Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
redgum wrote: Thank you for your replies. It seems low risk to try out a basic RPi with piCore Player as I already use IPeng and Orange Squeeze as controllers. It would appear to be the cheapest option too :) I'm dreading the day that my SB3 dies, or one of my Radios. Suppose i could go the ithingie route (have iPeng with playback, and even the playback app bfore that was possible with ipeng). I look the idea of trying a RPi, but I'm not very good with my hands. Anyway, something to think about it. Out of all these solutions, which one might work better for syncronised playback? chrisinparis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
Now that the question has been answered, time for a bit of silliness. I have to admit that when I first saw this thread subject line, I immediately thought the OP would be asking something like, I love listening to classic grateful dead, particularly 1969 through 1973. Please recommend some other bands that I'd like given that I love classic Dead. :cool: p.s. I'm serious, that's what I actually expected to see. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) LMS 7.8 Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) LMS 7.8 Touch Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) LMS 7.8 Squeezelite *Spares:* Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 iPadAir2 (iPeng8 Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
d6jg wrote: Your recommendation then? The short answer is I have complete 700 dead shows in addition to the studio albums. So I can't run out. :p more serious answer is actually quite hard. The Grateful Dead are part psychedelic rock, part americana, part improvisational jazz. So which part of that is one trying to replicate? Maybe some early 70s Allman Brothers. Later on, perhaps Younder Mountain String Band or String Cheese Incident. I've never been much of a Phish fan but don't hate them. But none of these are that similar to the Grateful Dead *to me*. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) LMS 7.8 Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) LMS 7.8 Touch Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) LMS 7.8 Squeezelite *Spares:* Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 iPadAir2 (iPeng8 Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
I'll go with those although Little Feat are a little later than the timeframe. *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* - iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE 320 - Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 - Sony TA FE320 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* - SB Boom *Kitchen* - UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch - Topping TP21 - AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) - Topping TP20 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
garym wrote: Now that the question has been answered, time for a bit of silliness. I have to admit that when I first saw this thread subject line, I immediately thought the OP would be asking something like, I love listening to classic grateful dead, particularly 1969 through 1973. Please recommend some other bands that I'd like given that I love classic Dead. :cool: p.s. I'm serious, that's what I actually expected to see. Your recommendation then? *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* - iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE 320 - Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 - Sony TA FE320 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* - SB Boom *Kitchen* - UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch - Topping TP21 - AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) - Topping TP20 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
d6jg wrote: Your recommendation then? New Riders Of The Purple Sage Quicksilver Messenger Service Canned Heat Moby Grape Little Feat ...as -additions- not replacements. Apesbrain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=738 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
Thank you for your replies. It seems low risk to try out a basic RPi with piCore Player as I already use IPeng and Orange Squeeze as controllers. It would appear to be the cheapest option too :) redgum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13679 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
hsmeets wrote: As long as you can live without a display and are okay with controlling it from your iPeng: use the RPI and use the PiCorePlayer software. That is not much of a project, after you have received parts it should be up and running within 30 minutes. The only thing that could be a project is to stick it into a nice case that meets the WAF. +1 Raspberry PI B+ are cheap right now. At least here in Sweden. 'LastFM' (http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/) SB3 Toslink to Audio Pro T20 SB BOOM (R.I.P) Vortexbox@HP SFF piCoreplayer@Raspberry B iPeng bernt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1342 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
As long as you can live without a display and are okay with controlling it from your iPeng: use the RPI and use the PiCorePlayer software. That is not much of a project, after you have received parts it should be up and running within 30 minutes. The only thing that could be a project is to stick it into a nice case that meets the WAF. does the all-black SB sound better than the white SB? hsmeets's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9716 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
If you want a display -- and a nice one at that -- your idea of using an Android tablet is a fine one. You should have no problem using the headphone out jack to your amplifier. You'll need the SqueezePlayer and Orange Squeeze apps (or equivalent); both are inexpensive. You may also need a cable like this: http://www.amazon.com/Hosa-Cable-CMR210-Stereo-Adapter/dp/B68O3B Depending on the tablet the USB out should allow use of an external DAC but typically this is the same jack through which the tablet is charged so you'll need to swap things out once in a while. I really like the Amazon Fire HD 6 for this but not sure it can access Google Play store for apps above. You'll want to confirm that or be sure apps can be side-loaded. Apesbrain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=738 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
You could go with a cheap tablet or ithing and then move to an RPi if/when the SB dies. You can use the tablet for the RPi in any case. My Touch units are still OK but I just built a basic RPi with piCore Player so that I'm covered when the SB's die. jfo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1135 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
I'd second the Raspberry Pi solution. I'm running three, all using piCorePlayer 1.19: A model B with a USB connection to an external DAC A second model B with a HiFiBerry DAC (this required a small amount of soldering, but not difficult A model 2 with an IQaudioDAC+ (this requires no soldering and has the advantage of a headphone jack as well as RCAs to connect to the amplifier. If you're running a DAC already I'd go with the first option. Robert Touch DacMagic 100 Naim Audio Nait 3 Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 and Naim CD3) 2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 X Squeezebox 3 SqueezePad, iPeng, Squeezeplay, piCorePlayer(PiB)DACMagic 100, PiCorePlayer(Pi2)IQAudIO DAC+Sennheisers, (piCorePlayer(PiB)HiFiBerryDAC in reserve) QNAP TS-239, LMS 7.9 last.fm/user/GrumpyBob Grumpy Bob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Classic Dead - What to replace it with...
bernt wrote: +1 Raspberry PI B+ are cheap right now. At least here in Sweden. I don't think the standard analogue out on a Pi is sufficiently good to make it a contender on its own. You will hear unexplained crackle and pops. I think you would have to couple it to either a Pi DAC card or USB Dac pretty much straight away. I think my preference would be a second hand iPad or iPod Touch with iPeng and perhaps something like one of these - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/191532444018?limghlpsr=truehlpv=2ops=trueviphx=1hlpht=truelpid=108chn=psdevice=cadtype=placrdt=0ff3=1ff11=ICEP3.0.0-Lff12=67ff13=80ff14=108ff19=0 The combination of the two would allow you to use the iThingy anwhere around the house as a controller and as a player to the AirPlay adapter wherever you wanted it. These adapters do have an Optical out as well as Analogue. *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* - iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE 320 - Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 - Sony TA FE320 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* - SB Boom *Kitchen* - UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch - Topping TP21 - AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) - Topping TP20 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
