Carrick1973;668502 Wrote: > New to the forum, so sorry for the silly question (perhaps), but I can't > for the life of me find a headless squeezebox player to hookup to self > powered speakers. I love the Squeezebox Touch, but it doesn't seem > quite as practical as a headless unit with the same internal DAC which > would allow me to use my android phone as the interface from the > comfort of the couch/kitchen, etc... Sonos has this with the SP90 and > SP120, so why wouldn't Logitech create something similar?
The only headless Squeezebox manufactured was the Receiver half of the Duet, which is no longer made. How can a Touch be "not as practical" as a Receiver? It can be controlled in exactly the same ways in additional to the Touch screen and the IR input. You're not forced to use either, but the touch screen is a godsend for setup and configuration compared to the way the Duet was setup. And using the infrared remote can be much handier than any remote app for quickly adjusting the volume or skipping a song. If you find the screen too bright or distracting you can turn all of the screensavers (off, stopped, playing) to 'Screen off'. You can sometimes find older Squeezeboxes for sale used, but the Touch is considered by almost everyone to have superior sound quality over all of the older Squeezeboxes except the Transporter. If you can find a Receiver, it will need to be set up either using the Controller or by some gyrations using a software program found in these forums. One other approach to a headless unit might be to setup a small PC and run SqueezePlay. Since it's a 'software' player it has the disadvantage, though, of not being fully synchable with hardware Squeezebox players. -- JJZolx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91467 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
