Dogberry2;421357 Wrote: > The problem is, the Boom isn't a PC. It doesn't have the processor or > the memory to run SqueezeCenter. If it did, it would cost a heckuva lot > more. The Boom (like the other SBs) is just a receiver; all the real > work is done by SqueezeCenter. Making the Boom a totally independent > unit would require a complete redesign, make it bigger, probably require > a fan for cooling the processor (thereby introducing all kinds of > problems keeping the sound quality decent), and make it much more > expensive. It would be a wholly different product from anything in the > SB line. It's like wanting to put wings on a car and make it fly; it's > conceivable, but would require radically different engineering from what > it is now. Nothing about the current design makes it possible to just > plug in a USB drive and go.
Yes. Thanks. I did more research and saw that the Boom requires an external system with 256MB RAM, ethernet or wireless network, and 100MB hard disk space (for SC). But I read about an "optimized" SqueezeCenter on the forum that can run on the Linux Wall Wart(s), without fans, etc. If it could be optimized to have a one-box player with SC that can get files from USB, Firewire or wireless, that would be great. I realize price-point is an issue, but I'd buy a SC player to have the portability of my music -- to my office, my friends house, a vacation weekend, or the car (maybe not yet a flying car). See Aubuti's earlier comment and link to the related thread about everyone having external hard drive(s) of our music (as a backup)in our moutain house or our office. Dogberry2;421357 Wrote: > But the Boom does have an input jack. You can plug any old MP3 player > into it and use it as an amp/speaker player that way. Or use it with a > personal laptop (as opposed to company property) running SC, wired > directly, and thereby get the full benefit of the front panel interface > and lossless music files. In the meantime, I will join the rest of the world and buy an MP3 player. -- Lefatshe ******** Fanless Zalman TNN 300 PC->Transporter->Rowland Concentra->Gallo Nucleus Reference 2 audiophile goal: faking-out your brain so you believe you're at the live concert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lefatshe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13577 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62837 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
