I'm a longtime Squeezebox user--I still have my original SliMP3 player--who hasn't used the system for a while, due to housing-related issues. I'm now about to move, and want to figure out how to set up audio in my new place, but am confused by the current crop of products.
I want to use my own system for music, not any of the various integrated players. There seem only to be two options (apart from the Transporter): a $300 Touch, which has whizzy touch-screen stuff that I'm not interested in, and a $400 Duet, which pairs a whizzy $300 controller that I don't need (I can use the computer for this, or an iPhone) with what would apparently be a $100 unit that can't be bought separately. I don't need much of the Squeezebox functionality--I just want to play my own music on my own equipment, not stream Internet radio or stock quotes or whatever. But I do want to have music in several different areas of the house, and I don't want to have a separate computer in each location just to plug in a new amp/speakers. Otherwise I'd just get a separate USB-DAC and control this from whatever music player is on the computer. I don't have Transporter-level requirements, but I do want as good sound as is reasonable. It would seem like the current crop of equipment is not only much more expensive than is necessary for my requirements, but is (conversely) possibly less good in audio quality than other options (assuming that a dedicated mid-range USB-DAC would be better than whatever's in the Duet or Touch). Can someone set me straight on the Squeezebox options, or tell me if there's some other way of getting decent-quality music in multiple locations without a new computer in each one? -- jest ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jest's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8004 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85124 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
