Re: [Internetradio] How does thelounge.com compare?
Here's a review of the Logitech Squeezebox, admittedly Eurocentric but still useful: http://www.pricemo.com/laptops/reviews-logitech-squeezebox-radio-36561/ or http://tinyurl.com/yhqclcs -- -Rob de Santos -Original Message- From: Scott Walker [mailto:richardsco...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 3:32 PM To: Internet radio discussion Subject: Re: [Internetradio] How does thelounge.com compare? Thanks for all the input on the subject I started. I've heard a lot of good opinions here. I understand that it can all be done with a netbook, but I really think that the ergonomics of a portable radio with a handle, battery and an easy to use interface (knobs) is important to me. We like to use the device in multiple rooms and have it by the bed at night. That is what the ComOne Phoenix offered. I think the Evoke Flow looks like a winner, but I would like to know if its display is large enough. John, can a middle-aged guy use the Flow without his reading glasses? -Scott Walker ___ Internetradio mailing list Internetradio@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to internetradio-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
Re: [Internetradio] How does thelounge.com compare?
Scott, I respect your desire for a portable WiFi radio appliance. There are many times when I've wished I had such a portable internet radio just to use at the bedside and in the dining room. I also struggle with that with my GE SuperRadio 3. That normally sits in the dining room, but there are many times when I've wanted to move it into the bedroom or other places, but it too big for that purpose, plus I have all the bedroom plugins all used up with lights and other radios. I also struggle with the problem that all my shortwave and decent AM/FM radios (except for those in automobiles) are analog tuning only. I've had to resort to all kinds of taped labels on each radio indicating where to tune for the major broadcasters I listen to, which means that each radio is typically dedicated to listening to a few specific radio stations or frequencies. (I'm just cheap or too cash strapped to invest in the newer digital tuner radios that I'm sure you guys all have, or in a dedicated WiFi appliance, what with two kids in college and a third kid who just graduated last May, yet unemployed and financially dependent on us still. So I have to get by with what I already have. grin) So for now that means any internet radio appliance I have will be old, old laptops with dead batteries. Kevin -- - Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com - --- On Mon, 2/15/10, Scott Walker richardsco...@gmail.com wrote: From: Scott Walker richardsco...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Internetradio] How does thelounge.com compare? To: Internet radio discussion internetradio@hard-core-dx.com Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 2:32 PM Thanks for all the input on the subject I started. I've heard a lot of good opinions here. I understand that it can all be done with a netbook, but I really think that the ergonomics of a portable radio with a handle, battery and an easy to use interface (knobs) is important to me. We like to use the device in multiple rooms and have it by the bed at night. That is what the ComOne Phoenix offered. I think the Evoke Flow looks like a winner, but I would like to know if its display is large enough. John, can a middle-aged guy use the Flow without his reading glasses? -Scott Walker ___ Internetradio mailing list Internetradio@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to internetradio-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
Re: [Internetradio] How does thelounge.com compare?
At least for audio only, almost any older laptop computer can be put to use in this same fashion as a radio appliance. I have an older Toshiba 266 MHz laptop running PuppyLinux that I have used at times in this capacity. I am somewhat limited on audio formats I can listen to, what with not having the latest and greatest Microsoft Windows Media program, but I can get enough to satisfy my wants. The biggest limitations with trying to use an older laptop is the limited RAM memory many might have, but maybe more importantly is getting your internet connected. With this particular laptop I use an older Linksys 10 mbit wireless PCCard that talks to my router on my cable modem connection, which in Puppy Linux is not automatic in configuring and therefore discourages my wife from using. In that regard, a relatively new netbook is probably better if one is not scrapped for disposable income like I am. Kevin, K9IUA -- - Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com - --- On Fri, 2/12/10, Joe Buch josephb...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Joe Buch josephb...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Internetradio] How does thelounge.com compare? To: Internet radio discussion internetradio@hard-core-dx.com Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 10:18 AM The use of a netbook computer to access internet radio stations need not be inhibited because of the crappy audio such small speakers emit. I have plugged in a set of amplified computer speakers to the earphone jack and enjoy stereo radio from all over. When I want to watch foreign-based TV stations it does that too. Try that with a WiFi radio. The computer cost me $300, the speakers were $3 at a garage sale, and the lowest speed DSL link to the internet costs $20 per month from ATT. The fastest video (and best resolution) I have found comes from China's CCTV-9 at about 500 kbps which is slower than the typical 650 kbps downlink speed of the DSL service. Works great with no rebuffering. If you are coming to Kulpsville on March 5 and 6, I hope to demonstrate what such a simple setup can do on Saturday morning at 10:30. Joe Buch ___ Internetradio mailing list Internetradio@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to internetradio-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
