives... :D -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread pablolie
-linux-gnu-thread-multi MySQL Version: 5.1.54-1ubuntu4 -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu 11.04 - SBS 7.5.5 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers

Re: [slim] NEW SB hardware?

2011-06-28 Thread pablolie
) as opposed to just hitting +... -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu 11.04 - SBS 7.5.4 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower

Re: [slim] NAS -- Basic Guidance Appreciated

2011-06-27 Thread pablolie
with the performance of SBS on the DS209, i find the immediate response i get of the desktop machine more satisfying. so for now the DS209 is a backup server that also has 1:1 RAID redundancy. i do not eliminate running SBS on the DS209 in the future though. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX

Re: [slim] Sean and Dean - We Want You Back!

2011-06-13 Thread pablolie
. Will it be a large enough market for Logitech? Not sure, but that's a different question, and I am sure the market is large enough to attract someone's attention and cater to the SB installed base no matter what. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu 11.04 - SBS

Re: [slim] What The **** Do I Need?

2011-06-09 Thread pablolie
in this market - from audiophile to utter portability it has covered every need I have ever had. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu 11.04 - SBS 7.5.4 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers

Re: [slim] What The **** Do I Need?

2011-06-09 Thread pablolie
, a unique aspect about the product is its open source nature, and as such I think it's pretty sure it'll never die... I somehow think we users will keep meeting in these forums for many years to come, which is quite unique for product forums. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel

Re: [slim] SBS + Synology ds211+, Disk Hibernation

2011-05-21 Thread pablolie
i own a DS209. the idea was to use it as the main SBS, but the overall responsiveness was a bit underwhelming. i shall test it with 7.5.3 to see if i also observe the same problem. there have been issues around power saving before with SBS running on Synology stuff. -- pablolie ...pablo

[slim] 7.5.4 Release Notes?

2011-05-16 Thread pablolie
on Logitech, best practices...? -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu 11.04 - SBS 7.5.4 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower

Re: [slim] New computer to act as server..?

2011-05-07 Thread pablolie
can be a bit finicky to really get to work in Windows given the vast array pf possible hardware. So I would not 100% count on it to work. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel D510MO - Ubuntu 10.04LTS - SBS 7.5.3 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v

Re: [slim] New computer to act as server..?

2011-05-03 Thread pablolie
. There are now excellent Intel lga1155 boards that have both a lot of umph, aggressive power management features, and fit into a miniITX board that is whisper quiet. For a silent system you ahve to do some research before you buy the components, though - I recommend silentpcreview.com. -- pablolie ...pablo

Re: [slim] SB release 7.5.3: Unreliable. Anyone else?

2011-03-06 Thread pablolie
on Linux - maybe the instabilities are platform dependent? In any case, I am glad I have observed no major issues. Then again, I have not experienced major benefits or changes, either, but I try to keep up with stable releases. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel D510MO - Ubuntu

[slim] Synchronization between SBS and mysqueezebox.com

2010-09-14 Thread pablolie
different. I'd like to advocate that (a) the settings and favorites are implemented consistently on either side, and that (b) a backup and restore function is implemented in mysq.com, it'd be very cool to be able to store my config in the cloud. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D

Re: [slim] recommendations for powered speakers with classic

2010-08-18 Thread pablolie
I own both the A5 and the Aego M, and think they represent excellent value. 2 years ago I had to move for over a year to a remote location for work. I could not take my full blown home system with me, but the A5s and a SB3 kept me listening music. Highly recommended. -- pablolie ...pablo

[slim] 7.5.1 internet radio issues...

2010-08-05 Thread pablolie
to have her complain about my unreliable radio toys. she has a Radio in her room, but the Boom did not perform better. Please Logitech... -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 10.04LTS - SBS 7.5.0 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC

Re: [slim] Looking for outdoor speakers

2010-06-12 Thread pablolie
will connect a SB3 to the amp whenever I play music (I don't leave the SB3 outside). -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 10.04LTS - SBS 7.4.2 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22

Re: [slim] Looking for outdoor speakers

2010-06-12 Thread pablolie
i definitely think so. outdoors is a terrible listening environment anyhow, and neighbors typically don't appreciate adequate volume levels for active music listening. :-) i do think the Boom could do the job (at least for me) -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 10.04LTS - SBS

Re: [slim] Bye bye to Boom and Transporter....

2010-05-16 Thread pablolie
is no longer upgraded. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 10.04LTS - SBS 7.4.2 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower (tuned) - Audioengine 5/S8

Re: [slim] Network Architecture Question

2010-04-21 Thread pablolie
issues, ever. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 10.04LTS - SBS 7.4.2 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower (tuned) - Audioengine 5/S8 - Acoustic Energy

Re: [slim] Ideas for improving the sync-experience

2010-02-19 Thread pablolie
optimized to allow synchronization? Strictly the Receiver. It will also have questionable synch with the controller on such occasions. The log never shows that anything went wrong though. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1

Re: [slim] Ideas for improving the sync-experience

2010-02-18 Thread pablolie
of synch, and then there are several seconds of pause. Typically early in the song. This iad worked perfectly previously. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2010-02-06 Thread pablolie
for at least an hour a day while I work out in the morning.. This is something that 7.4.1 introduced, I very very very seldom saw this type of behavior before. I think it may be a synching issue. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1

Re: [slim] Good Server Hardware Option

2010-02-06 Thread pablolie
, which of course makes it very snappy when booting, and further increases power efficiency. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22

Re: [slim] Dropping support for previous hardware ?

2010-02-05 Thread pablolie
. :-) Moore's Law always gets us into these paradigm shifts. :-) -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower

Re: [slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-03 Thread pablolie
system file that lacks the flexibility to cope with incremental changes. It's a binary status quo cast in stone or start from scratch proposition. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Accuphase DP65v CD Amplifier

Re: [slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-03 Thread pablolie
it also overwrote other settings it keeps there, but it also (luckily) seems that mysb.com doesn't care about all player settings, just some of them (the subwoo line out off the Boom is just one very visible example I seemed to notice). -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS

Re: [slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-03 Thread pablolie
| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9198| +---+ -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Accuphase DP65v CD Amplifier: Accuphase

Re: [slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-03 Thread pablolie
been opened? I will gladly do so now that we have collectively defined the accurate problem description. :) -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase

Re: [slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-03 Thread pablolie
resulted. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower (tuned) - Audioengine 5/S8 - Acoustic Energy

Re: [slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-03 Thread pablolie
is totally sufficient... -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower (tuned) - Audioengine 5/S8

Re: [slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-03 Thread pablolie
connected to mysb.com directly, only and exclusively to SBS. But the mysb.com settings were written to every player and overwrote the SBS settings. And the Duet went a bit crazy until it was reset and SBS restarted. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3

Re: [slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-03 Thread pablolie
me given the issue I faced. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower (tuned) - Audioengine 5/S8

[slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-02 Thread pablolie
the settings in my setup... and screwed them up in my entire configuration. What the hell, really. AGH. I am very very aggravated by this. All my menu setups. All my audio setup and synch settings. My customized display formats. All. AGH. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS

Re: [slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-02 Thread pablolie
again. The backup option I am talking about is a backup .bin file for every squeezebox that can be restored. Every wireless device has one. Copying around system files is *not* a stable backup solution, and in this case does not work at all. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu

Re: [slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-02 Thread pablolie
Adding a Radio did this. Now my Duet is in some weird loop too. Agh. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Accuphase DP65v CD Amplifier: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower (tuned

Re: [slim] Why... oh why...

2010-02-02 Thread pablolie
of forward compatibility is the way to stay... -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Accuphase DP65v CD Amplifier: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower (tuned) - Audioengine 5/S8 - Acoustic Energy Aego

Re: [slim] The competition is catching up and some surpassing Squeezebox...fast!

2010-01-27 Thread pablolie
think the client had to become smarter from an interface point of view, yet remains lightweight from a music path point of view. it is the best of all worlds. Logitech has this nearly won: the interface is pretty, the box very flexible, the cost point just right. -- pablolie ...pablo Server

Re: [slim] Logitech - please work with Pandora for 192kbps streaming!

2010-01-20 Thread pablolie
it compelling enough: customers ask for it, plus more music with very good quality (which 192 represents, 128 is a tad bland for good jazz and classical recordings) to more clients... sounds like a common sense bet for them. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1

Re: [slim] two questions: AAC+ and ipv6

2010-01-20 Thread pablolie
blocks are being constantly reallocated, and there is a lot of wasted space that can be freed up. between that and NAT, it seems to have legs for a while. :-) -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Accuphase DP65v CD Amplifier

Re: [slim] FLAC problems / Squeezebox 2

2010-01-20 Thread pablolie
SBS. i have an always on computer that acts as my SBS server, but every 2 months or so something weird will happen where i'll have to powercycle the player or restart the server. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1

Re: [slim] Recent update?

2010-01-16 Thread pablolie
what i have now discovered a few days later is that my preferences were obliterated. SBS all by itself went back to a default conf file or something, and utterly forgot about my stuff. has anyone else experienced this? -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1

[slim] Recent update?

2010-01-12 Thread pablolie
on that. even though the version shows as 7.4.1, i must wonder whether something got updated that i am not aware of? -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 8.04LTS - SBS 7.4.1 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Accuphase DP65v CD Amplifier: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers

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