Re: [slim] What should replace my Squeezebox system?

2013-09-26 Thread nicky6
Awesome info guys! So, the Touch is the best, sound wise, of all the SB's (excl. the Transporter)? There are a lot (5...) of Duets for sale here in Sweden, and not Touch and neither the SB3/Classics. The Duet has less good sound, am I correct? And yes Erland, when I ripped my CD's (about 1000)

Re: [slim] What should replace my Squeezebox system?

2013-09-26 Thread Julf
nicky6 wrote: When I ripped my CD's (about 1000) back in 2002-2003, I did them as 320Kbps VBR MP3's. I'm not sure I want to go through the process doing FLAC's instead, and rating all the music again just to have the music rated 3-5 available for listening and the rest archived. Any

Re: [slim] What should replace my Squeezebox system?

2013-09-26 Thread Mnyb
Julf wrote: Most decent ripping programs fetch the metadata automatically. The problem with having only mp3's is that you ever want to move to another format, converting one lossy compression format to another tends to be a very lossy operation, whereas a FLAC collection can always be

Re: [slim] What should replace my Squeezebox system?

2013-09-26 Thread erland
nicky6 wrote: So, the Touch is the best, sound wise, of all the SB's (excl. the Transporter)? Correct nicky6 wrote: There are a lot (5...) of Duets for sale here in Sweden, and not Touch and neither the SB3/Classics. The Duet has less good sound, am I correct? I think most people

Re: [slim] What should replace my Squeezebox system?

2013-09-26 Thread audiomuze
If you've a PC with sufficient RAM and multiple DVD drives it's trivial to rip a few hundred CDs because you can use dbpoweramp's batch ripper to rip 4-5 concurrently. Do 10 or 20 a night and before you know it you're done. digital groove | 'Vivere DAC MKI'

[slim] Selling SB Touch's

2013-09-26 Thread audiomuze
I have 4 or 5 unopened SBT's I'm considering selling (surplus to my needs). What's the best place to sell them - eBay? digital groove | 'Vivere DAC MKI' (http://vivereaudio.com/post/2013/08/16/DAC-I-is-Born!.aspx) | 'ATC SCA2'

Re: [slim] What should replace my Squeezebox system?

2013-09-26 Thread nicky6
erland wrote: I think most people agree that the Touch is a little bit better than Duet/SB3/Classic but it all depends on what other equipment you connect them to. Ah, I thought the Duet didn't have as good DAC etc as the SB3/Classic. But you mean they are pretty much the same, and with the

Re: [slim] What should replace my Squeezebox system?

2013-09-26 Thread erland
nicky6 wrote: Ah, I thought the Duet didn't have as good DAC etc as the SB3/Classic. But you mean they are pretty much the same, and with the same sound quality? I haven't compared Duet towards Classic from an audiophile perspective, so I can't say for sure. However, if you search a bit

Re: [slim] What should replace my Squeezebox system?

2013-09-26 Thread garym
I have a transporter, touches, sb3, and have had duet. In my opinion, unless one has a very discriminating system, the likelihood of hearing any differences is very, very low. The duet can be a pain because it has no screen for setup, etc. *Location 1:* VortexBox Appliance 4TB (2.2) LMS 7.7.2

Re: [slim] What should replace my Squeezebox system?

2013-09-26 Thread froth
My rule of thumb is Rip everything to FLAC first. That way if needed these flac files can be converted to MP3 using a batch process. I do this on a regular basis so I can then take my compressed tunes on my iThings and the likes.

Re: [slim] Logitech Media Server 7.7.3 released

2013-09-26 Thread Schlunze
Hello, first of all, thank you for the update! I've seen it today and updatet without any problems with Archlinux. Is it possible to finally use newer versions of perl? The Squeezebox is alive ... Great Schlunze's

Re: [slim] Android TV Sticks/Boxes as Squeezebox Replacement

2013-09-26 Thread bluegaspode
marlo wrote: Could you please check if playback of hires-files is possible via hdmi and/or spdif? hi Marlo, Sorry for the late answer. Right now SqueezePlayer uses an AudioAPI that is compatible with pretty old Android versions (AudioTrack /

Re: [slim] Selling SB Touch's

2013-09-26 Thread jimbobvfr400
I'd suggest an auction on eBay. The ones I've been watching have tended to end up going for more than I'd have thought they would. It might be worth being patient and selling one or two at a time rather than all at once. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...

2013-09-26 Thread yxz11
I have two android boxes and I cannot turn on both of them. I notice that their MAC addresses are the same from Logitech Media Server's information tab. Both of them have: Player MAC Address: 01:01:01:01:01:01 How do I change the MAC address? Thanks,

Re: [slim] SiriusXM now works on Squeezebox radio with lifetime subscriptions

2013-09-26 Thread dwkdnvr
garym wrote: Aha. I see now. Uninstalling and reinstalling the app at mysqueezebox.com should only take 2 minutes, including re entering your userID and password. W Gotcha - I automatically ran off to 'reinstall LMS'. I uninstalled on mysqueezebox.com, logged out, logged back in and

Re: [slim] Logitech Media Server 7.7.3 released

2013-09-26 Thread Michael Herger
I've seen it today and updatet without any problems with Archlinux. Is it possible to finally use newer versions of perl? There are several discussions on this topic. 7.7.4: 5.16/32-bit, 7.8.x 5.18/64-bit are the latest and greatest available. -- Michael