Im pretty hoocked on bying a squeezebox BUT.
The soundbridge is an option and af far as i can see it does everythin
the squeezebox does plus beeing mouch more autonome (can function with
upnp alone. Unfortunately it is really ugly.
I havo now been throug lots of reviews but noboddy addressed the
It does less?
News to me...
It also sounds better, since it doesn't resample everything.
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snarlydwarf;238939 Wrote:
It does less?
News to me...
It also sounds better, since it doesn't resample everything.
I think he means it's better because it's autonomous - it doesn't
REQUIRE a server, just a UPNP server (or a Samba share?). Maybe I'm
just confused.. it's been a while
snarlydwarf;238939 Wrote:
It does less?
News to me...
It also sounds better, since it doesn't resample everything.
Guessed so, since it only plays an mp3 stream i thought it needed a
much smaler cpu, am I wrong ?
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ejevs
The Soundbridge takes CD-type input (44.1kHz sampling) and resamples to
48kHz. That degrades quality. (You can see the effect visually by
resizing an image to a non-multiple. The real world doesn't work like
TV where CSI can enlarge a photo to infinite resolution... what happens
when you
And more little we cut corners things:
M1001: 280x16 VFD (4480 pixels)
SB3: 320x32 grayscale pixels (10240 pixels).
No wonder the display looks so icky in the Soundbridge pics.
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The Roku is basically a knockoff of our old SB2.
You can go with the BMW or the Hyundai. They both do the same thing,
but one is definitely superior to the other.
Mike
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Quoting snarlydwarf ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
The Soundbridge takes CD-type input (44.1kHz sampling) and resamples to
48kHz. That degrades quality. (You can see the effect visually by
resizing an image to a non-multiple. The real world doesn't work like
TV where CSI can enlarge a photo to
Thanks for the input.
I could newer afford a BMW.
Musicquality matters, as I intend to use i with a nice system
Display does not (if it did I proberly would get a sonos)
Opensource matters two (I'm listening to slimserver with softsqueeze
right now)
But to summerize:
Soundbridge would connect to
Dave Dewey;238963 Wrote:
And that FLAC support is through transcoding to mp3, right? It
doesn't support FLAC in hardware.
Well the Soundbridge says it does WAV, so their ancient version of
SlimServer could transcode to WAV... (only to have it resampled to
48kHz...)
I'm very interested
Actually, soundbridge emulates a Squeezebox _1_ (2003), but since it has
a different button arrangement, it doesn't even do that correctly.
Ejevs, if you are really on the fence then I would recommend buying
both and returning whichever one doesn't work for you.
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A key differentiating feature that I see is gapless support with both
lossless (FLAC, etc.) and LAME mp3 formats. I've seen discussion of
gapless support in the Roku forums and to my knowledge the feature has
never been delivered.
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maggior
http://forums.rokulabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7009
The above post discusses a noise problem introduced in M1001 due to
hardware redesign. There are many complaints about the noise in this
model because of its re-sampling.
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ejevs;238962 Wrote:
Thanks for the input.
I could newer afford a BMW.
Well, the price difference in this case is a hundred bucks not
thousands...
Musicquality matters, as I intend to use i with a nice system
The SB3 easily wins that.
Display does not (if it did I proberly would get a
I'm afraid you didn't understand the analogy...
The Roku is inferior in almost every way.
DAC, Signal to noise ratio, formats supported, software, support,
construction, wireless spec and wireless security. Go compare the spec,
and make sure you are looking at the m1000 and not m500 specs as
ejevs wrote:
Im pretty hoocked on bying a squeezebox BUT.
The soundbridge is an option and af far as i can see it does everythin
the squeezebox does
Most of us don't agree that it does everything, And its clear it does
not do what it tries to do as well.
More importantly, the SB3 is
Just a note that we support AES/TKIP WPA2, not the server based
enterprise stuff.
Mike
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Incredible, i posted this question about an hour ago.
And am now convinced that this is the right bye for my studio (and
later proberly also home), I was already convinced but then the last
post nailed it reg. WPA2 support, theres is no way i'm gonna settle for
WEP at work.
I be back when I got
For the sake of being correct.
The M1001 which replaced the original M1000 supports WPA but because of
confusion with users Roku now call the M1001 - M1000. So now there are
two different specs for the M1000 depending on whether it is the old
or new model.
Also outside the US the Roku is sold
Ok then:
M1001 WEP/WPA : SB3 WEP/WPA/WPA2
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This is the main reasons why I chose Squeezebox over Soundbridge.
1. Native flac support.
2. 802.11g.
3. The look.
4. Server Plugins.
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A few more differences between Roku and Squeezebox.
Only native lossless formats supported are WAV and AIFF.
Itunes integration only using Roku branded unit - if Pinnacle branded
unit is used then Itunes support is only possible using the Firefly
server which user will need to install
Oh and don't forget the free pony you get with every unit purchased! :)
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