jon michaels;674840 Wrote: > I've tried searching some but not finding info. > > I'm just coming up to speed on a bunch of concepts Squeeze-related, so > I apologize if this has been asked and answered, or if it's just a > plain ignorant question. > > Is there any reason that "third-party" software like J River could be > considered superior to SqueezeCenter? My question is primarily in > terms of audio quality, but sure, also in terms of interface. > > I use the SC web interface some, but mostly use SqueezePad, which I > happen to really like.
one of the real benefits of the SB stuff is that it is entirely independent of anything related to the soundcard in your computer. With most frontends on a computer, the soundcard can mess around with the bitperfect nature of your music (converting to 48, etc.) and doing other odd stuff (and I assume J River is a frontend program that catalogs and plays your music on a computer similar to foobar2000, musicmonkey, itunes, wmp, winamp, etc). You can google this and see lots of discussions about soundcards, operating systems, and fine tuning to avoid messing with bits. NONE OF THIS IS NECESSARY WITH THE SB PRODUCTS. Even if the computer running SqueezeBoxServer or Logitech Media Server (LMS) doesn't have a soundcard, this is fine as all the computer is doing is sending bitperfect info to the players. Of course the other benefit is that with a computer frontend player (winamp, foobar, jriver, etc.) the computer has to be connected to a Soundcard (and maybe DAC) and then to your stereo. So the computer needs to be near the computer. With SB, the computer can be in a back closet, in the basement, etc. It doesn't have to be anywhere near the stereo setup or the listening room. My computer serving the music is in a back cabinet, far away from my main listening room. And another benefit: with multiple players (different rooms), a single computer serves your music library to multiple players. These can be synched perfectly if you choose or you can play something different on each player. -- garym Location 1: Vortexbox Appliance 6TB (1.10) > SbS 7.6.2 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) Location 2: Win7(64) laptop > LMS 7.7.1 > Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio and laptop) Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver Controlled at both locations with: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.7 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92092 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
