Re: [slim] MOG was the last straw: Moving to the dark side (Sonos)

2014-02-05 Thread kc5f
I think people who are primarily interested in playing streaming online music services should probably be using some other platform. Really? I've been using it this way for over five years, listening to Last.fm, Slacker and Pandora as well as some online stations. Should I sell all my

Re: [slim] MOG was the last straw: Moving to the dark side (Sonos)

2014-02-05 Thread garym
kc5f wrote: I think people who are primarily interested in playing streaming online music services should probably be using some other platform. Really? I've been using it this way for over five years, listening to Last.fm, Slacker and Pandora as well as some online stations. Should I

Re: [slim] Google Chromecast

2014-02-05 Thread DBCooper
Google just opened Chromecast to developers, meaning there will soon be a flood of new apps for streaming to all sorts of HDMI devices. I see one of the first out of the box is an app called AllCast, which will stream any type of media, audio or video, located on any device on the network to the

Re: [slim] Google Chromecast

2014-02-05 Thread DBCooper
Google just opened Chromecast to developers, meaning there will soon be a flood of new apps for streaming to all sorts of HDMI devices. I see one of the first out of the box is an app called AllCast, which will stream any type of media, audio or video, located on any device on the network to the

Re: [slim] MOG was the last straw: Moving to the dark side (Sonos)

2014-02-05 Thread matka
JJZolx wrote: I think people who are primarily interested in playing streaming online music services should probably be using some other platform. Don't know about spotify as premium is still not available where I live, but qobuz plug-in works great, flac or mp3, your choice. George

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2014-02-05 Thread marflao
JackOfAll wrote: Yes, no soldering required. Yes, you'll probably need to source the Wandboard and power supply yourself. The chassis It's an off-the-shelf Hammond extruded aluminium chassis available from most electronics distributors. A bespoke rear panel for the case, will be

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2014-02-05 Thread JackOfAll
marflao wrote: I don´t want´to start a new DSD or not DSD debate here but I´m just curious what the WB/CSP2 will be capable of. Personally I haven´t listened to any DXD or DSD files yet and I´m not sure if I would hear the difference to a 24bit something song. But I might would give it a

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2014-02-05 Thread marflao
Thanks for your swift response. Exactly what I was looking for (and not starting a DSD debate ;-)) marflao's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57334 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Rhapsody crashing Squeezeplay devices?

2014-02-05 Thread Tony T
mherger wrote: Still no fix yet, huh? No, unfortunately not. And it might take a while, as it'll most likely need a firmware upgrade. Something we've tried to avoid for too long... -- Michael Michael, Awhile, as in a few weeks or awhile as in a few months? Tony Tony #63743;

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2014-02-05 Thread JohnSwenson
marflao wrote: I hope you don´t mind if I jump in here ;-) The CSP2 sounds very interesting and I guess I will get one too, once it will be available. I got one question for which I couldn´t find an answer on the Community Squeeze pages (or did I miss this ?!?!). In case this has

[slim] My Cambridge Audio A3i amp has just died - advice on replacement please ...

2014-02-05 Thread swayzak
Hi Well it just gone and died. Have done a quick search - saw the Marantz PM6005, which seems promising .. with good onboard DAC for price, but maybe bit under-powered ? Would this give me suitable power for my Cerwin-Vega AT-60s ? They are pretty sensitive so would suspect so. But might use

Re: [slim] 500 song playlist limit?

2014-02-05 Thread Fahzz
garym wrote: LMS Settings Basic Settings on this page you see the location of your playlist files. Place a playlist file there in that directory (*.mu3 file for example). Then do a scan so that LMS picks it up, and you'll see it there. Thanks for this, but I wound up re-installing 7.8,

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2014-02-05 Thread marflao
Thanks for that, John. Indeed, I have a NAS in place although it's not the most powerful. Therefore I'll keep your remark regarding running LMS on the CSP definitely in mind. I still have another question regarding the connection between CSP and DAC. Would there be a problem to use a spdif