Re: [slim] Wired or wireless

2008-08-25 Thread Dingostrategy
No. (note, I use SB but even a basic wireless system is as 'fat' as ethernet and will make no difference to your quality, regardless of the components. However, if you won't otherwise use the wifi for computers, then its just a waste of power, I guess.) Dingo India. -- Dingostrategy

Re: [slim] Wired or wireless

2008-08-25 Thread Dingostrategy
Sorry for slight off topic: Mr. Minor may I ask a dumb question? What's SBR - just when I thought I knew all the acronyms... -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [slim] Non-standard Countries

2008-08-25 Thread Dingostrategy
the duet yet. Dingo India / Australia -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51485

Re: [slim] Wired or wireless

2008-08-25 Thread Dingostrategy
is marginal. But I keep a laptop almost permanently on the kitchen table, so control my receiver from that (the laptop's wireless reception is better than the controllers). Bob -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile

[slim] Slim proprietary NAS

2008-08-26 Thread Dingostrategy
and upgradeable firmwear and soon. Sure beats messing about with a server from ebay. . Dingo. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Slim proprietary NAS

2008-08-26 Thread Dingostrategy
away for long hours like that. Glad at least one person agrees with my general idea. I just reckon it'd position LT/Squeeze more strongly against other more expensive systems. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Logitech Squeezebox Boom?

2008-08-26 Thread Dingostrategy
on Duet in India) - even purchasing a new SB3 involved a trip to the distributers home, chai, phone calls, delivery on a bicycle. Dingo. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] Slim proprietary NAS

2008-08-26 Thread Dingostrategy
and the constant feeling the cops were gonna show up at any moment). Dingo. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Logitech Squeezebox Boom?

2008-08-26 Thread Dingostrategy
don't you have an iPod, he wondered. Does the same thing. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760

Re: [slim] Scrobbling Deezer

2009-05-07 Thread Dingostrategy
after that (but i'm just a punter and that technical stuff eludes me. Hopefully this happens! -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Products I would like to see.

2009-05-08 Thread Dingostrategy
, but others are not) That said - an inexpensive mp3 player and a stereo cable makes just as much - or more - sense. -- Dingostrategy Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread

Re: [slim] Can PDA with WiFi function act as remote?

2009-05-09 Thread Dingostrategy
I got an iPod touch and iPeng and threw the HTC in a sewer because it was a piece of junk. I am never buying a phone worth more than $50 again. :) -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear

Re: [slim] Can PDA with WiFi function act as remote?

2009-05-09 Thread Dingostrategy
not a zillion dollar proposition. I don't really want a phone remote anymore - but the touch is sweet. This is now an official hijack. Return to normal programming at your leisure. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.1 now on the AppStore

2009-05-09 Thread Dingostrategy
Just want to give my props for the application, which I have and love, and for the support through this community. Good form, Pippin. Great app, making lots of us very happy and it really is a very neat party trick. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio

Re: [slim] Baby monitors killing urban wifi

2009-05-12 Thread Dingostrategy
times ahead people. Offset now. Vote 1 for recycled hardware, at a minimum. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. You've been served: Sony laptop, XP Pro and a bunch of consumer level routers

Re: [slim] Updated Squeezebox products?

2009-05-26 Thread Dingostrategy
crud. A handsome controller and an optional in house server thingamajig would cause some headaches over at sonos (but I do concur that both have space in the market). -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top

Re: [slim] which Squeezebox iphone app is the best?

2009-05-31 Thread Dingostrategy
app. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. You've been served: Sony laptop, XP Pro and a bunch of consumer level routers and VNC and so-on. Remote and in control: iPod touch/iPeng + a boom

Re: [slim] how to best get audio into my kitchen

2009-05-31 Thread Dingostrategy
(a generic brand chines one) and the sound quality seemed perfectly satisfactory (not using good equipment at the other end). Maybe since you don't want to control them independently, just a simple wireless system is all that's required? -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high

Re: [slim] SB far too expensive?

2009-06-09 Thread Dingostrategy
My girlfriend spend a thousand bucks in a day on a pair of shoes, a handbag and lunch. Case Closed. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. Bedroom/Terrace - Boom You've been served: Asus

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-09 Thread Dingostrategy
This childish nonsense is beneath me. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. Bedroom/Terrace - Boom You've been served: Asus EEE Box Linux Mint, and a bunch of consumer level routers

Re: [slim] OpenFrame remote for SB?

2009-06-11 Thread Dingostrategy
I have such a device in my pocket right now. It's an iPod touch. A decent cradle and I'd be just as happy :) Seems like a nice device though. No 'buy now' button so far! -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-12 Thread Dingostrategy
remark :) -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + AE2 Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. Bedroom/Terrace - Boom You've been served: Asus EEE Box Linux Mint, and a bunch of consumer level routers and VNC and so-on. Remote

Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com

2009-06-12 Thread Dingostrategy
. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. Bedroom/Terrace - Boom You've been served: Asus EEE Box Linux Mint, and a bunch of consumer level routers and VNC and so-on. Remote

Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com

2009-06-13 Thread Dingostrategy
, arent they? The name has been hijacked by the high end unit. -- Dingostrategy The traveling life: incompatible with high-end audio. Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. Bedroom/Terrace - Boom You've been served: Asus EEE Box Linux Mint, and a bunch

Re: [slim] Squeezebox - Evoke Flow - Listen Again

2009-06-13 Thread Dingostrategy
. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those Jensen's I bought offa ebay 'dingostrat...@last.fm' (http://www.last.fm

Re: [slim] OpenFrame remote for SB?

2009-06-14 Thread Dingostrategy
by the eeeTop when I bought the EEEbox, but I'm constrained by mobility. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC

Re: [slim] Squeezebox receiver + NAS + iPhone

2009-06-16 Thread Dingostrategy
of luck. Post the specifics of your NAS and the NAS pros will take over from here. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear Mother, kindly forward

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-17 Thread Dingostrategy
shake-the-disease;432982 Wrote: I have a bright green pencil case. Sorry can't help with your technical issues unless you tell us what firmware it runs. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless

[slim] An amusing argument won by me - and share your amusing confusion with SB

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
as mine about these systems, or should I get different friends? -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those

Re: [slim] Larger-screen (touch) remote interface in the future?

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
Moose running on an EEEtop or even just SC via Mozilla Prism would not be a terrible 'poor man's' Sooloos. (Plus they throw in a PC for free) At well under US$1000 it's mighty cheap computing. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear

Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those Jensen's I bought offa ebay 'dingostrat...@last.fm' (http://www.last.fm

Re: [slim] Larger-screen (touch) remote interface in the future?

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
paperback, with cradle and stand. For using apps/reading/netbooking stuff. You heard it here first. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear Mother

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
I iz in ur forumz Ingoring your threadz -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those Jensen's I bought

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
Peter314;433283 Wrote: I see the problem clearly, and am studiously ignoring it. Excuse me could you keep it down? I'm trying to work. Thankyou. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE

Re: [slim] Feature I'd like

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
Just do it after the SB with 4 into 2 RCA wires or similar? i.e just splice into the wires from your SB to your amp. Don't -actually- splice the wires of course, just get the right cables. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear

Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com

2009-06-18 Thread Dingostrategy
bought my first one, I got tea at the wholesaler's house, and it ws delivered later that day on a bicycle. Meanwhile back at the new website It's looking good :) -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom

Re: [slim] Yamaha is in on the game of (decent) wireless audio streamers

2009-06-19 Thread Dingostrategy
airpor. Sonos represented too. No Squeeze :( -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those Jensen's I bought offa

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-06-19 Thread Dingostrategy
This is just petty. How dare you hijack this thread from it's main focus. Mods? Anyone? Won't -someone- think of the children? -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint

Re: [slim] Thread on Sonos board

2009-06-30 Thread Dingostrategy
connectivity issue, I'll be chipper again! -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those Jensen's I bought offa

Re: [slim] No sound remotely?

2009-06-30 Thread Dingostrategy
Sounds to me like you are logging into the WebUI of the server rather than streaming the .mp3 to your remote system (using any SW that plays streaming media from a keyed-in URL). My knowledge ends there but might get you started? -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3

Re: [slim] Thread on Sonos board

2009-06-30 Thread Dingostrategy
or a Walkman(R) the size of a Quran or two cans and a piece of freakin' string. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC

Re: [slim] My personal thoughts on Squeezebox concept.

2009-07-02 Thread Dingostrategy
a convenient and high-quality transport for your tunes. It's gotta remain about the tunes, not the boxes! Oh and P.S congratulations :) you are one fine parent for sharing music with the new baby. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf

Re: [slim] My personal thoughts on Squeezebox concept.

2009-07-03 Thread Dingostrategy
of us. I guess the 'touch' might change all this again. Yanni if you didn't see already there is a strong rumour there is a new device to be released. You may like to explore that option, but still for sure the SB3 will do what you want it to. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-07-05 Thread Dingostrategy
Labarum;438181 Wrote: Ah! Ignor - ance. Roger Federer is awesome but his suits make him look like a knob. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-07-06 Thread Dingostrategy
Labarum;438276 Wrote: But then it is impossible to hijack a thread while ignoring it. No it isn't. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear

Re: [slim] My personal thoughts on Squeezebox concept.

2009-07-06 Thread Dingostrategy
bah, that device is for people with too much money. Like Toyota Prius, Monaco, Carbon Fibre bicycles and adequate health care. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint

Re: [slim] My personal thoughts on Squeezebox concept.

2009-07-06 Thread Dingostrategy
Yup - the present is the future. These things are going to pop up more and more as Squeeze interface/storage machines. I can just feel it in me bones. Asus do one very similar to the MSI offering. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf

Re: [slim] Ultimate server for SqueezeCenter?

2009-07-06 Thread Dingostrategy
that helps and is a window into your potential market. I also know that advice like mine is frustrating to developers since you chose what you chose for the best reasons - maybe I am just not meant to be your market! -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top

Re: [slim] Help Me Get Started!

2009-07-07 Thread Dingostrategy
call it, plug, learn, fiddle, read, play - but then it's smooth sailing... -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear

Re: [slim] Ignore this (sorry)

2009-07-08 Thread Dingostrategy
funkstar;438972 Wrote: Boom or Transporter? (at least it is semi-related to this forum) I considered a topic change to be greater than or equal to ignorance. I still do. How bout those Yankees. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top