Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
Any more news on the Roon to Squeezebox front? I'm a long-time Squeezebox user and haven't found anything yet worthy of replacing it. But I must admit that Roon sounds like an amazingly well-designed front-end for music. While the pricetag is a formidable obstacle, I would absolutely give Roon a shot if I could use it with all my SB devices and whatever else RoonLabs will be supporting going forward. Mike (1 SB3, 1 Duet, 1 Boom, 2 Touch, & heavy use of iPeng on various iThings) mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
Yes, Roon will be interesting to at least testdrive, once they have an iPad app, provide an image to use Rasperrys as endpoints - and ideally a dedicated Linux image for the server application. Until then, though, I'll take a wait and see stance. After all, it's not like us LMS users are starved for great UX. vanye's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=47848 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
vanye wrote: Yes, Roon will be interesting to at least testdrive, once they have an iPad app, provide an image to use Rasperrys as endpoints - and ideally a dedicated Linux image for the server application. Until then, though, I'll take a wait and see stance. After all, it's not like us LMS users are starved for great UX. I agree. I'm too waiting for headless RoonServer, Ipad app, and Rasperrys (or similar endpoints) image, to begin with a Roon testdrive. According to https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-labs-whats-new-for-august/2931, some if not all of these points are coming soon. SqueezeBoxServer 7.9 / ReadyNas Pro (x86) | SBTouch - SB3 - Duet - Boom - Ipeng SBTouch = Rega DAC = Rega Brio R amp = Harbeth SLH5 speakers volpone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16531 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
poing wrote: To me, Roon offers nothing special. Completely overpriced crap. Perhaps the company counts on purchases from placebophiles which erroneously believe that product price and product quality are perfectly correlated. OK poing, i understand your point but did you tested Roon ? I didn't myself, but my audio equipments price is near 10 000 euros and i'm not shocked at all spending 500 euros for an application if very a good one. IMHO good User Experience is very dependent on software and even if i love the LMS ecosystem i'm not sure LMS UX/UI and way to browse the music is ideal. So for me Roon is quite interesting. Volpone SqueezeBoxServer 7.9 / ReadyNas Pro (x86) | SBTouch - SB3 - Duet - Boom - Ipeng SBTouch = Rega DAC = Rega Brio R amp = Harbeth SLH5 speakers volpone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16531 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
Also keeping an eye on this. But $119 per year is pretty steep for software, I don't see me ditching LMS for that even if they can support the squeezebox line. Still happy with LMS/Muso as a server/browser combination. -- muso developer jezbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
A bit steep , but people pay much more for TV which I for example use less . If you don't sell any physical devices , the remaining sources of $ are the radio stations and services themselfs or the end user . mysb.com that we all use was included in our hardware purchases , but we paid much less for mysb.com over the years . People don't want to pay for this kind of thing ? Including it in hardware purchases demands that you continue to sell new hardware in a probably increasing rate ? I don't know what's a sustainable business model ? Life time membership their or mine :) Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
To me, Roon offers nothing special. Completely overpriced crap. Perhaps the company counts on purchases from placebophiles which erroneously believe that product price and product quality are perfectly correlated. poing's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63617 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
Otto-Wilhelm wrote: Streaming only to Meridian and Airplay devices?? Not only. also: Auralic DcS PSAudio Linn Raspberry Pi 2 IOS devices without Airplay limits and more to come via their proprietary RoonSpeakers protocol: https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-speakers-what-when-how-and-for-whom/290/9 But seems still in dev and probably needs some time to be real. STREAM = SqueezeBoxServer 7.9 / ReadyNas Pro (x86) | Touch - SB3 - Duet - Boom - Ipeng (Iphone) AUDIO = Rega DAC | Rega Brio amp | Harbeth SLH5+ volpone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16531 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
rolski wrote: or step forwards, if it connects to a wider range of endpoints ... Discuss Streaming only to Meridian and Airplay devices?? --- 1 transporter with touch for controlling, 1 squeezebox 3 6 squeezebox radio 3 squeezebox controllers (+ a number of different squeezebox spares) ipeng on IPhones and IPads LMS with MusicIP under Windows Home Server 2011 on Dell PowerEdge 840 Server (Quad core Xenon X3210 @ 2.13 GHz, 8 GB RAM) ripping software: DBPowerAmp, tag editing software: TagRename Otto-Wilhelm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
netchord wrote: options are always a step forward. there are many things that LMS can do that roon can't, or won't be able to do for some time. that said, LMS is not the most elegant way to browse a music collection, or discover new tunes. Roon excels in this regard, and being able to use both, is a definite boon to the SB community. +1. I totally agree with netchord. Roon seems quite powerfull and a really efficient, nonsuch and innovative way to browse your own music and (re)discover new works. Integration between local library and external music distribution services is a key point when lossless streaming (FLAC) and big libraries including classical music are now available. Roon is young and Roonlabs a smal company but i will follow them with attention. Is Roon an alternative or a complement to SB ecosystem i don't know but i will hope we will get some interopability. Volpone STREAM = SqueezeBoxServer 7.9 / ReadyNas Pro (x86) | Touch - SB3 - Duet - Boom - Ipeng (Iphone) AUDIO = Rega DAC | Rega Brio amp | Harbeth SLH5+ volpone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16531 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
rolski wrote: or step forwards, if it connects to a wider range of endpoints and provides a (stable / maintenance-free) user interface that people want ? Discuss options are always a step forward. there are many things that LMS can do that roon can't, or won't be able to do for some time. that said, LMS is not the most elegant way to browse a music collection, or discover new tunes. Roon excels in this regard, and being able to use both, is a definite boon to the SB community. -- 4 TB Drobo--FW 800--mac mini--Ethernet Transporter-- Wireworld Eclipse 6 coax--Meridian G61 G61-- Nordost Red Dawn--Primare 30.3 Primare--Ocos--Vienna Acoustics Beethoven/Maestro netchord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
Step backwards from LMS if it only runs on PC/Mac? kidstypike 1 x SB3 - 1 x Boom - 1 x (Squeezebox) Radio - 2 x Touch - 2 x piCorePlayer kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
kidstypike wrote: Step backwardsor step forwards, if it connects to a wider range of endpoints and provides a (stable / maintenance-free) user interface that people want ? Discuss You might be entitled to your own Opinions, but you're not entitled to your own Facts rolski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23776 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Roon support for squeezeboxen
Agreed, but at $119 per year* that's $119 more than LMS. Not sure what additional functionality it could offer to justify that. *Or $499 lifetime; such a deal! Apesbrain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=738 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
