Re: [slim] Transporter dead: just clicking - how to open

2017-08-17 Thread Tex
Hi Paul Read this thread and there is a link to purchase the power supply. I bought three just because shipping is so expensive but rapid delivery. Should give you plenty of time to find the hex mini screw driver. I had to make at least two trips to get the right one. The power supply was easy to

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread toby10
The story goes much deeper than we’ll ever know. I'm sure Michael Herger knows all the dirt but is unable say so publicly. ;) What little we do know……. Soon after Logitech acquired SlimDevices there was a major reshuffling of managers and department personnel at Logitech. The few individuals

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread drmatt
Mnyb wrote: > > Anyhow some stubborn fellow wants to sync 24/192 pcm over 5 players :D > and comes to our forum. Hah, works for me :) -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CD

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread Mnyb
drmatt wrote: > Sonos also made the executive decision to cripple their digital outputs, > for reasons no one can fathom; nor do they seem interested in sorting it > out. > > > -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- Probably due to old tech . more than 16/44.1 does not really do anything f

[slim] Transporter dead: just clicking - how to open

2017-08-17 Thread squeezepaul
my Transporter is dead. one can here a clicking from its inside every few seconds. does anyone know how to solve that? how can the case be opened properly? I don't see any screws. squeezepaul's Profile: http://forums.slim

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread emalvick
One of the most attractive aspects of Squeezebox is the ability to use it (server and hardware) with high definition music, if one wants to. I have an optical connection to my stereo and have really loved the ability to listen to my surround sound music. There are things I wouldn't mind being be

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread alfista
drmatt wrote: > Sonos also made the executive decision to cripple their digital outputs, > for reasons no one can fathom; nor do they seem interested in sorting it > out. And that must have cost them about five sales or something? I honestly don't think the majority of potential Sonos buyers know

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread drmatt
Sonos also made the executive decision to cripple their digital outputs, for reasons no one can fathom; nor do they seem interested in sorting it out. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread alfista
d6jg wrote: > My point was that Sonos had started to become accepted in the consumer > electronics field just as Logitech pulled out. Yes. Only a different subset of the consumers than the Squeezeboxes caters to. The fact that there was enough buyers to support Sonos doesn't suggest that there wo

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread d6jg
cliveb wrote: > Sonos was around long before Logitech bought Slim Devices. The two > product lines were always at opposite ends of the market. Drawing an > analogy with HiFi, Sonos appealed to the sort of person who would buy an > integrated B&O system, whereas the Squeezebox system appealed to t

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread cliveb
d6jg wrote: > What is crystal clear though is that they killed the product line at > exactly the wrong time just as other high products such as Sonos etc > were being launched. Sonos was around long before Logitech bought Slim Devices. The two product lines were always at opposite ends of the mar

Re: [slim] Classic FM [UK] - connects at 128, drops to 48

2017-08-17 Thread MattC
bpa wrote: > Plugin has been updated to V.2.0.1. Only real change is to update URLs > to get logos and other icons back. Hi bpa, thanks so much for your efforts - really very very much appreciated! cheers Matt MattC

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread Mnyb
Roon bussines model is not viable for squeezebox either . Software = open source LMS = no revenue . Squeezebox = DIY our own rpi3 = no revenue . Enhanced interlinked metadata so that you can build a roon like UX = licensed and costly (se all the trouble our comunity had with the lyrics plugin a

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread alfista
d6jg wrote: > What is crystal clear though is that they killed the product line at > exactly the wrong time just as other high products such as Sonos etc > were being launched. Is it? Sonos had already gained good traction by the time Logitech shut down production, but I don't see the relevance.