dormant;617637 Wrote: > My trusty Squeezebox 2 is dead. I'm not sure why. And I don't want to > repair it - I live in a hot climate (Trinidad) and that nice rubbery > finish has gone all sticky and gooey (the remote is swathed in sticky > tape to make it holdable). > > I bought the Squeezebox 2 for the following reasons: > - Linux and open source server software > - AlienBBC > > My question is: what do I replace it with? Is the now-Logitech > Squeeze-stuff still the best option, or are there better players? > > I have a Linux media-centre PC which curently plays videos for me and > runs the squeezebox server. My music is kept on a DNS-323 NAS, which > has an iTunes server. > > I need to play music three ways. > - On the Linux server with an external sound card - I currently use the > Linux Rythmbox player (the NAS is mounted on this machine). > - On my Macbook Pro - I currently use iTunes > - On my audio system - where the Squeezebox 2 was. > > I also want: > - BBC radio streams > > I don't need: > - the players to be synchronised > - FLAC > - to waste time hacking software and firmware. I used to enjoy that > sort of thing (got squeezecentre working on a WL500g router!) but I've > got better things to do with my time. > > Any suggestions on what to buy? > > Much as I like the squeezebox server, maybe I just need an > iTunes-compatible player.
I'd go with the SB Touch myself in your situation. And then I'd also pick up a cheap older iTOUCH, install iPENG on it, and you can both control everything with iPENG, and also iPENG now will allow the iTOUCH to function as a SB player too. So get one of the small speakers made for iTOUCH/ipods, drop the ipeng in a cradle and you have a 2nd SB Player too! -- garym ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86303 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
