thanks to those that think the thread is helpful.
Arniceous, much of what you said originally was misleading and that's
the annoying part. Sonos isn't an open source product like LMS but it's
also not a closed product like itunes or Apple products. It's not an
Apple product and it really doesn't
Arniceous wrote:
> just chiming in...
slightly annoying but whatever.
the point of this thread was first and foremost to thank this community
because it has served me well for over a decade and secondarily I wanted
to say that I switched to sonos because I have abandoned localized music
files
SlimChances wrote:
> I got 4/6 with my crappy computer monitor speakers.
The results of the test indicate that most people can't tell the
difference:
http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/09/412271433/audio-quality-quiz-results-you-did-slightly-better-than-guessing-randomly
here's a fun test:
http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-quality
I have audioengine A2 speakers attached to my computer and I was able to
get 4 out of 6 correct but even that level of accuracy leads me to
believe that it's very hard to tell the
quadronado wrote:
>
> It's seems if nowadays you have to use a shitty app or at least a
> touchscreen for almost everything. I don't really want this at home.
yes, that's the trade off with sonos. no display screen but it has
volume control on the top of each speaker and it has most of the
Grumpy Bob wrote:
> Likewise unfamiliar with Sonos, but I do believe it has a unit designed
> to be connected to a separate amplifier/speakers (maybe it's the
> Connect?). I think if I switched to Sonos, that's what I'd go for, but I
> think I'd miss having an equivalent to the Squeezebox Radio.
spotify on sonos streams 320kbps OGG.
I'll preface this by saying I'm not a serious audiophile but I've
noticed no difference between my squeezebox flac playback and the sonos
spotify streams.
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> The only bad thing is, the Sonos community is so boring compared to ours
Ha! So true and maybe that's partly why I resisted switching to Sonos
for so long. On the plus side, Sonos does work fine with Flac files but
with the transition to streaming as my primary source
To each his own as they say...
Give Spotify or one of the other services a try. Those 64,000 tracks
are a drop in the bucket to what is available through streaming.
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thanks for the chromecast suggestion but I've already converted to
Sonos.
Also, i should've added that I'm happy to sell my Squeezebox
collection:
2 squeezebox 2's
2 squeezebox 3's
1 pogoplug running as a wired squeezebox
1 remote
i know that for many others out there the LMS/Spotify partnership is
great so I can only speak to my own experience.
my system was two squeezebox3's and two squeezebox2's with a dedicated
mac mini server running on a fast (average of 90mbps) wireless network,
I ran into recurring problems
So after more than a decade of dedicated squeezeboxen life I find myself
moving onto a Sonos system. Therefore, I simply want to thank this
entire community because it's the folks here on this forum that made my
squeezebox audio listening experience so rewarding.
The true power of the squeeze
sander wrote:
Kudos, as always, to Earland for the synopsis. I have been watching this
from afar as well, but with no near term need it's been more of glance.
Does anyone know if syncing will be possible with any of these projects?
My understanding this was one of the most difficult parts
I want to thank agillis and anyone else involved in getting this
solution going.
I have successfully built it and it's a perfect add-on solution if you
primarily use ipeng for your remote.
I don't know if it's been covered in previous posts in this thread but
when using the vamp build
i'd add that if you're in the U.S., the first place to shop for a used
classic is craigslist. I've picked up 2 SB3's on there and both were
gotten for less than $100 each.
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your library. Backup up the digital library to a second hard drive and
sell off the discs. done.
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For versatility and apps why not just focus on an ipad instead? Ipeng on
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I have a slimp3 and a sb1 that both work fine. I'd like to trade those
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with my mac mini home theater that allows me to run boxee,
hulu, and firefox. these are currently the three apps necessary to see
as much streaming programming as exists on the web.
AppleTV and the revue are both limiting so the simple advice is to
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so we have 4 local channels doing at least 3 newscasts a day. talk
about overkill.
the broadcast model is changing in a revolutionary way and thank god
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traffic reports that serve about 10 people in a community of millions
will keep on coming because the sales department will always find a
local sponsor to slap a logo in the corner of the traffic helicopter
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between 3-5 networks of tv regularly.
change is gonna come either way. it would be unfortunate if the tv biz
went down the same path as the music biz.
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in the wiki. just do a search.
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yes, i stream my squeezecenter music from a variety of work locations
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The free aspect of online video is a nice anamoly currently but
eventually all content will have gatekeepers. I'm not opposed to paying
for my television content. I am opposed to paying for content that I
don't want or watch- i.e.- the present cable tv model.
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is trapped by the apple proprietary software.
the future of tv is complete freedom of choice made possible by
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for furthering
this technology but i'm going to stick with my boxee for awhile until
this technology gets a little more grownup.
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I currently use Boxee on a mac mini and it's quite a brilliant interface
so the dedicated box should be quite slick as well.
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I would think that craigslist would be your best bet but the sb1 is now
quite ancient so maybe the market for it has dried up. maybe you could
give it away to someone.
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but as the technology of online music
streaming changes it seems as though the sb1 is becoming somewhat
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from the itunes store but i think it's important to
remember that steve jobs has almost single handedly led the charge on
the digital music revolution and for that I'm eternally grateful.
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to get your coffee fix instead of buying a pound of
coffee for $6 that will last a couple of weeks and provide 50 cups o'
joe then by all means pony up to the starbucks bar. To me, it's all
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. it's now only online mp3 downloads for me.
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internet explorer ever again.
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too that to operate your server on a platform other
than what you use everyday for your normal computing seems needlessly
inconvenient.
also, are you actually serious pat that you've never even taken itunes
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away from any bluray player. Bluray is already a dying medium that will
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on a worldwide scale, yes, it'll take awhile to get rid of discs.
I would much rather spend money on a fast pc that can be used as a
media server and also as a fully functional computer than on a device
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about the Boxee project.
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The best part about it is that it's free so you have nothing to lose by
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is pretty near insane.
I would think the goal is to maximize sales and not to cater solely to
techno geeks. I just hope at some point things can be redirected back to
simplicity and ease of use.
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with the squeeze server).
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drive like the ministack from newertech which fits perfectly with
the mac mini. Then use a free software program like plex or boxee to
create your owm home media server. also, the ministracks are 7200rpm
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hardware is updated, all of your firmware is updated, your
router is n compatible and you're operating on the 5ghz band and not 2.5
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this in ipeng.
making mixes based on trackstat-also a matter of being hard to navigate
in ipeng.
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my set up is a mac mini with an external 500 gig drive.
moca ethernet adapter for fast ethernet into the mini. and plenty of
ram.
i don't record anything. i just watch all shows from the web and so far
it's been a flawless system.
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already set up with coax feeds.
i now watch all tv through the internet so i have yet to test out the
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device and you then have a connection that's faster
than wireless n.
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or moving at a glacial pace, we
inadvertently went to war with consumers by denying them what they
wanted and could otherwise find. And as a result, of course, consumers
won.
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for virtually unlimited customization of shuffle/random, you should look
into erland's plugins.
they are a brilliant set of squeeze enhancers.
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that artist back for getting the music on amazon for cheap or for
free online or through a hard drive swap with a friend or any other
combination of ways that many folks like myself are getting their
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works consistently. I steam my music
at work every day of the week and that works perfectly as well.
the technology has reached a point for me that it just works, like my
light switches or my toilet.
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updated to ipeng 1.4 and now all works well again.
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on squeezecenter and see if it helps.
i checked out known issues. i don't think anything applied to my
situation but I'll go down that path if the cache clearing doesn't
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my 2 cents-
there's one thing that makes it a no-brainer for me: Does the
controller have other applications on it? Can you surf the web, check
e-mail, play videos etc.? the multi-use functioning of the itouch made
it an easy decision for me over the controller.
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mine is simple. I wanted to pay homage to the greatest rock album of all
time-exile on main street.
and don't even waste your energy debating. it's best damn rock album
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when a new song plays.
Is this just a setting change?
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for those on a budget in these uncertain times...search out a sb2 on
craig's list (i found one for less than $100) and get an itouch (also
readily available on craig's list.) It's the perfect setup.
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as multiple connection drops. I know I could do some
troubleshooting but I really don't have the time or energy since it's a
dead player.
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in default mode.
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right on. I did have custom browse installed in the past on my system so
perhaps that is why I recall this option. Thanks for reminding me of how
to return to seeing the songs.
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squeezecenter i can't find how to do
this and I think it's because I can't scroll through a song's info and
see the song title. There's everything else infowise to scroll through
but not the song title.
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it's quite possible my memory is starting to fail me but for some reason
it sticks in my mind that this was once a feature of stepping into a
song. Perhaps someone else out there- someone who perhaps 'didn't
inhale' back in the day- will be able to weigh in.
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. There are such a variety of ways to get music today that the
focus on regulation or restrictions seems futile.
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up filters in musicip to determine what music gets
mixed into playlists and then you're off and running. Also, the
trackstat ratings transfer perfectly into musicip so you have full
control over what kinds of rated tracks get mixed into playlists.
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I have to disagree that you can't tell the difference between 320vbr and
lossless in Cars. It really depends on the car and the amount of road
noise transferred to the cabin.
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another great place to get used sb's is craig's list. I've picked up a
slimp3, sb1 and sb2 all on craig's list and the prices for each of them
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Gee thanks Exile, now you are killing our over-retail price EBAY Buy It
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Thanks alot! ;} LOL
iphone-
i actually hesitated in posting that because the deals that I've gotten
on craig's list have been so
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regarding the need for some mac users to do a clean install to get a
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you remind me of my father who clung to mac os 9 for about two years
after the release of osx.
take the plunge on ss7.x
the improvements are many and varied and you will almost instantly
forget all about ss 6.5.4
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up your computer. you can set programs to start by going into system
preferences and going into your accounts settings.
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anyone know what the problem might be?
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I too want to say kudos for 7.1 There's a whole pile of improvements
that are making squeezecenter quite the slick music server. Hats off to
fixing the synchronization issues especially. My slimp3, sb1 and sb2 now
sync very nicely together.
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together.
I initially had a problem loading 7.1 but that was solved by trashing
my ss cache folder.
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features in 7.1
btw- i'm on osx 10.5.4 on my system.
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I will probably try that fix but it seems a bit crazy that customers
are being asked to do these troubleshooting tasks just to get an update
to work properly.
I'm on osx 10.5.4
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think the same could be said of mp3's vs cd's.
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to the other was seamless.
my personal feeling is that a RAID setup is overkill. I work with RAIDS
professionally and they do work well but in a home environment it's not
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scenario is the most logical. But I do think that multiple TB's is the
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I can't say I've ever done an official test with my netgear powerline
xe102's but I can attest to the fact that I have virtually perfect
connections on my three slimboxes-all of them connected via powerline.
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as possible. less add ons-not more. sometimes that
pesky squeezecenter is hogging 80-90% of my computer's brain power when
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