Hi there... (sorry for the length) I've been using a wired SB1 for maybe two years now with mixed results. As long as the library stays fairly small, it mostly works as expected. Although I'd have to consider myself mildly lucky to get through a full album without any issues. The disconnects are most annoying when you have it cranked up and suddenly... silence. And to prevent it from coming back mid-song at that blasting volume in a minute or so, you make a mad rush to unplug it.
A few notes: I never use the web interface, only the remote. Again, it's a wired SB1. All files are MP3. Most are 128-192kbs. (no flac, ogg, etc) I don't scan artwork and use no playlists. I browse by Artists (which works pretty well) Over the years, I've changed computers from a PIII/733Ghz/256Mb to a AMD/1800+/512Mb to a AMD/3500+/1Gb all with XP and various versions of SS all dedicated to SS (really!). As I've spent all this time changing things, scanning the forums, calling tech support, changing and tweaking computers... I just figured that the SB wasn't really for me and wouldn't consider spending more money on the SB3. >From the forums, I got the impression that there was little architectural difference between the SB1 and SB2/3. Then i just read this: - - - - - - - - - - - - [SB1] - - - - - - - - - - - - [SB2/3] CPU - - - - - Ubicom IP2K, 120 MHz - - Ubicom IP3K, 250 MHz - (2x increase) Buffer RAM - - - - 1.8Mb - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25Mb - (14x increase) Twice the processing power and fourteen times the RAM seems pretty darn significant. So now... I wonder if buying a SB3 might just resolve some the issues that have dogged me over the years? Anybody using a large library with a SB1 have good luck switching to a SB2/3? Thanks for any replies... -- helishock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ helishock's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22392 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
