RobbH wrote: > Thanks, Clive, that's good to know. > > Incidentally, I am not only inquiring about the suitability of LMS for > my friends. If anybody thinks some non-LMS system would be a better fit > for them, I would like to hear about it. It just needs to be easily > upgradeable and expandable, preferably without being tied to a single > manufacturer. You see why LMS is at the top of the list!
It seems the major options would be LMS, Roon, or Sonos. Roon is not free, and if they struggle with LMS technology, they would with Roon as well. Sonos is supposedly simpler to deal with (although can still have network issues, etc.), but way less flexible, and tied to only SONOS players. I'd say a simple LMS setup, with rPi PiCorePlayer, local music on attached USB drive, a smart device controller on phone/pad (ipeng for iOS or use the MATERIAL interface), and a streaming service like Spotify or Tidal would be the simplest option. The "hardest" part of the LMS setup is the initial setup (and you'll be helping with that). Just using the setup should be essentially transparent to the users. My wife just "locates" what she wants to play (internet radio, podcast, local music, spotify) using a controller, selects it, and it plays. She's been using the system for over 10 years and has no clue how it works, etc. And it simply just works, year in and year out. Until the virus stuff, I traveled a lot and could be gone for weeks at a time. System never failed in my absence! *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.5) -or- rPi4B/pCP6.0/4TB>LMS 7.9.3>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.4) -or- rPi4B/pCP6.0/4TB>LMS 7.9.1>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (ethernet, Radio WIFI) *Office:* Win10(64)>LMS 7.9.3>Squeezelite *The Wild: *rPi3B+/pCP4.0, hifiberry Dac+Pro, 4TB USB (LMS & Squeezelite) *Controllers:* iPhone11 & iPadAir2 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64) *Files:* ripping: dbpa > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112330 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
