Re: [slim] What can I do now? Squeezebox classic died

2014-04-01 Thread Pascal Hibon
Evan_E wrote: so I guess I either suck it up and buy a Touch for $600 or think about replacing my whole system with a Sonos system. Hang in there. Sonos is no match for Squeezebox; believe me I have tried it. There are other options. You could wait for the 'Community Squeeze project'

Re: [slim] Long time user, lost

2014-04-01 Thread Wombat
pfarrell wrote: The lubuntu is obviously a grandson of Debian. Yes, all Ubuntu derivats are debian and the l Ubuntu is pretty new with using well chosen tools and applications making it a light weight distro. My old Atom D330 feels pretty fast with it. For some a headless system is enough but

Re: [slim] What can I do now? Squeezebox classic died

2014-04-01 Thread get.amped
Evan_E wrote: Hmm...the $600 price was for a supposedly new-in-box Touch, but I suppose at that price I could afford to get a used dud Classic or two and still come out ahead. Just for example, $99 opening bid, no bids to date:

Re: [slim] What can I do now? Squeezebox classic died

2014-04-01 Thread EricBergan
Evan_E wrote: Hmm...the $600 price was for a supposedly new-in-box Touch, but I suppose at that price I could afford to get a used dud Classic or two and still come out ahead. Actually, I just got one from ebay over the weekend ($120), and it was in fine condition and worked without a

Re: [slim] End of Last FM streaming for Squeezebox - alternatives (for use in UK) ?

2014-04-01 Thread MarkusE
garym wrote: ... But for my *real* music collection. I own it, rip it, and back it up to lots of locations. I know this makes me a dinosaur! Fortunately I have a huge music collection (CDs!) as well (and so am I one of the dinosaurs ;)). The point is: LastFM was one important channel to

Re: [slim] End of Last FM streaming for Squeezebox - alternatives (for use in UK) ?

2014-04-01 Thread garym
MarkusE wrote: Fortunately I have a huge music collection (CDs!) as well (and so am I one of the dinosaurs ;)). The point is: LastFM was one important channel to discover new music. As yeomanspc says in the second thread about this topic Yes, that will be a real loss. *Location 1:*

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

2014-04-01 Thread JohnSwenson
bakker_be wrote: Hi there, how could this (http://www.minidsp.com/products/dirac-series) be integrated into the signal chain without losing the benefits of John's DAC? This is an issue I am very interested in. Dirac is a very special room correction suite, I think it is quite a bit better

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

2014-04-01 Thread bakker_be
JohnSwenson wrote: This is an issue I am very interested in. Dirac is a very special room correction suite, I think it is quite a bit better than the others and would very much like to get it into the CSOS flow. Dirac is a software package (NOT free) which comprises two pieces, the