[slim] How would you like your social music life to be integrated with music listening ?

2013-03-17 Thread erland
I would like to take up your time and ask a bit about how you would like your social life (friends) to be integrated with your music listening/discovery ? Don't limit yourself to a specific product, system or service unless you feel it's important, just explain a bit what you think would be

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-17 Thread JJZolx
I'm inclined to say use the connector used for the SBT, so that as an upgrade people may use/buy higher end power supplies built for the SB. Are there any plans for a power indicator light, preferably one that could be seen on the front of the box? Seems to me we'd be looking at some difficult

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-17 Thread Mnyb
I like the idea to be able to use existing power suplies OR use the comunity supply as spare or upgrade to existing players nice synergy rigth there . Re running betas , I have only one server and it has been on the latest betas since 2008 ! Does that qualify as tolerant to things not being

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-17 Thread castalla
JJZolx wrote: For the Gen1, the power connector is probably unimportant. But for the Gen2 device I'm inclined to say use the connector used for the SBT, so that as an upgrade people may use/buy higher end power supplies built for the SB. I was assuming that even at the 'production' stage

[slim] Squeezebox classic 3 no optical or coaxial output HELP

2013-03-17 Thread mikebh50
Hi Really strange problem am running my classic through an Arcam Rdac and everthing has been working fine but now there does not seem to be any output from either the optical or coaxial i have tried a usb direct from a laptop and dac works fine. So the question is what do i do now the dispay and

Re: [slim] Squeezebox classic 3 no optical or coaxial output HELP

2013-03-17 Thread toby10
I'd start with a Xilinx reset. Unplug power, press and hold down the one (1) button on the remote, plug power back in (whilst continuing to hold down the one button). toby10's Profile:

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-17 Thread guidof
John, I'm not a developer and don't think like one. I just want the SWAMP to play my music. I'm interested in convenience and SQ. if that qualifies me as a beta tester, then please count me in. Regards, Guido F.

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-17 Thread chill
JohnSwenson wrote: For Phase one we need some developers and some users. We need people who do NOT think like developers to actually use it day in day out, in various different ways and report on how it's doing. Bring up issues, offer suggestions for improvements etc. The prime

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-17 Thread michaelvv
Hi. I think this is some of the best thing happening for a long time. I'm more a HIFI nerd so i does not bother if the price goes up, as long that the quality on the SPDIF coax , BNC coax is outstanding. I Think that, as written before , is a marked for us which like to stream music and want a

Re: [slim] Squeezebox classic 3 no optical or coaxial output HELP

2013-03-17 Thread Mnyb
.. And don't cross post I answered your Q in your other tread . Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98319

[slim] player disabled when connecting to msb.com

2013-03-17 Thread johnyrotten
Bought a used SB classic 3 player from ebay. I tried to install it using a wired ethernet connection. It does connect to the media server in the PC and does play music files. It will even connect to each App separately and play files, no problem. Here are the problems: 1) The SB will only

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-17 Thread cdmackay
I was going to ask: is there any reason not to use micro USB as the power input? Even if people subsequently wanted to use a better supply, that could still easily be routed through a microUSB connector? Also, quite keen to do beta testing, if that's helpful.

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-17 Thread rgro
+1 on this. I don't want to have to purchase yet another power supply. Mnyb wrote: I like the idea to be able to use existing power suplies OR use the comunity supply as spare or upgrade to existing players nice synergy rigth there . Re running betas , I have only one server and it

Re: [slim] lossless internet radio streaming in FLAC!

2013-03-17 Thread Memford
SlimChances wrote: As far as I can tell none of these links work. Tried 3 of them in Tune In with no output (what is the operating times for stations EST) Your guess is as good as mine. There is no set schedule for when Absolute plays these streams. As I say in the title of this reply,

[slim] Wanted: a Few Can-do FLAC Testers / p2p Streamers

2013-03-17 Thread Memford
Hear lossless audio on the Reality Radio Streamer p2p radio, but first of all, you need to determine your bandwidth limits.Test your upload and download speeds (in Megabits per second) at 'speedtest.net' (http://speedtest.net). If your upload and download rates are at least 1 Megabit per second

Re: [slim] lossless internet radio streaming in FLAC!

2013-03-17 Thread Memford
SlimChances wrote: As far as I can tell none of these links work. Tried 3 of them in Tune In with no output (what is the operating times for stations EST) Forgive the Columbo Oh, Sir, just one more thing, but when you copied those links, you *did* right-click to do so, right? Ellipses make a