Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Sound and performance quality of SB Radio compared to SB Boom

For the purchased-used Boom, I have the power cord in a small coil and the Boom placed on top of it. That, together with a request to my wife to not move or bump it, seems to work for now. I will see if using a small bit of masking tape connecting the cord to the back of the device will keep it

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Sound and performance quality of SB Radio compared to SB Boom

Thank you both for the responses. From your experiences I think I'll get one. Replacing/repairing/etc. is well beyond my abilities or interest - either something works adequately and I can use it, or if it no longer does, it gets tossed. Just one question, Jim mentions a Wifi issue. Can you

[SlimDevices: Radio] Sound and performance quality of SB Radio compared to SB Boom

I'm a longtime owner of SB devices. I bought a used Boom on Ebay for a bedroom in a second home. The power socket seems to be loose and the slightest movement of the unit breaks the power connection and it turns off. I will try to tape the cord in place to make it more physically stable. I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New router stops radio working

Are you're trying a Wifi connection? Maybe the new router is set to a different channel than you used before and the problem is interference. Try changing the channel. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] What happened to Bloomberg?

your listening preference. Maybe someone here works in the radio industry and can comment. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Station blocked by broadcaster

and ultimately unnecessarily expensive. If you find a company that you think is more focused or successful in conducting its business than its peers, there's a solution: be a capitalist and buy that stock! -- Goodsounds

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Station blocked by broadcaster

missed the nuance, it was a BS comment. Easy enough to understand why they push listeners to portals that give them more revenue opportunities. It's a business, not a public service. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Shortwave Stations

than the content? Today, internet broadcasting brings clear content (in most cases) in a mechanical, uninteresting way which I would guess doesn't compare to the old days? -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Reciveing Podcasts

Why not just use a feed/podcast aggregator program, or itunes, to automatically download what you want? Set it up to place the downloads in folders under your SBS music file branch and the episodes will be there and ready to listen to when you want to listen. -- Goodsounds

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Why no tuner??

). Any carrier trying to do that would lose its subscribers to competitors not doing so. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Why no tuner??

the basic service cost down. It's not worth the bother to me, but I know people who switch providers every 12 months so that they're always paying a first year introductory price. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Why no tuner??

. But I don't think having a tuner would be worth the time or effort for the domestic market. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Questions before buying

that accepts returns in case the first one you get doesn't work and you want to try a different one. You might also be able to try a higher gain antenna for your wireless router, sometimes that can give enough boost to make marginal areas functional. -- Goodsounds

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] child-proofing the presets/settings

that people like many of our parents are not part of the target market, and for good reason. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible

to STILL not have finished this project with suitable performance and safety specs, how could a roll-your-own project be expected to be adequate? -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio and Best Buy

. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71634 ___ Radio mailing

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] I live in San Francisco - Where can I go buy one NOW?

folks do. BUT, so long as everybody is happy where they are, and have the right equipment to listen to the music they like, that's all that matters. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio in the bathroom?

in the room. Including on/in any electronic devices, and the upshot of that will likely be damage. Just a matter of when, not if. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Ship date?

a state's sales tax is triggered by the selling entity having operations within a given state, not where it's based. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Where is the broadcast FM?

, on the phone, putting on make-up, drinking coffee and reading the paper at the same time. Don't tell them radio is dead. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Where is the broadcast FM?

pfarrell;455737 Wrote: Goodsounds wrote: pfarrell;455714 Wrote: OTA radio is dead.. .. people who listen to broadcast radio dwarfs the number who listen over the internet. Maybe I'm wrong about that? Something like two-thirds or more of people in cars listen