In terms of functionality, yes, more or less. The comparability of the
sound quality would depend in large part on the receiver, including its
DAC.
And of course, the iTouch's max capacity of 64GB translates into maybe
200 - 250 albums in ALAC, so even people like me with a modest music
librar
Bowler wrote:
> I will try WinAmp. One of the annoying things ir the genre lists in
> the various taggers don't really match up with the one used by WMP
> '''For instance, there is a "Piano Jazz" in WMP but nowhere else, it
> seems.
>
> Another gripe I've got is this: I have a number of CD's
adhawkins wrote:
> My Controller appears to be the same. Sits in the cradle and works fine,
> as
> soon as you take it out, it switches off.
>
> Could be the battery failed I guess.
That's a very good guess. I'm not sure where you are, but replacement
batteries are available from Amazon in the U
How are you specifying the shortcuts, and what OS / type of share do you
have running on the network shares?
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letter?
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Then it's probably putting in the mapped drive letter. Try typing in the
UNC path instead, in the form of \\\ , where you
insert the network name of your NAS or desktop in place of
and the network name of the shared folder in place of .
Oh, and be sure that the LMS user has read access to those
SlimChances wrote:
> I don't see it that way. When I want to get away from technology I want
> to get away from it not just turn it off
I doubt it will appeal to you, but there's always the option to leave
the phone/tablet/computer/etc behind (home, car, wherever).
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Those products have been discontinued for years. There were some posts
recently about random retailers who had apparently stumbled upon old SB
inventory -- sorry, but I don't have any of the links handy, but if you
search the forums for posts over the past 1-2 months using the terms SB3
or Classic
Sorry to hear that :-(
Re Squeezeslave + Raspberry Pi, you may be able to get Pandora to work
if you have a paid Pandora One account (US$36 / year in the US). I don't
have a paid Pandora account so I can't test it to confirm, but maybe
someone else will.
Good luck!
Isn't RP based in California? Did the west coast have a storm too?
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Ah, good point. Based in CA, but a data center on the east coast. I had
checked the RP web page, but never thought to look on Facebook (because
I rarely do).
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Waldo Pepper wrote:
> Their website just shows as products all the rubbish you could buy
> anywhere. Mice, Keyboards etc and no HiFi kit. Sad.
You just need to click the "Logitech | UE" button along the top bar. How
many people will know that? Probably not many.
benybrady wrote:
> Sounds like I will not be sacrificing quality or features by going the
> squeezebox route with the individual small amps at the same time saving
> close to $2k. I wonder if anyone out there has gone this route.
As aznick3 and others have pointed out, this is a common approach f
sgmlaw wrote:
> But I'm sure they all know about iTunes as they sync their phones and
> pods to it, and watch Apple TV via AirPlay through it.
Actually, not in my family. My wife has had an iPhone for a couple years
and still doesn't have an Apple ID because it is "scary" or
"complicated" (not su
cliveb wrote:
> IWhether Squeezebox succeeded or failed wasn't going to make a
> significant dent one way or the other on their bottom line.
Indeed, that may be the _only_ thing that Logitech management understood
about the Squeezebox line. And they acted accordingly.
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But if you look at the Logitech product line you'll see they already do
a lot more than keyboards and mice: home security(!), tablet accessories
(like the very nice iPad kbd/cover that I am currently typing on, which
is infinitely superior to the touchscreen kbd), cameras, microphones,
headsets, a
For commodities like those you don't need to excel. Being average still
sells millions of units per year.
So what's your point -- that they should have stayed with the products
they don't understand? That's a great strategy.
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menno wrote:
> The reason I dont use MusicIP is because it needs to run on Windows and
> my system runs on Linux (DockStar)
To echo the point of others, many of us run MusicIP just fine on many
flavors of *nix. You don't even need to run it on a Windows emulator
like WINE (mine runs fine on stand
A power supply is a power supply -- it doesn't have to come from
Logitech. The psu referenced in post #3 of this thread will work in the
US:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?87439-Cheap-AC-adaptor-for-SB3-Classic
Or any other psu that is 2 amps, center positive polarity, and a
connect
nelamvr6 wrote:
> Wow! If you could've been here in the early days of this forum, you
> would've started one hell of a fire fight with that statement!
I've been around here (only slightly) longer than you, sonny ;-)
But you're right, and my statement "A power supply is a power
supply" is f
Afaiu, you don't necessarily need the Sonos Bridge device to establish
their proprietary mesh network. Connecting _any_ of their devices to
your router via ethernet will establish the mesh wifi network. You only
need the Bridge if your router location isn't convenient for a wired
connection to a S
dyohn wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback. Yea, my music server is in a completely
> different area of the house than the SB3 that just died.
You may have misunderstood. The Sonos player needs to be wired to the
router, not to your server/music source. Of course, it's also a good
idea to have your
jhonsber...@msn.com wrote:
> Isn't there some link between LMS and
> Mysqueezebox which would make playing even your music library
> impossible ?
In a word, no. Try disconnecting your router from the internet and then
playing your library. Works fine. A couple windstorms in 2012 that
knocked ou
jhonsber...@msn.com wrote:
> I have multiple amps for that.
> All in the same rack
What about multiple sources for those amps?
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> The mp3tunes and michaelrobertson.com websites are DOWN without
> warning.
>
> Does this mean that our uploaded items are GONE?
>
> The least they could have done was to give their users 1-2 months to
> retrieve their data. Or was it a sudden seizure of assets etc?
>
> What
NFLnut wrote:
> That may be. The way I have my music categorized is by folders. I am an
> old radio guy. I was raised on, and worked in top-40/pop/rock radio in
> the (60s) 70s 80s. A few of my "hits" folders have several thousand
> FLACs in them. I often will cue up one of those folders for rand
garym wrote:
> interesting that there is nothing that seems to function as a bedside
> radio. With all the alarm complaints that SB gets, I can understand
> this. But it seems like it would be nice to have a bedside player that
> one can listen to via speaker or headphone AND IMPORTANTLY control
jsmithlon wrote:
> Which other system can do that except the Sonos which is much more
> expensive than the SB?
I think Meridian Sooloos can do that. And it's much much more expensive
than Sonos!
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Sorry to hear about your SB2. I've also just passed the 7-year mark with
the SB system, and share your sentiments about what a great solution it
is.
You've probably already thought of this, but just in case, could it be
the power supply? Do you have another SB2 or SB3 that you could try
swapping i
That's too bad. You can try the xilink reset. If I remember correctly
(which is not at all guaranteed), you should unplug the SB, then plug it
in while holding down the + key on the remote (and pointing the remote
at the SB2).
Is this a wifi SB2 or a wired-only model? If it is wifi, then it could
Jimbob wrote:
> P.S. Assigned to the bin, doesn't mean I'll be throwing it out -
> couldn't bring myself to do that... it'll be the ZX81 of the audio world
> one day, working or not!
Glad to hear it, and I should have intuited that from the footnote in
your original post!
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Crummy laptop soundcards are hardly surprising. The new one may not be
better unless you specifically look for one with a good soundcard.
Either way, if you're going to be listening a lot through good
headphones you may want to consider bypassing the soundcard entirely
with a USB DAC. There are to
Works fine for me when using my local LMS. Over the new year I had a
Touch, SB2, and Duet Receiver synchronized and crossfading just fine. Of
course, crossfade also works un-sync'd.
How many seconds have you specified for the crossfade, and what type of
crossfade? Note that if you choose "Smart C
jimbobvfr400 wrote:
> Wasn't the Harmony line another company that Logitech bought rather than
> designed from scratch?
Yes. Some of Logitech's better known acquisitions are Harmony remotes,
Ultimate Ears headphones, and Squeezebox network music players.
sebage wrote:
> Is this a tech-antique yet?
Tech antique? I think not yet. But a tech classic? Absolutely!! Nice job
cleaning it up.
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> That's one reason I like the Vortexbox setup so much. With an Atom
> processor and 2GB of RAM, it uses very little power. I leave mine on
> 24/7. Yet, it is very responsive to the Touch (and my 3 other
> Squeezeboxes) and shows no hesitation when looking for or playing music.
> I'
You must have Logitech Media Server (LMS, formerly slimserver,
SqueezeCenter, or Squeezebox Server) running somewhere for your Duet
Receiver to play the music. You could run LMS on the Raspberry Pi
itself. Search these forums and you'll find the relevant threads.
See the menu item "Support" in the upper right corner of this forum
screen? Try that. It will give you information for contacting Logitech
via email or telephone. Also, if you contact them by email be sure to
check the spam filter on your email program, because tech support
replies are often incor
jarrod2750 wrote:
> I was able to get my hands on a small form factor Dell Optiplex ($50)
> which I'm upgrading the RAM and Hard Drive. Am I still better off making
> this a VortexBox or is there any benefit to running the LMS server on
> the computer and not converting to a Vortex?
I'm not sure
+1
Some NAS manufacturers include LMS in the NAS firmware, but that doesn't
appear to be the case with this NAS. The web page says it has an 800MHz
CPU, which should be just good enough to run LMS, but I don't see the
amount of RAM listed anywhere. You should consider 256MB the absolute
minimum fo
jarrod2750 wrote:
> I wasn't sure if the squeezebox community found better success when
> using the vortex or squeezebox server when having a dedicated PC
> connected and managing a large library.
Either way you are using Squeezebox server, now known as Logitech Media
Server (LMS). One is Microso
I should have mentioned this in my earlier post in this thread. I used
two different NASs as my Squeezebox server over the course of about 3
years, and then switched to a basic headless pc with an Intel Atom
processor for the past 4+ years, and I have to say that I find the
headless pc a far bett
Pascal Hibon wrote:
> A lot has happened in those 4 past years. Many NAS's today have plenty
> of horse power and cannot be compared to the poor performance NAS's had
> 4 years ago.
No disagreement from me. But a lot has also happened on the low-power PC
side of things as well, and I still think
mpc wrote:
> Ah ok, I've just checked now and it is definitely not lit up red, it's
> not glowing at all. Does this probably indicate that the power supply is
> at fault rather than the SB3 itself?
Yes, probably.
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Mnyb wrote:
> The value of a NAS is often how usefull you find the bundled
> functionality they support with the hardware , some of it can require a
> lot of work and knowledge to set up correctly .
Agreed. I think the main advantage the typical 1 or 2 drive
consumer-grade NAS has over a smallis
ajkidle wrote:
> As I understand it, even if the community funded SB project is
> successful, that device won't work with services like Rhapsody or
> Pandora, especially after MySB.com goes offline ... so why not sell all
> of my Squeezebox gear while it still has some value, and make the switch
GlenL wrote:
> 3. No 'New Music' option.
> Sonos does not have the equivalent of the Squeezebox 'New Music' menu
> option.
> In other words, you cannot quickly browse the latest 100 or so CDs added
> to your collection with Sonos.
SamS wrote:
> Whoa. I've been using Squeezeboxes for years, yet
garym wrote:
> Also note that in LMS settings (under my music tab) one can change the
> number of items shown under "new music" (e.g., 100, 500, 1000, or
> larger). I use this a lot myself.
And if the timestamps on the files still match the dates you ripped the
CDs, you can set this to a really
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As long as you've got SqueezePlay working, it doesn't really matter
though, does it? (That is, other than wondering about memory loss).
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Homeplug should work reliably for you as long as the Homeplug adapters
on the router and the 2nd SB3 are on the same electrical circuit, and
your wiring doesn't have any oddities.
And speaking of oddities, you may want to think about replacing that
microwave, because it shouldn't be giving off s
chill wrote:
> I think that depends on the proximity of the Squeezebox to the
> microwave. I have a fairly newish Panasonic microwave, and my Boom in
> the same kitchen often drops out while the microwave is on. The
> microwave isn't killing the wifi in the whole house, but since the Boom
> is
RAID 1 only "protects your data" from one very narrow risk, and that is
HDD failure. It's useless for other risks such as data corruption or
deletion because of software or user error (RAID 1 just mirrors that to
the other disk), zapped HDDs because of power surges, and other common
risks such as
Jubarend wrote:
> The image of the cassette is off course a reference to music and music
> devices lost in time. It's a device that revolutionised the way we
> listened (and recorded) audio at home
Very well articulated explanation for the thinking behind the design.
The rationale sounds gre
ajkidle wrote:
> What then *is* a backup plan? I'm not sure I understand this line of
> argument. If my HDD fails, I lose my FLAC library ... which I have
> spent countless hours ripping, tagging, etc. How is a secondary back-up
> drive a more robust solution than RAID 1?
>
> And although I
I still mostly buy CDs and rip them to FLAC. I also buy FLAC or ALAC
downloads directly from some artists' web sites, and occasionally from
sites like WOMAD and HDTracks. I'm not sure I can hear the difference
between FLAC and the 256kbps MP3 that a lot of places sell, but the
prices work out abou
autopilot wrote:
> But what about my existing Squeezebox's? Am I expected to rename them
> and start referring to them with a different name? Or will I end up with
> a mixture of Squeezebox's and Squeeze Device's (or whatever).
>
> Sorry but I personally feel this whole naming and rebranding th
I don't recall if FuzzyTime will scroll the time, but it _will_ move the
time display leftward a user-specified number of pixels every X minutes,
and then when it gets to the left edge of the screen, move it rightward
the same number of pixels every X minutes until it gets to the right
edge of the
This is very welcome news indeed, all the more so because of who is
involved. I haven't been in any hurry to worry about what happens
post-mysb.com, but I've signed up on your site and am looking forward to
following your progress with ickstream. Good luck with it!
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Hmm, I'm thousands of miles away from my SBs right now or I would look
at my FuzzyTime settings and let you know what I have. But I have a time
display, without seconds, that just creeps back and forth across the
screen almost imperceptibly, with no "sticking" at the edges.
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rp9197 wrote:
> I shut the server down and restarted my Imac, this seems to have cleared
> things up (fingers crossed). I toggled through the sync settings on all
> three players just in case a shuffle setting was engaged. The weird
> part was that half the time it would shuffle the songs to th
MrSinatra;584320 Wrote:
> btw, where can you buy just the SBRec?
www.logitech.com , or more precisely,
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/speakers-audio/wireless-music-systems/devices/4098
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e holy hell. It's easy to limit access to paid XM
subscribers.
Have you looked at the Sirius plugin for SB? I haven't followed the
whole Sirius/XM saga, but it may be worth a look at least.
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Squeezeplay is forever-beta, so you have to look in the "nightly"
directory (http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/). You can take
your pick of 7.5 or 7.6 -- I would go with the latter.
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here is the SB Controller
itself, which is part of the SB Duet, but can be bough separately.
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Check the Plugins tab on the SBS web ui. That is the Extensions
Downloader.
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set-top boxes. On the other hand, (b) seems to be
mostly the domain of MythTV, Windows Media Center, Apple TV, and a few
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I'm pretty sure you'll find it in the SBS web ui under Settings > Player
> [choose player] > Audio. I do not know if there are similar settings
when connected to mysqueezebox.com.
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come on when you plug in a cable that you have confirmed
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Right next to the ethernet port -- I'm pretty sure it's the usual
green/amber activity light that is generally found next to an ethernet
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I'd recommend phoning support. They may be able to help you with further
diagnostics. Any chance it's still under warranty, i.e., less than 2
years old?
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> I don't see any light on my wired SB3 for ethernet, only optical out has
> any sort of "light" that I can see.
Shoot, you're right. My mistake -- sorry about that.
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filesizes before and after? Even if that were the
explanation, that would be awfully inefficient disk usage while
processing the files.
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ong, but I think at this time the higher Pandora bitrates are only
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Looks live to me, including the "in stock" label and offers to get it
delivered by this Tuesday. It didn't complain when I put it in my cart.
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ctly the same power supply requirements as an SB3. See
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In our neighborhood the app we've been using for that is called
'listserv'. Works brilliantly. The advantage is that you don't need an
iThing to be suitably informed, although it also works on iThings. The
disadvantage is that it's so
which will improve wireless performance for all your 802.11g
devices, and (2) move to a more secure wifi encryption such as WPA or
WPA2, instead of the WEP that the SB1 is limited to.
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unched and then crashed & burned all within the space of a year.
Looks like the new Linksys/Cisco thing (Umi) is more video-oriented.
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Vie
es.com/nightly/?ver=7.6), not the one in the
7.5 directory (http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.5). At
that's the way it was last time I looked. On 7.5 you can specify what
is or isn't on the Home Menu, but you can't change th
cialized companies (Slim,
Sonos) do/did.
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I only put it in the cart to see if it gave an out-of-stock or other
message. I didn't actually buy it because I already have more SBs than
I have rooms in the house (the SB hardware beta programs have been like
Santa Claus to me over the years).
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m via the internet or local SBS) then the alarm will not
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dy have that
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s,
you can avoid that by simply using the SBS option to group artists for
compilation albums. Unfortunately, not all software is as good about
providing this option, but that's how you would do it with SBS.
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some people get lucky.
Sometimes.
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Have you tried the Xilink reset that Mnyb suggested last month? Your
posts since then don't indicate whether you have or not.
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hat appear to be related to
insufficient serving capacity on their end at peak demand times (see
various related threads).
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started'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=596106#post596106). I
realize you're new here, so please note that one of the few rules is
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See the 'announcement from MickeyG'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/announcement.php?f=2) at the top of the
forum. Basically, just install SBS 7.5.2 or connect to
mysqueezebox.com. If that doesn't update the firmware, try holding down
the Brightness button on the SB3 infrared remot
If you're running a local Squeezebox Server you can use the
MusicInfoScreen plugin to put just about any info you like anywhere you
like, including the specific example you mention.
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forum, but it's easy to imagine that some day they will simply forget
to renew the slimdevices.com domain, or not notice that the forum
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> No, it still exists because some of us do really care about it.
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