castalla;689770 Wrote: > Topgeeks statement that internet radios can connect to a variety of > online servers is nonsense. The service provider is 'hardwired' into > the firmware, and in some instances probably into the hardware.
well it is true that TopGeek is having a hard time believing that this is true. Every example he has provided in fact requires a server somewhere (many reciva). I admit that I didn't understand this concept of "server" and "internet radio" when I first started down this path. I note he is a radio amateur, and I can understand the radio amateur mindset of having equipment that can work "forever" without being tied to some 3rd party provider. Heck, my 1958 Hallicrafters 101X Mk II is like new and still going strong. And it weighs about the same as my car! Back to the original point (which I don't worry about myself), the beauty of the Squeezebox stuff is that we can use it "forever" to access free internet radio when considering that we all have copies of SbS or LMS. -- garym *Location 1:* VB Appliance 6TB (1.10) > LMS 7.7.1 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VB Appliance 3TB (2.0) > LMS 7.7.1 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.7.1 > SqueezePlay Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver Controllers: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.7 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93488 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
