Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Allo BossMini Player

2017-09-16 Thread Man in a van
ericj wrote: > > Only minor hardware complaint is that the micro sd card in the pi is a > push-pull and not a push-push with a spring ejector. For me, at least, > this meant I had to disassemble the case to switch the card. My > solution ws to leave that face of the plastic enclosure out of

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Allo BossMini Player

2017-09-15 Thread drmatt
It's a nice bit of kit. The $28 obviously covers customs charges and taxes, which is cool that they sort that out for you - it's a pain and really heavily delays your package if you wind up sorting it out yourself. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Allo BossMini Player

2017-09-15 Thread ericj
I did place an order on the Allo website. Just so no one feels bad, there was a $28 shipping fee (with the cheapest option). It took about 9 days to arrive. All parts arrived...nice not to have to scrounge for power supply (wall wart with different international faceplates). I substitute

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Allo BossMini Player

2017-08-31 Thread drmatt
Pretty sure you can buy all the bits already, but they just cost more..! Even if you buy it off the website in $US and ship to the US, you would have to pay sales taxes on top of the quoted price. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP M

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Allo BossMini Player

2017-08-31 Thread d6jg
drmatt wrote: > You've obviously never tried to get stuff into the country.. there is > usually a £10 or £15 handling fee for the shipping agent to deal with > customs charges, which goes on top of the duty (not sure on the rate, > but could be 5% of total cost), plus Vat on top (17.5%), makes ab

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Allo BossMini Player

2017-08-31 Thread drmatt
You've obviously never tried to get stuff into the country.. there is usually a £10 or £15 handling fee for the shipping agent to deal with customs charges, which goes on top of the duty (not sure on the rate, but could be 5% of total cost), plus Vat on top (17.5%), makes about £93. -Transcoded

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Allo BossMini Player

2017-08-31 Thread castalla
d6jg wrote: > Obviously there is VAT and customs tax but even so that doesn't equal > $35 worth of difference > > > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Profit from the piinters? Touch, Logitech Radio, Logitech UE Radio, O2 Joggler + SqpOS UPnPBridge - 2 paired Sonos Play1 speakers; Rocki -

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Allo BossMini Player

2017-08-31 Thread d6jg
castalla wrote: > ... because they can charge whatever they like > > Traditionally. US prices are converted on a 1:1 basis Obviously there is VAT and customs tax but even so that doesn't equal $35 worth of difference Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk *Pi3 with piCoreplayer music on QNAP T

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Allo BossMini Player

2017-08-31 Thread castalla
d6jg wrote: > I happened across this > > https://www.allo.com/sparky/miniboss-player.html > > Nice little package at a very nice price $80 (£62) - almost cheaper than > buying the components and putting them all together - easy to swap the > Volumio SD for a piCorePlayer version > > Then I dis

[SlimDevices: Unix] Allo BossMini Player

2017-08-31 Thread d6jg
I happened across this https://www.allo.com/sparky/miniboss-player.html Nice little package at a very nice price $80 (£62) - almost cheaper than buying the components and putting them all together - easy to swap the Volumio SD for a piCorePlayer version Then I discovered this https://www.allo.