Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
socistep;657420 Wrote: Good news! Hopefully this works for me and others, I'm actually getting a new server this week which I'll be putting 7.6.1 on so I can compare to my other server which runs 7.5.3 I'm afraid the problem persists for me. 7.6.1 and Desire HD. -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 www.soundcloud.com/artiefufkin jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
socistep;653939 Wrote: My desire HD loses connection, not sure what causes and won't auto reconnect. The only way to solve is to turn wireless off and on. Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk Same with my Desire HD, although intermittently -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 www.soundcloud.com/artiefufkin jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
Good to see you back - hope you're prepared to be inundated... I believe iPeng has recently included ability to stream Soundcloud streams - is there any chance of implementing this is Squeezecommander? -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 www.soundcloud.com/artiefufkin jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why no new apps coming out?
There's an mflow app in the works, according to their twitter. http://beta.mflow.com/ -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 www.soundcloud.com/artiefufkin jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89271 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Anyone tried both Android and iPeng? Which do you prefer, why?
I've used iPeng on a 3G iPhone, and SqueezeCommander (SC) on a HTC Desire HD, both quite extensively. There's not a huge amount between iPeng and SC IMO - iPeng probably shades it on 'slickness' (although this may be a comment on iOS vs Android really) but there's very little in it . The most recent release of SC made it a lot more iPeng-like, and was a big step forward. Functionality-wise, iPeng has the advantage of having a player built-in, but SC has the download-to-phone feature, which I'd really miss if I didn't have it. I could never quite get my head round sync-ing on iPeng, but I find it easy on SC, but to be honest I think that was me just being a bit thick. Speed-wise SC feels quicker, but that may not be the case on a newer iPhone. So, all in all, I wouldn't let the remote control app be your deciding factor - both are very, very good and, if you haven't used one before, will come as something of a revelation. The main decision to make is iOS vs Android (not wanting to open a can of worms...) -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 www.soundcloud.com/artiefufkin jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88293 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squidget - A SqueezeBox Widget for Android
strindberg;626691 Wrote: I also see serious stability issues since yesterday's update. No artwork, constantly displaying Can't connect, and many force close's. I've had a lot of force close's today as well, never happened before this update. And I agree with not wanting the rating / facebook things either. Great widget though - thanks! -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86993 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hello out there,!!!
From Twitter: mysqueezebox We're currently seeing a complete network outage at our DC datacenter, we're investigating The datacenter had a hardware failure; they are working on the problem http://twitter.com/mysqueezebox -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79796 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How Do You Control Your Squeezebox(es)?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 Question: How Do You Control Your Music/Squeezebox? - SBC (Squeezebox Controller) - IR Remote Control - Web UI - Touch - Other - Explain A mixture of: iPeng (to create playlists, for browsing etc. Definintely the all-round best option) IR remote (if e.g. I just want to skip a track or I know exactly which album I want in which case it can be quicker than booting up iPeng) Front panel on my Boom Web UI (much less so since I got iPeng) -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Warner quits free music streaming
Clarification from Spotify: To be clear WMG is not pulling out of Spotify. Media is taking things out of context. So don't worry-be happy :) http://twitter.com/Spotify/status/8919825963 -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75120 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Ipod like device wanted next please
Without meaning to sound flippant I think the answer to this one is, er, get an iPod! There's at least one app on the store already which does exactly what you're asking for (although I haven't used it) and iPeng will add streaming functionality in a future update. There's no way that Logitech would be able to compete with an iPod / App combination at a reasonable price, let alone with all the other functionality you get in an iPod Touch / iPhone. -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Volume Levelling
Another +1 for foobar, although I prefer to use the Album Gain setting on SBS. I find that Smart Gain adjustments, when playing individual tracks, sound too noticeable, even though it is doing exactly what it should. e.g. going from a full-on techno track to an acoustic track, with both peaking at the same volume, just sounds wrong to me. Each to their own, experiment and see which you prefer. -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72031 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Volume Levelling
aubuti;491089 Wrote: Gapless and crossfade are different - which do you want? Gapless works with FLAC and with MP3s encoded with recent versions of Lame. Other codecs or Lame versions won't give you gapless on an SB. Gapless also works on a SB with OGG and (I think) WAV. -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72031 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Should I buy an iPhone?
I've just got hold of an iphone in the last couple of days and initial impressions are good. It's a very nice piece of kit, if not the life-changing experience some of the acolytes would have you believe. iPeng works very nicely, and the email / web browsing / phone functions are all pretty good. Maps is great, and the last.fm / facebook apps are pretty slick (if that's your thing). I've set up a separate library for iTunes to use and I have to say, having only used iTunes briefly before, that it is a horribly confusing and non-intuitive piece of software. Maybe it's just familiarity and it'll grow on me, but I've found it very awkward to use - I would have expected it to be as simple as pointing it to a directory and letting it go - it wasn't. I think I've got it working now but we'll see. Luckily, the MP3 function was pretty much the last thing I bought the iPhone for... So yeah, all in all I'd have to say go for it. -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65750 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
On a slightly different note, I was looking at a bug report a couple of days ago (I forget which one) which referred to a Baby Boom... -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Ultimate server for SqueezeCenter?
I'd personally be very interested in a version of the Vortexbox without a CD ripping drive. I rarely rip CDs anymore now my whole collection is done, so I'm happy doing them on my laptop. Therefore anything that can keep the price and size down is a positive in my book. -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65338 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify
Brilliant! Works perfectly and is very easy to set up. This will keep me very happy until an official plugin is available - thanks! -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64590 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Napster streaming bitrate
Mnyb;408214 Wrote: Are you serious 32kbps :-) Wov, have folks been pleading fo ages to logitech to implement a music service thats streams in 32kbps ROLF . And they expect money for this service. It is completely impossible to enjoy any kind of music at that bit rate. Napster UK claim that they stream 128kbps ? thats more like it, this ok for radio I can't check napster is not yet possible where i live. It's definitely 128kbps in the UK. It sounds ok, not brilliant, but about what you would expect. 32kbps I would imagine sounds pretty poor... -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help with volume normalization/ReplayGain
It's worth noting that a lot of people (myself included) find that even when playing random, individual tracks, album gain is the best setting to use. Track gain makes the loudest point of each track equal. This means that the loudest part of e.g an acoustic guitar track will be the same as the loudest point of a full-on hardcore techno track. Personally I find this sounds odd, and album gain gives a more natural volume levelling. -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60971 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Extracting songs from single FLAC album file
This is fairly straightforward to do in foobar. Load the cuesheet into foobar, select all tracks, right click and then select Convert. It should be fairly self-explanatory from there. -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59301 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 7.3 looks good, seems stable
rpurcell;364593 Wrote: Where do you get 7.3? I went to http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html Beta and releases but there isn't a SC windows exe file Here - http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/latest/7.3/ -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55622 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 - Anyone else getting this?
Yep noticed this earlier today -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54854 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What Wi-Fi Router For UK?
I use a Netgear WGR614v7 in an Edwardian terrace. The router is upstairs on top of the wardrobe with the server in the cellar and an SB3 on the ground floor and it works fine, and streams FLAC flawlessly. -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54691 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement Squeezecenter 7.2.1
Thought I'd share my experience with upgrading to 7.2.1 All is working fine now, although it was the first time that I encountered significant problems when upgrading. I think it is related to / the same as this bug - http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8272 . I uninstalled 7.2 rather than install over the top (for reasons I will go into shortly) and skipped the SqueezeNetwork registration. MY SB3 then refused to respond to the Press Brightness to upgrade firmware prompt. The reason I uninstalled first is that for *every* SS/SC upgrade bar one (I can't remember which one I'm afraid) the installer has frozen when trying to install over the top of a previous installation. It always freezes at the Creating Directories stage - I think it's this bug - http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9698 . To be honest I've probably not waited as long as 1.5 minutes to see if it continues, maybe I will next time... EDIT - XP Pro -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm Loved Tracks problem
Philip Meyer;352059 Wrote: I tried subscribing to Last.fm for a few months to see what I was missing out on. I now have the ability to play My Radio Station and My Loved Tracks. However, apparently I should have the ability to play Loved Tracks for any last.fm user. I don't seem to get this option. I *think* you have to be friends with them. Then you go to (from memory) Last.fm Radio - My Friends - username - username's Loved Tracks -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54056 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Artwork (sort of) missing in 7.2
morris_minor;347414 Wrote: I've another 7.2 album art issue: Sometimes after a rescan a few thumbnails in SC are wrong - the wrong cover's been picked up (a different cover.jpg from a different folder). However, the full size image file is right, and the controller displays all art correctly. It's just the SC thumbnails that exhibit this behaviour. Another rescan often fixes the original errors, but sometimes introduces new ones. Clearing the browser cache has no effect, either. I have the same problem - bug reported here: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8317 -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115 jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51825 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] portable sound quality?
CatBus;332694 Wrote: Let me preface this by saying that you're very unlikely to get SB3-quality audio from a portable. So just let this requirement go, and your choices start looking better. I'm a RockBox user myself, and I personally use an iAudio X5. For what it is, the audio quality is quite good. I've also heard good things about iRiver players, and I believe there may even be some older (and possibly discontinued?) models out there with digital outputs. I use Rockbox on an old iRiver H140 (upgraded to a 60GB drive), and the sound quality is very good. It has an optical out if that floats your boat. If you're happy without colour screens, don't mind it being a bit on the chucky side etc than you can't go far wrong. Unfortunately, of course, it is discontinued, but ebay may be your friend. I've never blindtested it against my SB3 to be honest, but maybe one day when I'm bored... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRiver_H140 -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51532 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Poll: Which user category do you belong to ?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48780 Question: Which user category do you belong to most ? - The geek - The audiophile - The structured music lover - Massmarket Joe - Other (None of the above fits me, see wiki page before choosing this) Somewhere between geek and structured music lover. Certainly closer to the latter, so that's what I went for. -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48780 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] should I move to v7 ?
Do you use the web interface much? If so, upgrade - it is vastly improved. If not, probably not worth bothering. -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48746 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Quite upset - Rhapsody!
mherger;288432 Wrote: We're currently working on SN no longer displaying options which aren't available in a give country. In a few weeks customers outside the US won't see any Pandora/Rhapsody/Slacker reference any more. -- Michael Will this affect access through SC7? I am in the UK and paid for a Pandora account before access was stopped. However, I can still access it via SC7 and SN - please don't take this away...! -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45936 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Guardian reviews Sonos
I wish I'd never mentioned it to be honest. -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45734 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] The Guardian reviews Sonos
A reasonably fair review from what I can tell (never having used a Sonos...) although it is a little frustrating when it is criticised on price, and then the only competitor mentioned is Apple. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/03/gadgets.digitalmusic -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45734 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver + new Last.FM features?
For what it's worth, I only just managed to get 1.1.4 working after having exactly the same problems. I've no idea why it started working, the only thing I did different to previous attempts was to install it from a different PC. When I installed it from the actual PC I have SC7 running on, it wouldn't work (I tried several times). When I installed it over my network from a different PC (to exactly the same location) it worked first time. No idea why. -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42627 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
To whom it may concern: You've got a couple of typos on the Squeezebox Controller and Squeezebox Receiver links on the right hand side of this page: http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_overview.html Thought you'd like to know! -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Future - no future!?
JimC;244472 Wrote: We're working with all of the serious players in the area of internet-based music and can support the appropriate ones, once the Byzantine licensing structures in Europe are fixed. The CRB here in the U.S might be a pain, and may not fully grasp the value of internet radio/music services, but at least it's a one-stop shop for broadcasters. Did you know one of the redundant server farms for SqueezeNetwork is in Europe. We really do want to make it work, and work perfectly, for everyone. -= Jim Thanks for the reply - good to know the European capacity exists, now all we need to do is sort out the licensing. Can't see that being a problem... ;-) -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Future - no future!?
JimC;244252 Wrote: Actually, it is already far more than a world-band radio. It connects you to music services like Pandora, Rhapsody, Live365, RadioIO, and now Slacker Radio. It also allows you to store your personal music collection in an MP3tunes music locker*, for access whether or not your computer/server is available. Basically, it's an IT-less, always-on, everyman version of SlimServer. About the only things you don't have are FLAC / ALAC support (*MP3tunes allows only compressed music files), and local plug-ins. And we're doing a LOT of work in the SqueezeNetwork area, so you'll see it continue to improve and evolve. -= Jim I know you already know this, and it's not meant as a dig, but Pandora, Rhapsody and Slacker are US-only, therefore meaningless to the rest of us. I understand the reasons why, and I know it's not Logitech / SD's fault, but I do hope that some of the SqueezeNetwork development is focused on providing alternative, comparable services for non US owners. -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)
Empgamer;232519 Wrote: Well, ordered my first SB3 on Sunday 30th Sept from DataKits and it arrived yesterday. That's the good news. The bad news is that whle the SB3 and remote APPEAR to be as new the mains lead certainly does not appear to be. It has what looks like magnolia paint on both the plug and the cable and it also has scratches on the plug, as if someone has taken a screwdriver to it (albeit there are no signs of it being opened)!!! The other question it also raises is whether I can be confident the SB3 is new and not a refurb or whatever and is not also used or damaged in some way. It may well be that the power unit was dispatched in that condition although that seems less likely, if it was there is a QC issue somewhere. That said, the outer box was hard to open, as if it had not been opened before. I've phoned Data Kits and left a message on their answerphone, tried their webchat (no agent available) and mailed them 3 times. I await their reply. One way or another I have been sold something which is either used, a refurb or subject to some poor QC and I certainly intend to sort it out. I have advised my credit card company to deal with this if the need arises and also plan to contact Trading Standards. Poor show. I have also mailed Logitech Customer support and one of the guys has already kindly offered to supply a new lead if the re-seller won't sort it. My only concern though is that I'm not sure I can be confident that the SB3 itself is OK. Not sure what kind of a reputation Data Kits but I'm certainly not at all impressed!! Have a look at the thread below for some other peoples experience of datakits. Not generally brilliant. To be honest you're lucky they even delivered it. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36850highlight=datakits You might also want to google Datakits customer service if you really want to scare yourself... -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38982 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Brand new Squeezebox supplied with used/faulty ac lead (UK)
12lee;232642 Wrote: Hi Lee from ProgressiveAV here (we're Logitech's UK distributors for Squeezebox and Transporter). The answer to this question is *key*. To date we have not supplied Datakits with any product and if the unit in question is Slim Devices branded it is certainly aged stock, probably sourced in the US, and warranty processing will be handled via Datakits. Would appreciate knowing the branding of the product and also the MAC address. Lee. I'm glad to hear you don't supply Datakits - they are shockingly bad and I'm not surprised to hear of another story of problems with them. I originally ordered my SB3 from them and eventually had to threaten Trading Standards to get a refund. I have no idea whether they are doing anything dodgy re: importing or not, but they certainly are very poor at customer service, and as Empgamer is finding out, are incredibly difficult to get hold of. -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38982 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 running out of CPU cycles on HQ vorbis?
FWIW I have several thousand tracks encoded at Q8 using the standard encoder, and have never encountered a problem like this. :-) -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38531 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can I get a consistent volume?
mflint;224148 Wrote: As Michael says, Replaygain is what you need. I've added replaygain to everything in my library (using a nightly add replaygain script). It's good, but I'm afraid not perfect, as there still are volume differences occasionally. So while Replaygain may allow playback volume to be adjusted so the peak volumes are consistent, it's not the same as normalising -my perception- of volume. I don't understand why :( Yes I've also noticed the occasional time when volumes don't seem to match. I'd say it's around 95-98% effective, but it does seem to struggle with certain genres - dub in particular. It's still a massive improvement though. -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Still possible to buy SlimDevices (not Logitech) SB3 in UK?
I bought mine from www.advancedmp3players.co.uk and the service was excellent. -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36850 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Still possible to buy SlimDevices (not Logitech) SB3 in UK?
Hate to tell you this, but I had a bad experience with them. I ordered a SB3 from them, they took my money and I got an email telling me it had been despatched. This was inaccurate, as they didn't have any in stock (the next day they were showing an instock figure of -2) - they didn't answer the phone, reply to any emails etc etc, despite a LOT of chasing from me. I eventually got them to cancel the order after threatening to take them to Trading Standards. Do a Google search on them and you'll find plenty of similar stories. I'll drop you a PM with the email address of someone who finally sorted things out for me. -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36850 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezebox/Transporter?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36061 Question: When you listen to music, do you connect to Slim Server or SqueezeNetwork? - a) 100% of the time to Slimserver (on computer or NAS drive) - b) 75% of the time on Slimserver / 25% on SqueezeNetwork - c) 50% of the time on Slimserver / 50% on SqueezeNetwork - d) 25% of the time on Slimserver / 75% on SqueezeNetwork - e) 100 % of the time on SqueezeNetwork I went for 75% SS 25% SN, I use SqueezeNetwork mainly for Pandora (we still get it in the UK) and the odd bit of internet radio browsing. I use AlienBBC and Last.FM a fair bit, but that's via SS. I'd certainly give Rhapsody a go if it became available in the UK. With a library of 20k+ tracks, I've usually got something to listen to locally, but SqueexeNetwork is brilliant for those times when you just can't make a decision! :-) -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36061 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Shipping to United Kingdom
Don't buy from datakits.co.uk! I tried to get my SB3 from them - they took the money, told me it had been despatched, and then ignored numerous emails when it didn't turn up. Effectively they said it was in stock (+ despatched) when they never had any in the first place. I eventually got my money back but only after I threatened to go to Trading Standards. Google them and you'll find plenty of other people who have had dreadful service from them. I eventually got my SB3 from www.advancedmp3players.co.uk and the service was top-notch. Well worth the extra £10ish they charged. Amazon have always been reliable in my experience too. -- jeebers jeebers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34637 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
