I've had my SB3 for just over a week and a must say - GREATE. The
network was found very quikly and the SB3 was up and running within
minuets. My concerns wasn't the hardware but the a little bit boring
black looks compared to the fantastic sliver version!
Looks sells whatever you might think. A
(Sorry if this is a FAQ: I used the search facility, but the search on
these forums isn't as clever as some I've used)
My remote is broken, and I need a replacement. I'm happy enough with
the standard one, but they are expensive (£25) and I can't find one in
stock.
Can anyone recommend a
iPhone;243721 Wrote:
Anyway, two of the couples we had over want my help setting up
Squeezebox networks in their homes before Thanksgiving.
And that's just why it might not fly with general public. Non-technical
folks need outside help to set it up and maintain it.
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y360;243733 Wrote:
And that's just why it might not fly with general public. Non-technical
folks need outside help to set it up and maintain it.
I agree.
The simple solution to this problem is to sell a SD NAS with
Slimserver preinstalled. Connect this box to your router and then
simply
iPhone wrote:
I just don’t get all this about a portable SB3 with built in speakers.
And then wrote:
If you want to be portable, try what I use. I found one of those house
cleaning caddies that my speakers fit perfectly into (the kind with the
handle in the center with a tray on each side
This is what I use in the garden and basement: A Nokia770 connected to
our iPod/Altec-Lansing travel system. Not audiophile, but good enough
to work by.
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Have a SB3 in my lounge working fine and also listen to my qnap library
via softsqeeze in my study via pc to desktop speakers (not great).
Want to utilise the amp in my study from softsqeeze on my pc about 5
feet away. Sound card on pc has desktop speakers in it.
how would you go about
Well, if you don't want to use the desktop speakers any more its easy:
just get a 2m cable with a 3.5mm stereo jack at one end, and 2 phono
jacks at the other. Readily available at any audio cable webshop.
If you want the desktop speakers connected as well, you'd need some
kind of splitter.
sd2100;243728 Wrote:
If money isn't the main buying criteria - what would most women buy if
you put a SB3 next to a Sonos? You know the answer.
But Sonos isn't styled much differently. It's just a white box while
the SB3 is black. In fact I believe the box is larger and less
discreet.
I'm
muski;243698 Wrote:
igroucho --
In the Applications/Utilities folder there is an application called
Console. Run that and check if you can see a file called
slimserver.log. If so, what does it say? Any clues?
muski
you mean Terminal? If so what EXACTLY should I enter there - I need
ceejay;243760 Wrote:
Well, if you don't want to use the desktop speakers any more its easy:
just get a 2m cable with a 3.5mm stereo jack at one end, and 2 phono
jacks at the other. Readily available at any audio cable webshop.
If you want the desktop speakers connected as well, you'd need
COYS
the problem is, anytime you are playing music loudly and mail arrive
its gonna go mad no matter what. But why would do you need a switch?
why would you have the amp on when you weren't intending on having loud
music playing?
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Mark Lanctot;243761 Wrote:
But Sonos isn't styled much differently. It's just a white box while
the SB3 is black. In fact I believe the box is larger and less
discreet.
I'm curious what you think of the SB2:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?HardwareComparison which was
restyled
Well I set my SB3 with a static IP address outside of the DHCP range. I
still get the same problem. If I use the radio on the SB3 no problem,
iy never skips or drops out. As soon as I stream music from the
slimserver it starts dropping out. When it drops the connection the
music track that I
Gibbo;243770 Wrote:
COYS
the problem is, anytime you are playing music loudly and mail arrive
its gonna go mad no matter what. But why would do you need a switch?
why would you have the amp on when you weren't intending on having loud
music playing?
Good point! So a y-cable/splitter
sd2100;243774 Wrote:
..
Your analogy to the car market is quite good. European cars makers were
very slow to install cupholders in the cars due to fact that no one in
Europe used to drink and drive. But Americans wanted cupholders so the
got them at last...
That's very good example of how
Why couldn't the SqueezeBoomBox have a cache - an SD card slot, for
example?
If no SD card were included, it would only very slightly increase
hardware costs. Software-wise would be a bit more tricky, but the
simplest would be to present the SD card as a mass-storage device on
the network like
Hi again
I'm running wirelessly for those that asked.
Tried various different things but still can't get it to just stay on
24/7. It's fine when I'm actually playing music and swithcing between
albums etc, but if I leave it alone, whether in standby or playing on
repeat it eventually shuts down
something like this?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-Speaker-and-headphone-Splitter/dp/B0007OC96W
maplins do them as well but only nickel plated.
one thing you may wish to consider till you can affor the sb for the
kitchen
My fear is that SB will be seen as a lifestyle product, and even worse
marketed as such!
And it bothers me that they just needs to ad some colours and then
could charge 5 - 10 $ extra, that would be pure profit + gain a lot
more customers. IMHO it's very strange.
A pink SB3 might not
An entirely COYS-only thread? Hmm, thats a novelty. We'll have to be
careful, there are some gooners around here somewhere...
Just on the last point, I really wouldn't recommend driving speakers
from the headphone socket on the SB: you'll get much better results by
using the phono/RCA outs. As
ceejay;243795 Wrote:
An entirely COYS-only thread? Hmm, thats a novelty. We'll have to be
careful, there are some gooners around here somewhere...
Just on the last point, I really wouldn't recommend driving speakers
from the headphone socket on the SB: you'll get much better results by
My MINI is stuck in a closet with power, CAT5 and an external drive
attached to it. No see, no hear, no mess. I access it using Timbuktu
Pro, but that's not really critical to use. Even adding music to the
external drive is a piece of cake as I mount it via the network to my
G5 and rip from
ceejay;243795 Wrote:
An entirely COYS-only thread? Hmm, thats a novelty. We'll have to be
careful, there are some gooners around here somewhere...
Just on the last point, I really wouldn't recommend driving speakers
from the headphone socket on the SB: you'll get much better results by
Gibbo;243806 Wrote:
only say the headphone socket as the wireless ipod thingy only has a 3.5
mm input, so i guess going from phono to 3.5mm would give no benefit
over just plugging into the 3.5mm anyways?
No, the SB headphone socket is internally connected to an amplifier.
Do not connect it
doh, so for something like this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Wireless-Music-System-Players/dp/B000BSRUC2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1195485579sr=1-1
would you recommend something like this
http://www.cmple.com/female-jack-male-plug-audio-adapter-female-male-splitter-p-91.html
rather
I think what you're looking for is an L/R RCA male to a 3.5 mm stereo
submini female to plug the adapter into. Like this:
http://www.cmple.com/35mm-female-mini-jack-male-plugs-audio-adapter-cable-inches-p-88.html?osCsid=5f842f47d5f9c3c35837d14cc521ea4a
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Cheers, I did read it thanks, just wasn't sure if the wireless sender
wouldn't require an amplified signal.
problem being can't seem to find one of those cables in the uk, and
don't really want a cheap crappy thing as in a splitter arrangement
with the rca out to my amp would it not effect the
Gibbo;243818 Wrote:
so you say it would be far better to use one of those than use the
headphone out?
Take a look at the wiki page quoted, the headphone out contains a
low-cost amplifier chip. If you amplify an already-amplified signal,
you'll get very poor audio quality.
Obviously top
Gibbo;243820 Wrote:
problem being can't seem to find one of those cables in the uk, and
don't really want a cheap crappy thing as in a splitter arrangement
with the rca out to my amp would it not effect the quality of that?
these people have pretty much everything...
Looks like a problem with perl. I would contact SD tech support (send
the two lines from your log).
There is a chance that the solution proposed in this thread might
help:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/archive/index.php/t-34474.html
It says, from the Terminal window run:
sudo cpan Storable
Gibbo;243820 Wrote:
Cheers, I did read it thanks, just wasn't sure if the wireless sender
wouldn't require an amplified signal.
problem being can't seem to find one of those cables in the uk, and
don't really want a cheap crappy thing as in a splitter arrangement
with the rca out to my
I'm very happy with my Harmony universal, but it was a lot more
expensive than the original. Plus side it replaced all my other
remotes, and is RF so I don't have to be in the same room to adjust the
volume.
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sharper9;243756 Wrote:
Have a SB3 in my lounge working fine and also I listen to my qnap
library via softsqeeze in my study via pc to desktop speakers (not
great).
Want to utilise the amp in my study from softsqeeze on my pc about 5
feet away. Sound card on pc has desktop speakers plugged
James_B;243794 Wrote:
A pink SB3 might not sound any better, but would it sound any worse? And
if you are scared your favourite toy might become this month's must have
high-street thing, you might want to think about why that is really an
off putting prospect..
Perhaps he's concerned that
Before I stick my perfect condition, fully boxed, wired SB2 with UK PSU
on the bay, if there's any interest around here drop me a pm. I'm not
sure exactly what it's worth so any reasonable offers will be
considered.
Obviously it's Slim branded for those that care about such things ;)
Sorry if
Pronto RU940 - still getting good money on eBay but they make managing
AV so easy and run a SB3/TP no problem.
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Depends on the amp in the speakers. Some active speakers have
auto-shutoff options.
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Robin Bowes;243741 Wrote:
I've got several SBs and a Transporter, and I've also got a DAB radio.
I
tend to listen to the radio a lot because it is portable. And by
portable, I mean I can move it between power points - it is not
battery-powered.
My point is that I'd love a portable
sd2100 wrote:
I've had my SB3 for just over a week and a must say - GREATE. The
network was found very quikly and the SB3 was up and running within
minuets. My concerns wasn't the hardware but the a little bit boring
black looks compared to the fantastic sliver version!
Looks sells whatever
sd2100;243774 Wrote:
And it bothers me that they just needs to ad some colours and then could
charge 5 - 10 $ extra, that would be pure profit + gain a lot more
customers. IMHO it's very strange.
I'll take mine in a paisley pattern... no, no wait... how about a nice
tweed!
Mike
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I had the same speaker choice dilemma when I bought a SB3. I opted for
the AudioEngines which at GBP200 weren't the cheapest but in terms of
performance, aesthetics and WAF, they are probably the best electronic
thing I have bought. Ever.
Ended up with a very nice minimalist setup and I've got
Mark Lanctot;243785 Wrote:
So:
- no digital outputs (if you want them, get an SB)
- no analog outputs other than a headphone output (again, if you want
analog outputs, get an SB)
- cheaper DAC (but then again, DAC chips don't alter the price much if
they're installed in mass-produced
Strange behaviour indeed - It seems like you may have a power management
issue?
You could try to reset the PRAM, NVRAM, PMU, etc. Details are here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300574
Note these instructions are for a G4 mini - see bottom of that page for
Intel versions.
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blxm;243843 Wrote:
I had the same speaker choice dilemma when I bought a SB3. I opted for
the AudioEngines which at GBP200 weren't the cheapest but in terms of
performance, aesthetics and WAF, they are probably the best electronic
thing I have bought. Ever.
Ended up with a very nice
mvalera;243838 Wrote:
I'll take mine in a paisley pattern... no, no wait... how about a nice
tweed!
Mike
I vote for herring bone :)
Joking aside, have you seen the graphics on the back of the new Zunes?
Very cool!
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funkstar
I hope this is the right place to post this. I have a squeeze box3 and
was wondering if their is a free radio station playing Christmas songs
that I could tune into?
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SomaFM has 2 nice Christmas stations, you can find them under Picks -
By Webcaster - SomaFM
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I should have posted under beginners.What do I do with all those
wonderful stations to play them?
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y360;243733 Wrote:
And that's just why it might not fly with general public. Non-technical
folks need outside help to set it up and maintain it.
And that is what we that understand are for if we can help. When Peggy
switched from dial-up to DSL, I had to go over and hook it up. A
wireless
sd2100;243734 Wrote:
I agree.
The simple solution to this problem is to sell a SD NAS with
Slimserver preinstalled. Connect this box to your router and then
simply copy/paste the music from the pc to the NAS.
There are allready som companies who sell NAS with Slimserver
(ripcaster.co.uk,
Hi-
I too am having the same problem. I am running Slim Server ReadyNAS NV
and it is not finding my music folder.
If my music folder is located \\192.168.0.10\Play\Music, would the path
still be:
/c/media/music?
I've tried many combinations inlcuding /c/Play/Music/ and others and I
still
Peter;243842 Wrote:
I said it before: My favorite sound system would be invisible. No SB,
no
amp and no speakers in sight. With the Jive platform we're (slowly)
getting there I think. Just the speakers left. I believe in the US
in-wall speakers are popular. I haven't seen them here.
For me there are three main things about the SB3 that justify the cost:
1 - Sound quality; a FLAC CD from my NAS is exactly the same quality on
my stero as playing the CD mid-priced Hi-Fi CD player.
2 - The accessibility of my music; not just being lazy and getting a CD
out the drawer but
What version of slimserver? I remember something like this from a while
ago.
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radish;243919 Wrote:
What version of slimserver? I remember something like this from a while
ago.
6.5.4 (i.e. the latest official release).
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Squid
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thank you for your thoughts gentlemen! :-)
i have numerous compilations. as i painfully discovered, slimserver
does not deal with compilations in artist-sorted directories properly -
they are displayed multiple times!
see here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39863
surely, you
dcote;243924 Wrote:
surely, you must have seen that? seriously, if most of you sort your
music as:
.\artist\album\track.*
you HAVE to be seeing this? and if you do, dont you find it maddeningly
irritating? it is driving me NUTS!
No, I sort it as albumartist/album/track
(Well sometimes
hi guys!
why does everybody seem to think my directory structure is at fault?
;-)
honestly, i think a file's location should be totally irrelevant to how
often it shows up in slimserver's DB.
or maybe someone could help me understand the reason why slimserver
behaves that way? design? bad
snarlydwarf - i may be mis-reading, but arent you sorting exactly as i
thought:
.\artist\album\track.* ?
or is there a difference between albumartist and artist?
btw. precisely because i would also hate to scour for files is why
all my files are diligently named
Do these tracks belong to the same album?
title: Girassol artist: Cidade Negra
album: Acústico MTV
track: 1
title: Hoje eu quero sair sóartist: Lenine
album: Acústico MTV
track: 2
How do you know? How would SlimServer know?
Are they on the same album as this?
title: No
dcote;243929 Wrote:
or is there a difference between albumartist and artist?
There is a huge difference between album artist and artist.
Artist paths for Bonograph would be like:
/music/Flat Duo Jets/Bonograph/01 Needles and Pins
/music/Otis Ball/Bonograph/02 Laugh At Me
/music/Charlie
I just migrated from PC to Mac and am no administering my SlimServer
from a Mac Mini running Leopard with the latest version of slimserver.
It all went pretty smoothly EXCEPT when i log on to the browser there
are no artist info listed. I go to my Sqeezebox and it sees the artist
info. Could
I'm using the Swan S200A's in a secondary setup. They sound superb, and
look a lot more unique than than the AudioEngines. That said, I heard
the AudioEngines at RMAF, and they were like-wise impressive sounding.
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main system: sb2 (with elpac linear psu) benchmark dac-1
wish I remembered what the problem was but I eventually fixed it. I
think I remapped all the drives or something like that on my desktop.
--Mark
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bLanark wrote:
I took the injured remote apart tonight, and the soldered connections to
the infra-red LED had come loose. A quick application of a hot iron, and
the control worked fine.
The case is a little different, as although I was careful when prising
it apart, the gap/join along the
I found this, hope it will help you:
07-11-19 22:13:39 [0x0-0x29029].com.apple.systempreferences[352] ERROR:
Cannot find server.prefs file
07-11-19 22:13:40 [0x0-0x2a02a].com.slimdevices.slim Can't use string
(?xml version=1.0 encoding=UT) as a HASH ref while strict refs
in use at
I fixed it - in my case the solution was:
/c/Play/Music. I guess it was a case sensitivity issue. Thanks.
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blxm;243843 Wrote:
I've got them on floor stands so my 2 year old cant smear milk or snot
all over them. But can he/she tip them over?!?!
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There's a new contender in this market, the AudioEngine 2, a $199 2.0
system with a 4 wide x 6 tall cabinet.
I haven't heard them, but they look sweet and the early reviews are
very positive.
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Pale Blue Ego
Pale Blue
Now I can't even delete a playlist.
This is just bull. What is the problem with this company? Slimserver
started as a barely functional way to organize one's music and it's
getting worse every time a new version comes out. How is it possible
that one can't delete and artist or playlist
On Nov 19, 2007 10:49 PM, gdg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Slimserver
started as a barely functional way to organize one's music
Wrong. It started as a barely functional way to play one's music.
Get your facts straight before you rant. And hey, we all have to
start somewhere.
Ben
Since when was opinion fact you pinhead. Get YOUR facts straight. I've
been using the Squeezebox for almost 3 years and am well aquainted with
what it does and doesn't do. The biggest beef people had with the first
versions of Slimserver was that it wasn't as good as other music
organizers (which
gdg;243969 Wrote:
BTW You can't delete the playlist if it was created somewhere else.
Sounds like a permissions issue.
You should fix that.
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snarlydwarf;243973 Wrote:
Sounds like a permissions issue.
You should fix that.
Or have a pint and relax as we all have learned to do over the years.
So what!
Play the damn music and shut the f**k up.
btw...happy doodles!
.
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haunyack
Transporter - BK R200.2 - Vandersteen 3A
Hello I am having these problems as well, it appears I can not save any
playlists. When I got and look at the .m3u files created they are
virtually empty.
All they contain is
---
#CURTRACK 0
#EXTM3U
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I turned on d_playlist and got the following errors when I
seanadams;243980 Wrote:
However, the incendiary manner in which you've started this thread is
not a good start.
yea - what he said.
.
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haunyack
Transporter - BK R200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature. (Listening room)
SB3 (RWA analog) - Rotel RB1070 - BW Matrix 805. (Bedroom)
Fridgidare -
villarana;243475 Wrote:
After installing Leopard, I can't play iTunesPlus (unprotected AAC)
tracks. Problems occurs if I log out (or I am not logged on).
Slimdevices support can't try this test as yet and told me they are too
busy to pursue the matter.. Can somebody please try this combo???
gdg,
Sorry to hear about your frustration, but the fact is that SlimServer
has never been intended to organize your music. Indeed, the software
deliberately avoids modifying any music files at all on your disk, and
this has been a conscious design principle since version 1.0.
We chose to focus
And it's gone :D
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SB3 [Stereovox XV2] Benchmark DAC1 [NVA Soundpipe] Bel Canto S300iu
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