Re: [slim] Building a house: what would you do for whole-house audio?

2020-11-26 Thread philchillbill
Apesbrain wrote: > For those rooms where I plan to have proper hi-fi equipment, I'd still > use a Squeezebox or Raspberry Pi emulator but for all the other rooms in > my house, I might use Google or Amazon devices. It's amazing the first > time you say, "Ok Google, play WCRB" or "Ok Google, who

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2020-11-26 Thread dhallag
So it turns out that iOS14.2 has a new setting for many apps called “local access.” This was not on and when it isn’t on, the app can’t access the local network. So there you go LMS 7.9.1 on QNAP 219P+ 3 wired Touch End Points Jolida Tube DAC III Marantz 2270 to Boston Acoustics Slimlines

Re: [slim] SB 3 still a good unit ? Never used ! Have a good DAC to use with it.

2020-11-26 Thread brjoon1021
Hello, OP here. I am in San Diego. It has never been used so whichever firmware came with it would be the current firmware. If one of you would update it or let me use one that would be awesome! Or, if it is the case that my Harmony 620 or an Android app (is there one ?) would allow me to

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2020-11-26 Thread Arcuza
Material Skin is a plug-in that gives you a web interface working perfectly on both computer and mobile. It’s actually better than iPeng I bought for $10. Use Safari on iPad, browse to web interface, select Add to home screen and you’ll have a free app that works just perfectly!

When WiFi isn�t working

2020-11-26 Thread Arcuza
Okey, so my 8 year old Boom is still with me. It has gone through WiFi from vendors like Check Point, Huawei, Cisco Meraki and now Fortinet. Later two with roaming. It’s getting tougher and tougher to let Classic/Boom like WiFi. They often just disconnect or hang. So I just want to share what

Re: [slim] Building a house: what would you do for whole-house audio?

2020-11-26 Thread Apesbrain
For those rooms where I plan to have proper hi-fi equipment, I'd still use a Squeezebox or Raspberry Pi emulator but for all the other rooms in my house, I might use Google or Amazon devices. It's amazing the first time you say, "Ok Google, play WCRB" or "Ok Google, who played bass on Kind of

Re: [slim] Building a house: what would you do for whole-house audio?

2020-11-26 Thread callesoroe
Kyle wrote: > We are considering building a vacation home. At our prior beach house, I > had a Squeezebox 3 hooked up to an old Windows laptop with FLAC files on > an external hard drive. We played through a compact stereo system in the > main room, which was basically the whole downstairs. I

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2020-11-26 Thread garym
just confirming that I'm running 14.2 and have no issues with Squeezepad. *Home:* VBA2.5 4TB -or- rPi4B/pCP6.1/4TB>LMS 8.0.0>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* rPi4B/pCP6.1/4TB>LMS 8.0.0>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (ethernet except Radio WIFI) *Office:*

Re: [slim] Building a house: what would you do for whole-house audio?

2020-11-26 Thread agbagb
Paul Webster wrote: > Especially if that next person plugs in a POE switch! Ha! And they are of course far more commonly used these days. I guess that all that would happen is that the POE box would likely indicate "not POE compliant"? On the other hand, how many of the "spare" 4 wires

Re: [slim] Building a house: what would you do for whole-house audio?

2020-11-26 Thread Paul Webster
agbagb wrote: > it's important to make a physical note of that cross-wiring at both ends > of the run - otherwise, a few years later, you or somebody else could > get very confused! Especially if that next person plugs in a POE switch! Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now

Re: [slim] Building a house: what would you do for whole-house audio?

2020-11-26 Thread agbagb
Very much agreed - my otherwise very good electrician had to be watched like a hawk when it came to the LAN, and he still didn't use the best of cables... nor did he know how to verify their integrity once pulled. I had one run that clearly had a fault that rendered it inoperative. And for