Re: [slim] What are your long-term SqueezeBox solutions?
There are a lot of new music playback software solutions out there now. Roon is a good one. But Squeezebox server is still great. It was way ahead of it's time, is still very relevant today and has an active community supporting it. There are lots of great Pi based solution that run Squeezelite. Our microRendu (in squeezelite mode) + a good USB DAC is a better sounding solutions then the original squeezebox player products. rip, tag, get cover artÂ… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108823 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What are your long-term SqueezeBox solutions?
drmatt wrote: > There is no standard class D amp in a boom, there's actually four > separate amps being fed off a custom programmed DSP chip so it would be > a project and a half to make use of anything other than the speakers and > the box they sit in, unfortunately. Ah yes, I remember that from the white paper. Still, the speakers and the box would nevertheless be a good place to start :) As an aside, I also recall from the white paper that some level of control over the DSP chip is possible via commands from LMS, and I wondered if these commands are documented? Out of idle curiosity, I wondered if it would be possible to use the guts of a Boom to feed a pair of 2-way active speakers, by perhaps by-passing the built-in amps and modifying the digital crossover via LMS commands to suit different drivers. Sacrilege I know, and somewhat off-topic, so forget I mentioned it! chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108823 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What are your long-term SqueezeBox solutions?
majones wrote: > The feature of the Boom and Radio that matters in my household is that > we can just walk up, press some buttons, and listen to exactly what we > want with decent sound quality. No bluetooth, no phone screens, no > tangles of cables. That's proving very hard to replace with current > hardware availability.There is no standard class D amp in a boom, there's > actually four separate amps being fed off a custom programmed DSP chip so it would be a project and a half to make use of anything other than the speakers and the box they sit in, unfortunately. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums.. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108823 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What are your long-term SqueezeBox solutions?
chill wrote: > Actually, if my Boom ever dies it would make more sense to use that as > the basis for a 'Pi inside' project - there's a class D amp in there > that could probably be fed from the Pi. It would probably lose the tone > controls unfortunately. The feature of the Boom and Radio that matters in my household is that we can just walk up, press some buttons, and listen to exactly what we want with decent sound quality. No bluetooth, no phone screens, no tangles of cables. That's proving very hard to replace with current hardware availability. majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108823 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What are your long-term SqueezeBox solutions?
Audio Pro ADDON C5 is the best Boom replacement I found so far. It has preset buttons for internet radio and with the AirPlay bridge plugin you can use it as a ordinary SB. SB Touch to Hegel H90, Boston Acoustics A26. SB 3 to Audio Pro T3. AirPlay Bridge to Audio Pro C5 and Hegel H90. SB BOOM SB Radio ReadyNAS 202 iPeng bernt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1342 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108823 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What are your long-term SqueezeBox solutions?
TomAmes wrote: > > I will now re-focus my anxiety onto the Boom in the kitchen that has > been doing yeoman's work for several years now and is still chugging > along without complaint. Haha - 're-focus my anxiety', I like it. I've had similar thoughts. For me the primary attraction of the Boom is the fabulous sound quality, with tone controls to tune it to taste. I almost never use the controls on the front or look at the display. So I've often thought about getting a bluetooth speaker and replacing the guts with a little Rpi (the Pi Zero W looks ideal). I've never got as far as researching a suitable bluetooth speaker. The Bose Wave radios also get good reports, so I've thought about buying one 'for parts' , and seeing what could be done with a Pi inside. Actually, if my Boom ever dies it would make more sense to use that as the basis for a 'Pi inside' project - there's a class D amp in there that could probably be fed from the Pi. It would probably lose the tone controls unfortunately. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108823 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
