arthurb wrote: > Hello PasTim, > > Maybe you are right, and frustrated rants are not helpful. However, > looking at it the other way, when someone is totally confused, often by > errors and problems that manifest themselves in somewhat inconsistent > ways, it can actually be both useful, and a little therapeutic, to > realise that others have also had very, very similar experiences; > especially if those others have been able to make things work in the > end. > > I agree with what you say about Logitech being primarily a hardware > company, one that likes to move quickly from product to product. But I > feel, and I think you do too at least to some degree, they have missed a > rare opportunity with the squeezebox. I know I bang on about classical > music support, but almost no-one does it well, although some products > are appearing now, like Sonata. I realise that the vast majority of the > market is actually interested in tracks, or songs (I really, really > dislike the term 'songs'), ordered by Artist and often, but not always, > independent of Album Artist, but that part of the market is being fought > over by the world and his brother. The classical music > server/player/streamer market, whilst a minority of the whole, is still > huge and around for the long term, and Logitech could have taken a > dominant position in it. In addition, I think many classical users use > their Squeezebox's in good Hi-Fi systems, as well as with lesser kit > around the house, and would regard the Squeezebox Touch as a remarkably > cheap device. > > Ho-hum; thank heavens that LMS is still being supported (although I am > not sure about the precise details), and that Erland has given us the > tools to view things as we want. :)
LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from squeezelite) to Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC and Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Squeezelite to PC sound. Minimserver (server) and upplay (control point) to same amps & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Meridian USB Explorer DAC from PCs to speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 14.04 laptop controls LMS/upplay via Firefox. Have a Touch with EDO, and a spare, but don't use. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102563 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
