Re: [slim] Time for a speculation thread...

2011-03-03 Thread TheLastMan
Mnyb;615063 Wrote: Also a x86 server box at 300$ can you really get a quality machine with good spec for that ? At least it must have a separate flash or ssd for the OS, music on a separate drive and you want to be able to expand it with at least one extra drive ? Dual core atom. It does

Re: [slim] Time for a speculation thread...

2011-03-03 Thread Mnyb
I was thinking dual atom because arm based NAS does not do transcoding . No SOX or flac, alac, lame and similar, problems with streams etc. So a server should be able to transcode at least 2 separate streams to be multipurpose enough . Hmm prices going down, maybe is see motherboards at

Re: [slim] Question about Tiny SBS

2011-03-03 Thread toby10
JJZolx;615040 Wrote: I don't use either mysb.com or TinySBS, but aren't favorites supposed to be synced, so that if you enter one at mysb.com it should eventually appear within TinySBS? No, this was never really implemented. What you do have on SBS or TinySBS is a separate menu item within

Re: [slim] 24-bit audio (new article)

2011-03-03 Thread firedog
quote from the original article: but the loudness war has resulted in music squashed to within a few decibels of its life. Yes, and hi-res releases seem to generally be mastered without that. That alone makes them much more listenable. The recent uncompressed hi-res remaster of Band of the Run

Re: [slim] 24-bit audio (new article)

2011-03-03 Thread Phil Leigh
firedog;615126 Wrote: ...So I'll keep buying hi-res. But before you call me silly and a fool, just change the name from hi-res to properly mastered and then we won't have anything to argue about. That's what I do too! -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a

Re: [slim] 24-bit audio (new article)

2011-03-03 Thread Mnyb
I also buy hirez in some quantities. 1500 tracks so far. But I try not have to many illusion about it . But I won't fall in to HD tracks newest trapp, charching more for 176 or 192 khz than the pedestrian 88/96 that I would be happy with. Unless... these to are off different masters :-/ HD

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-03-03 Thread Squid
Squid;609718 Wrote: I am glad to see that the 'download to phone' feature has been fixed and now works. However, there's still something that bothers me a lot. My entire library consists of full albums grouped by album artist. Now, I can go browse the library by either album name or by

Re: [slim] 24-bit audio (new article)

2011-03-03 Thread bobkoure
Thanks for the link! Phil Leigh;614936 Wrote: wasn't the cd supposed to be long enough to hold a particular Beethoven symphony? (this might be a myth) I remember something like this too (not definitely Beethoven, but some particular long work that would just fit on both sides of an LP). Of

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 and FLAC - 24bit96Khz or not?

2011-03-03 Thread Mnyb
bhaagensen;614875 Wrote: Streaming to SB3 is downsampled to 24/48. And this is done on the server -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 and FLAC - 24bit96Khz or not?

2011-03-03 Thread Morbius
Thanks for the replies... Mark -- Morbius In my life, why do I smile At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye? Morbius's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5328 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Question about Tiny SBS

2011-03-03 Thread Ikabob
Thank you for the responses. I definitely appreciate the help I get from all of you on these forums. Since you have reminded me that I do have access to the mysb.com favorites , I will be able to make playlists on Tiny SBS that use the high speed premium streams from JazzRadio.com. Great advice

Re: [slim] How do I get plugin to show in menu?

2011-03-03 Thread Guy48065
bpa;614841 Wrote: The quality of the audio is nothing to do with the soundcard hardware - the PCM stream is taken after all mixing and sound effects have been added by s/w. After reading some more of the 46 page wavin announcement thread I'm thinking the poor quality might be due to

Re: [slim] 24-bit audio (new article)

2011-03-03 Thread firedog
I brought this topic up over at computeraudiophile.com Got a thoughtful answer from music producer Barry Diament, who records in 24/192 and produces hi-res discs. He has an explanation for why 24bit does matter.

Re: [slim] 24-bit audio (new article)

2011-03-03 Thread Wombat
cumputeraudiophile!? Serious? This is the last place i will ever look for any evidence. -- Wombat Transporter (modded) - RG142 - Avantgarde Acoustic based 500VA monoblocks - Sommer SPK240 - self-made speakers Wombat's

[slim] Just to say......thanks!

2011-03-03 Thread jimwillsher
Hi all, I'm a long term SB suppporter. I've had various SB1s, now onto SB3s and Booms. In all that time I've run SqueezeCenter on Linux. We have no radios in the house, no CD players, no tape players. We have a mixture of SB3, one Boom, and one Linux server running SqueezeCenter. We can't

Re: [slim] 24-bit audio (new article)

2011-03-03 Thread Phil Leigh
It's easy enough to do your own tests... you already have SOX which is capable of high quality downsampling/word reduction. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF

Re: [slim] Just to say......thanks!

2011-03-03 Thread TechHome
I'll second Jim's thanks and add that in my home I have four SB3's two SB2's and two SB radios. I recently shifted SBS from my WHS machine to a 17w self-built VortexBox appliance. Our system is controlled by our Android phones via Squeeze Commander, by iPeng on iPod Touches and we do also use

[slim] Intel Wireless Music

2011-03-03 Thread finnbrodersen
Hi Just read about some Logitech receiver for a wireless music technology pushed by Intel. Anybody here who has more info about this ? -- finnbrodersen Some version of SBServer running on a HP EX490 home server SBReceiver -- NAD C162+C272 -- DALI IKON 6 (let's call it MidFi)

Re: [slim] Intel Wireless Music

2011-03-03 Thread MrSinatra
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/08/logitech-intros-30-wireless-speaker-adapter-for-widi-enabled-la/ -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 sbc (my home) / sbrec ipeng (parents' home) - sbs 7.5.4b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz, 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 48k+

Re: [slim] Intel Wireless Music

2011-03-03 Thread finnbrodersen
fastest man in the west (or is it east, I don't know) :-) -- finnbrodersen Some version of SBServer running on a HP EX490 home server SBReceiver -- NAD C162+C272 -- DALI IKON 6 (let's call it MidFi) finnbrodersen's

Re: [slim] Intel Wireless Music

2011-03-03 Thread andyg
It's more of a wireless audio cable. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86052

Re: [slim] Intel Wireless Music

2011-03-03 Thread MrSinatra
airport express but without digital hookups? the next SB should include this ability, as well as bluetooth. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 sbc (my home) / sbrec ipeng (parents' home) - sbs 7.5.4b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz, 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link

Re: [slim] Intel Wireless Music

2011-03-03 Thread andyg
The problem is it's a closed solution from Intel, not something you can just add to any product. You also need special hardware for the sending side. -- andyg andyg's Profile:

Re: [slim] Intel Wireless Music

2011-03-03 Thread MrSinatra
andyg;615247 Wrote: You also need special hardware for the sending side. i understand that, altho they did say there will be a bluetooth version for those without the intel widi andyg;615247 Wrote: The problem is it's a closed solution from Intel, not something you can just add to any

Re: [slim] SB release 7.5.3: Unreliable. Anyone else?

2011-03-03 Thread Kuben72
Has anyone tried to disable any plugins like Dynamic Playlist and SQL Playlist? As you can see in this bug http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16881 I tried to disable those two plugins and as far as I can see from the logentries it made SBS more reliable. I will try to upgrade again

[slim] Feature request: SqueezeboxCar having a Player and a Squeezebox Server Satellite

2011-03-03 Thread Metazargo
Everything is setup fine, in the house, but what about the car? I can use a mobile device, as an iPhone, but this hasn't 150GB space... I finally want the same, the identical music library like at home. A SqueezeboxCar device would be a great new player, which could use an external disk, with

Re: [slim] Just to say......thanks!

2011-03-03 Thread ChristianST
This is the moment for the I like button ... -- ChristianST * Squeezebox Duet * Squeezebox Boom * Squeezebox Radio * Ready NAS NV+ * ChristianST's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21119 View this

Re: [slim] Mediafly Play Channel not working correctly

2011-03-03 Thread mediaflyqa
Hello raglencross - I was able to play Mediafly's news politics channel playlist today on the SB radio (in fact it's still playing). Where you trying to play a popular channel, or one of you my channels ? We don't have a SB3 at the moment, but my team is saying that it's the same code base so

[slim] Slimserver Question

2011-03-03 Thread richpace
Yes, I am still using on of the first generation slimservers. Never had a problem, so I never updated. Now I have a problem. I just installed ATT U-verse. The computer with all my music files is now connected wireless to the ATT gateway. I used to have the computer connected with an Ethernet

[slim] [going crazy] synchronization bugs after firmware update

2011-03-03 Thread grimholtz
Hi, I have 4 Squeezebox Booms (firmware 52) and 1 Squeezebox Radio (firmware 7.5.3-r9283). They are all synchronized and have been for years. Recently (2 weeks ago?), all of them updated their firmware. Ever since then, synchronization is extremely buggy. Problem: 1. I initiate playback on one

Re: [slim] the SQUEEZEBOX RADIO SHOW (this Saturday night 11pm EST)

2011-03-03 Thread chipmalee
They forwarded the problem to a generic customer service support center. The bottom line is it costs MagicJack money so they are not going to do it. Fwd email;612535 Wrote: RE: Problem calling Los Angeles (213) area code Monday, February 21, 2011 2:53 PM From: ConsumerIssuesDept

Re: [slim] the SQUEEZEBOX RADIO SHOW (this Saturday night 11pm EST)

2011-03-03 Thread chipmalee
toby10;612535 Wrote: I use it mostly to call back to the US when traveling internationally and it works very well for this while saving me a small fortune. The savings of just a 20 minute call from some countries pays for the 5 year MJ service. My friend from India bought a bag of

Re: [slim] SB release 7.5.3: Unreliable. Anyone else?

2011-03-03 Thread atrocity
Kuben72;615256 Wrote: Has anyone tried to disable any plugins like Dynamic Playlist and SQL Playlist? No, but: My weekend routine for a while has been to use Dynamic Playlists with Never Played Albums all night long. Since 7.5.3, it's common for it to work for a couple albums, then stop.

Re: [slim] Need help pointing towards itunes

2011-03-03 Thread fortitude.five
Anyone? Heard this is easy, just don't know how or where to find good info. Even if someone could point me towards a thread that would be great. -- fortitude.five fortitude.five's Profile:

Re: [slim] [going crazy] synchronization bugs after firmware update

2011-03-03 Thread paulster
See this thread and then vote for these bugs so it gets taken seriously: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85474 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16881 and, if you listen to AAC streams: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16874 -- paulster Problem with

Re: [slim] Screen Font - can it be changed?

2011-03-03 Thread erland
Are you talking about the Radio or the Touch ? As far as I know, there isn't any official way to change the menu screen fonts or highlight on any of them. However, if you talk about the Radio, there are a number of patches which can be installed if you install the third party Patch Installer

[slim] I like it

2011-03-03 Thread lucasaier
Hi! -- lucasaier lucasaier's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44637 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86063 ___ discuss