I have an SB2 and an SB3. The SB3 I'm using as my
primary player, the SB2 I had reserved as a player
to use around a future model railroad in the
basement. It's not because I wanted to "hide" the
SB2, it's that I found it has a greater wireless
signal/range and would work better at a greater
distance through one more floor.
But I haven't put anything in the basement yet and
likely won't for a year or two, so it was in its
box gathering dust.
I just decided I should use it temporarily as an
alarm clock in the bedroom. I had some old
midrange computer speakers I wasn't using, Altec
Lansing ATP3. They're good as computer speakers
but not good speakers in general. I hooked them
up using the analogue outputs with an RCA to
stereo submini adapter cable I had.
It'll mostly be connected to SqueezeNetwork and
used as an alarm clock. I don't have my
SlimServer on 24/7, although I might change this
as the SlimServer alarm functions are much better,
allowing me to turn off the alarm on weekends and
allowing different playlists on each day.
It sounds quite decent with those speakers. Not
an audiophile experience, but those speakers never
sounded so good.
And the gradual volume ramping function should be
nice. I can't stand OTA radio, so I had my old
clock radio set to the buzzer on a very high
volume (I sleep with earplugs). So it may just
prevent a heart attack one of these days!
So despite all the jibes this thing received over
the years, it really *does* make a great clock
radio! :-D
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