Halian wrote:
> I'm a bit basic in the Squeezebox etc. world. I use iPeng as a
> controller app - on iPad and a number of family phones/iPods. I think
> it's a great interface to our music - people can add things to the
> current playlist collectively - things can be edited/moved so easily. I
> see a Sonos app in the App Store - does it have similar functionality?
> One of my two SB receivers has (I think) died - so I may be looking for
> something else since they are hard to replace. But I'm not happy to be
> doing so.
>
If you want a more detailed answer, please start a new thread.
The quick answer is that the collective editing of the current playlist
is a bit different but generally similar from a feature perspective. One
possible advantage on the Squeezebox is that you can view details about
a track in current playlist which isn't playing while the Sonos (as far
as I've seen) only makes this possible for currently playing track.
When we start talking about browsing your library or music services
iPeng (especially the iPad version) is a lot better because it take
advantage of the larger iPad screen. The iPhone version of iPeng is also
better at browsing because it generally shows more information about the
album/tracks while browsing.
More advanced features that are offered through third party plugins on
Squeezebox is generally not available on Sonos and probably never will
due to their more closed philosophy.
My advice would be to wait a bit unless you urgently need something new.
There are a lot of things going on at the moment both through the
Community Squeeze and ickStream projects managed by people in this
community but also in general in this market segment. So if it isn't
urgent, I think it's better to wait a bit and see how the market
evolves.
However, if anyone wants to discuss this further, please start a new
thread.
Erland Isaksson ('My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info))
(Developer of 'many plugins/applets (both free and commercial)'
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You may also want to try my Android apps 'Squeeze Display'
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