RobbH wrote: > Thanks for all suggestions. The sense I'm getting so far is that an LMS > system should work for them in the long run. But we aren't there yet. > They really have no hardware for playing music at present, and right now > the budget doesn't allow for even a basic Sonos system. I'll probably > lend them a spare bluetooth speaker and an old phone so they can get > started and experiment with streaming services. (They do not want music > playing at home to be tied to the phones they use.) My hope is that by > the time they have dealt with the home maintenance issues that are > currently straining the budget, they will have some experience with > contemporary ways of listening to music. Then they should be in a much > better position to decide what they want to invest in.
yep, given no playback equipment, and no money, an old phone with wifi, a subscription to Spotify, etc. and a bluetooth speaker is probably the best answer. Even this "system" will be a major improvement on what they have now (nothing). p.s. I had to smile about lack of any stereo stuff. I can think back to my younger, broke days when everything* I had would fit in a single suitcase. But even then I had a Receiver, Turntable, speakers, and a few crates of albums (today called 'vinyl'). *everything except the stereo and records *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
