garym wrote: > I'm confused. Did I not test something you wanted tested? Maybe I > misread something. I have a radio and it works fine as a bedroom player > through its internal speaker, including playing free Pandora. I don't > have a chromecast LMS setup or any powered speakers at home with the > radio to test anything else about it. > > edit: The Radio is fine for what it is. Sounds good for a desktop > radio in my bedroom or kitchen. My touch is connected as a player > through a major home AV system (not powered speakers) so sounds WAY > better than the radio with its internal speaker. If I was going to > obtain a squeezebox player for use to feed self-powered speakers, I'd > definitely go for the TOUCH. It's designed for this and the Radio is > not really designed for this. The recommendation of a Touch feeding > Audioengine A2s should sound fantastic. I use a pair of Audioengine A2s > at the office and they sound very nice and are plenty loud if needed.
No but I think maybe I wasn't clear enough in an effort to be brief. I thought maybe someone had tried it or, failing that, with the right equipment could spend a few minutes moving stuff around to try it out and share the experience. At best, much of what's on the used market is 10 years old. Much of it can be older. I know my own SB equip is starting to show its age, it's a wonder it's all lasted as long as it has. I was trying to balance the purchase price risk vs functionality for my buddy. If a Radio works reasonably satisfactorily, it's likely to be a newer product and $100 less money on the table to buy something from a stranger. If people have found the sound not acceptable, then the choice is $35 for reasonable but incomplete functionality (Chromecast audio) or $150 to buy full functionality but something that might conk out in 6 months. I was looking for some direction and experience but failing that, I'll just let him decide. His money, his consequence. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109667 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
