nicky6 wrote: > Well, I knew I asked for it, right! > And YES, I HAVE been living under rock > > I forgot to say - I don't want to hack around / tinker with the stuff. > I'm intrigued by the Sonos "it just works" philosophy. > > Someone asked what is my issue really with the system - Media Center I > think. But maybe it's the hardware that makes Media Center lag, freeze > etc... > > So, to get the same audio quality/DAC, I need to tinker with some DYI > HW&SW? Hm, I was hoping there was something like the Sonos (plug'n'play) > or the Olive (too bad it only serves four rooms, and also I'd like some > cheaper models for e.g. the bathrooms. That's why the SB's was so great. > The radios was perfect for the bathrooms)
Nah, you didn't just ask for it, the reason for my statement was because the forum is abound with means of getting past the fact that there is no more Squeezebox hardware and you handn't mentioned you don't want to tinker. Truth be told though the tinkering is no different to setting up a media server - in fact I'd say it's quite a bit simpler given OS's like Vortexbox where all the heavy lifting has been done for you. If you need additional hardware the Wandboard is a brilliant way to add Squeezebox capability to any room with minimal hassle. The Wandboard actually makes a great LMS host as well, so if you're up for a bit of tinkering there's a no compromise path. If not, you're headed don the road of compromise e.g. Sonos can only handle a finite number of tracks. digital groove | 'Vivere DAC MKI' (http://vivereaudio.com/post/2013/08/16/DAC-I-is-Born!.aspx) | 'ATC SCA2' (http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/hi-fi/electronics/source-pre-amplifiers/sca2/) | 'ATC SCM100ASLT' (http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/hi-fi/loudspeakers/tower-series/scm100aslt/) *'Linux finally gets a great audio tagger' (http://www.ubuntugeek.com/linux-finally-gets-a-great-audio-tagger.html): 'puddletag' (http://puddletag.sourceforge.net/)* - now packaged in most Linux distributions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ audiomuze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33613 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99871 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
