Re: [slim] Upgrading my experience? Need suggestions
MeSue;476169 Wrote: Plus with the SB Radios you will have the option to play something different in each room. You may not need it now, but you might want it later. Right. At this point your daughters may not want to choose their own music, but trust me, that will change. Maybe not this year or next year, but eventually . -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Upgrading my experience? Need suggestions
Hi everyone, So I've been on the Squeezebox train since very early on. I have the very basic player - this one in fact: http://www.mpfour.pl/products_pictures/Squeezebox.jpg I love it, it's still one of the best purchases I ever made. But here's the deal. Right now it sits in our master bedroom, and we mostly use it to play music at night when we go to bed. My daughters each have a room down the hall, and they'd like to hear the music too. I'd like to run speakers to each of their rooms so they can listen at night too. But, I know next to nothing about electronics. All I know is I can hook up one pair of speakers to my squeezebox, not 3. I suppose I need some kind of receiver or something to make this work. The key thing is that I want to be able to turn off the speakers in one of the other two rooms, if needed, with just a button push. I assume this is doable, but maybe not easy? I remember in the old days you'd have a stereo and you could push a button to turn off the speakers - I was thinking that. Anyway, any suggestions would be much appreciated. -- tdellaringa tdellaringa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10718 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrading my experience? Need suggestions
You must have some type of amplifier to run your current speakers... does it have a/b speaker outputs? That could solve part of the problem (provide one room of remote speakers). The EASIEST solution, however, would be to buy a Squeezebox Radio for each of the rooms. They are small, and self contained (have player, amp, speaker). Not sure about your network configuration, but presumably you are running your current SB3 wireless, so you have a wireless network already? (Although wired network is more reliable). With separate players, each can listen to different material at the same time (or can synchronize together so they all play same thing at same time). -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrading my experience? Need suggestions
Yup, I would go for the Squeezebox Radio or Boom. No need to mess around with wiring or anything. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrading my experience? Need suggestions
Well, I really can't afford to spend $600+ on new players. I have a player that just works fine. I expect to have to buy something, but I'd rather not buy 3 new products. My daughters are young and they don't need to be choosing their own music, just hear what's playing. Yes I have wireless running. To be a little clearer, we generally listen to Pandora or playlists from iTunes. I was thinking there was a receiver or something that I could use as a middle piece to plug the squeezebox into, then plug the speakers into and hook the whole system up, and control which set of speakers were on. I would think this is possible with the right equipment. There's really nothing wrong with my squeezebox either - works great and does what we need, so I can't really justify buying new product there anyway. -- tdellaringa tdellaringa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10718 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrading my experience? Need suggestions
How many rooms are we talking about? I got the impression it was the existing room plus 2, hence why you needed three pairs of speakers total. In this case you're looking at 2 new players (total $400), not 3 - the SB3 stays right where it is. If you do want to go with speakers etc you're talking 2 pairs of (I assume) ceiling speakers, lots of wire, and 1 or 2 new amps. That'll probably come to at least $400 anyway. Plus installation if you're not handy enough to do it yourself. -- radish 'HELP ME RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH!' (HTTP://WWW.ADAMREEVE.COM/24IN24/) http://www.last.fm/user/polymeric radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrading my experience? Need suggestions
Yes, 2 rooms extra. I guess I was hoping there was a way to serve the three pair of speakers with just the squeezebox and maybe one other component. -- tdellaringa tdellaringa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10718 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrading my experience? Need suggestions
tdellaringa;476147 Wrote: Yes, 2 rooms extra. I guess I was hoping there was a way to serve the three pair of speakers with just the squeezebox and maybe one other component. Yes, there is. You can just add a second amplifier and use the main out on your stereo to drive it and more speakers in each room. But it will cost more, take longer to install, require running wires, and basically be more hassle than just buying 2 squeezebox radios with built-in speakers. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrading my experience? Need suggestions
Plus with the SB Radios you will have the option to play something different in each room. You may not need it now, but you might want it later. -- MeSue SUE 1 Duet | 2 Booms | 1 Radio (beta) | 1 Touch (beta) | 1 SB2 HP MediaSmart EX470 | Squeezebox Server 7.4 Find me on 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue) | 'Twitter' (http://twitter.com/suechastain) MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrading my experience? Need suggestions
MeSue;476169 Wrote: Plus with the SB Radios you will have the option to play something different in each room. You may not need it now, but you might want it later. And when the weather is good, you can grab a radio and take it outside -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
