garym wrote:
> They work very nicely and have a good sound (you'd think they were a
> much larger speaker). I've only used one other set of powered speakers
> (but they cost even more). I replaced a pair of Audioengine A5s at my
> weekend cottage connected to a TOUCH (which sounded very nice a
d6jg wrote:
> Gary - Slightly off topic but what do you think of the Audioengine A2s ?
> I am considering a pair for our Guest Room driven by an O2 Joggler (USB)
> or perhaps a Touch (RCA) but they do seem expensive compared to other
> options e.g. Alesis M1 Active 330 USB at about half the cost
Goodsounds wrote:
>
> I have an old SB3 that I retired from active use some years ago due to
> erratic behavior. Maybe it's ready for prime-time again? I'll check it
> out and see if it wants to see daylight again.
>
Using that old SB3 would be my first choice. Should work fine for many
more
IIRC Pandora requires a hardware players as that was part of the deal
with Slimdevices/Logitech - I think this is checked using mac address.
There may be other problems with Pandora (paid up) and Chromecast
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109130-Problem-with-Pandora-and-Chromecast
garym wrote:
> I'm confused. Did I not test something you wanted tested? Maybe I
> misread something. I have a radio and it works fine as a bedroom player
> through its internal speaker, including playing free Pandora. I don't
> have a chromecast LMS setup or any powered speakers at home with
I see, I get what you're saying.
While I've spent my adult life in Silicon Valley (and picked up my first
SB3 and a few other purchases at the Slim Devices office in Mountain
View, and also discovered a former colleague working there on one
visit), I'm not an engineer or any other kind of techn
Goodsounds wrote:
> No but I think maybe I wasn't clear enough in an effort to be brief. I
> thought maybe someone had tried it or, failing that, with the right
> equipment could spend a few minutes moving stuff around to try it out
> and share the experience.
>
> At best, much of what's on th
garym wrote:
> I'm confused. Did I not test something you wanted tested? Maybe I
> misread something. I have a radio and it works fine as a bedroom player
> through its internal speaker, including playing free Pandora. I don't
> have a chromecast LMS setup or any powered speakers at home with
Goodsounds wrote:
> He'd said he wanted stereo and not mono, despite the modest system. The
> streaming he wants to do from time to time is in addition to playing his
> music collection.
>
> It's one of those things where I'm just trying to help someone out. I
> saw in your sig that you have a
garym wrote:
> Given that we're talking about music as alarms, low level listening,
> etc. it seems to me that the easiest thing to do is use the Radio itself
> and its built in speaker. Works fine for that sort of use.
He'd said he wanted stereo and not mono, despite the modest system. The
str
Goodsounds wrote:
> Exactly, that's what I saw when I tried it with Squeezeplay on my PC.
>
> Any thoughts about using a Radio as a front end instead of a Touch for a
> low cost streaming solution?
Given that we're talking about music as alarms, low level listening,
etc. it seems to me that t
garym wrote:
> when I try to use free pandora to stream to a squeezelite player on my
> laptop, I get the message that I must be a paid subscriber to stream to
> this device. I don't have a chromecast device connected to test. My
> suspicion is it will get the same message, but who knows
Goodsounds wrote:
> haha, I thought you did when you said "Yes. Free pandora will stream." I
> know it will to SB hardware because I do that myself but that was the
> secondary question I had to get answered in considering the Chromecast
> alternative.
>
> Okay, back to Plan B. I'll be seein
garym wrote:
> note that I couldn't confirm whether free pandora would stream with a
> chromecast device
haha, I thought you did when you said "Yes. Free pandora will stream." I
know it will to SB hardware because I do that myself but that was the
secondary question I had to get answered.
Goodsounds wrote:
> Okay, thanks. I'll tell him to go ahead and pick up a Chromecast audio
> device.
>
> The gapless thing isn't an issue for me but I'm glad to better
> understand. I do have a few album that I think of as thematic or ongoing
> from song to song. Abbey Rd is one you've reminde
Okay, thanks. I'll tell him to go ahead and pick up a Chromecast audio
device.
The gapless thing isn't an issue for me but I'm glad to better
understand. I do have a few album that I think of as thematic or ongoing
from song to song. Abbey Rd is one you've reminded me of. Tull's Thick
as a Bric
Goodsounds wrote:
> Does anyone know, will free Pandora stream from LMS---> a Chromecast
> audio device in the US? (I won't be seeing my friend to try it myself
> for a couple of weeks). Thanks
Yes. Free pandora will stream. I haven't tried with anything but a real
squeezebox player.
*Home:
Does anyone know, will free Pandora stream from LMS---> a Chromecast
audio device in the US? (I won't be seeing my friend to try it myself
for a couple of weeks). Thanks
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Goodsounds wrote:
> If there are no other in-the-know responses, I have another friend who
> has an audio Chromecast, so I can take a laptop over to his house and
> see what happens with LMS before having my other friend buy the
> hardware. Yeah, it's cheap, but it'll let me know if the choice in
Goodsounds wrote:
>
> On your other comment, I've never fully understood the enthusiasm about
> gapless playback. Am I missing something about it? The next track starts
> as the other ends, with no gap, no brief moment of silence. Is that all
> it is?
Yes that is all it is. But very annoying.
If there are no other in-the-know responses, I have another friend who
has an audio Chromecast, so I can take a laptop over to his house and
see what happens with LMS before having my other friend buy the
hardware. Yeah, it's cheap, but it'll let me know if the choice involves
some use-compromise
Id say better than a Boom if your Active Speakers are of sufficient
quality. Certainly something like Audioengine A2 would be better.
Pandora. I use local FLACs, Spotify & BBC iPlayer. All are fine via a
Chromecast (now I know how to set it up for gapless) I cant see why
Pandora would or could
Yes, I'm considering that approach too. Any downsides to that? Is the
sound quality at least to an SB Boom level?
I thought I'd seen that free Pandora will not play to non-SB hardware ?
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If you dont need a screen what about a Google Chromecast and Phillipes
plugin. Great value for money and not bad sound.
VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS)
[B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s
*Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3
I'm helping a friend set up a small SB location for his bedroom. For
alarm, music at a soft setting, etc., Me, I already have an in-place and
working multi-room SB home and all's well.
Here's the question - a used SB Radio can be found for under $75. A used
Touch is $150 or more. I understand
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