Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-09-10 Thread BJW
TLM, my advice: go get a sugar baby and parade her around your ex but pretend like u don't care and that you're surprised it upsets her. u can't expect to win her back via pity or sentiment. play hardball and enjoy some sweet tart while ur at it. using: win7 64 + lms 7.9 & duet & ipads

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-09-09 Thread Retailbroker
So I have a Boom to sell. I loved it but not a techie. Wifi in my house where it was was tough. Worked fine by router but lost streams in my bedroom. Bought an Ocean Digital which works great in bedroom - at least does not drop stream. Is Ebay the best place to go? MikeekiM wrote: >

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-12 Thread TheLastMan
chill wrote: > Yep, there's a lot of it about. It shouldn't be a reflection on either > of you. Remember the old saying: "Men marry women with the hope they > will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. > Invariably they are both disappointed." > > Good luck. A bit of

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-12 Thread TheLastMan
Thanks for the kind thoughts guys. The reason I am so reluctant and sad is I actually really like my wife and honestly don't want us to break up. I saw the kids moving away as an opportunity to spend more time together and rekindle our relationship which has become colder and more distant;

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-12 Thread chill
Yep, there's a lot of it about. It shouldn't be a reflection on either of you. Remember the old saying: "Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed." Good luck.

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-11 Thread garym
TheLastMan wrote: > Any replacement for Mrs TLM is going to need to be more accepting of my > audio setup. In fact a shared appreciation of music and its > reproduction is going to be a big factor in choosing Mrs TLM 2.0! > > I will take the "plug ugly" Linn LP12, Naim amps and B speakers and

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-11 Thread d6jg
TheLastMan wrote: > My experience: > > Bought our first Squeezebox Duet in 2008 for the living room, connected > to my Naim amp. This prompted me to buy a NAS (Synology DS107) to run > LMS (then SqueezeboxServer) and learn a whole lot about Linux and > networking! > Bought our second Squeezebox

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-11 Thread TheLastMan
My experience: Bought our first Squeezebox Duet in 2008 for the living room, connected to my Naim amp. This prompted me to buy a NAS (Synology DS107) to run LMS (then SqueezeboxServer) and learn a whole lot about Linux and networking! Bought our second Squeezebox Duet in 2009 for the kitchen.

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-11 Thread MikeekiM
chill wrote: > Over the years I've found that each change to my system re-energises my > appreciation of music. Getting my first SB3 was such an event, probably > the most significant over the long term, but adding my home-built > speakers made a step-change in the sound, which set me off

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-11 Thread edwin2006
Mine was even for that on a readynas x6 *SqueezeBoxes:* 1x Transporter (Living room) 1x SB2 (shed), 1x Radio (Kitchen), 1x Boom (Dining room), 1x piCorePlayer (jacuzzi), 1x piCorePlayer (Garden) 1x OSMC + Squeezelite (Movie room), 1x Touch (Study 2), few spare unit's *Server:* LMS on Pi3

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-11 Thread garym
edwin2006 wrote: > I discovered the squeezebox system via a complete different route. It > was 2005 and I was searching for a networked box with 2 raid drives. Now > the are very common as a NAS but then there was no affordable solution > until I found a USA based company named infrant (later

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-11 Thread edwin2006
I discovered the squeezebox system via a complete different route. It was 2005 and I was searching for a networked box with 2 raid drives. Now the are very common as a NAS but then there was no affordable solution until I found a USA based company named infrant (later purchased by netgear) which

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-11 Thread garym
Moving to my squeezebox ecosystem, even with easy access to some internet radio stations I really enjoy and Spotify, actually *increased* my purchase of music. Looking at some notes, I see that between April 2014 and June 2019 (5 years), I increased my music collection by 21,433 tracks (to

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-11 Thread d6jg
I initially got into Internet Radio / Digital Music via Hi Fi with first a Freecom Musicpal - http://musicpal.mcproductions.nl/ - then a Revo Mondo Internet Radio Adapter - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revo-Mondo-Wi-fi-Internet-Adapter/dp/B000WBN5EK - before I spent some (semi) serious money on an

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-11 Thread chill
Over the years I've found that each change to my system re-energises my appreciation of music. Getting my first SB3 was such an event, probably the most significant over the long term, but adding my home-built speakers made a step-change in the sound, which set me off exploring my collection

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-10 Thread Grumpy Bob
d6jg wrote: > Pretty much the same for me except I don’t listen to podcasts much at > all. I have mp3 copies of a subset of my library in my cars. For me, starting with a Squeezebox Classic, I ripped my CD collection and the ease of use not only increased the amount of music I listened to but

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-10 Thread d6jg
garym wrote: > I went through a phase about 15 years ago where I rarely pulled out a CD > or LP to play. Strangely, the introduction of the iPod reenergized my > interest in music. It seemed like a cool gadget. I started digitizing my > music (as mp3, before I knew what lossy vs lossless

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-10 Thread garym
mrw wrote: > Having been there for the last couple of years or so, it's been fun > making something of a reverse move. I've discovered all manner of old > (and new) treasures waiting patiently for me to come back. I went through a phase about 15 years ago where I rarely pulled out a CD or LP

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-10 Thread mrw
MeSue wrote: > Truth is I don't listen to music much anymore, preferring podcasts and > audiobooks. Having been there for the last couple of years or so, it's been fun making something of a reverse move. I've discovered all manner of old (and new) treasures waiting patiently for me to come

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-10 Thread edwin2006
Sane here, just purchased 2 boom's. With lms on a pi I use it mostly for radio streaming and spotify (thnx Michael). Now and then I listen to flac music on a old XP box. *SqueezeBoxes:* 1x Transporter (Living room) 1x SB2 (shed), 1x Radio (Kitchen), 1x Boom (Dining room), 1x piCorePlayer

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-10 Thread garym
MeSue wrote: > Truth is I don't listen to music much anymore ;) Oh my. Say it ain't so! *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.4)>LMS 7.9.1>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.4)>LMS 7.9.1>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (ethernet, Radio WIFI) *Office:*

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-10 Thread drmatt
https://youtu.be/WboggjN_G-4 -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 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-10 Thread MeSue
Not too shabby! I have retired my one (beta test) Boom, but still have it. Have 6 Radios and one Touch still set up around the house but the only ones I really use are connected as speakers for the Echo Dots. Truth is I don't listen to music much anymore, preferring podcasts and audiobooks. Not

[slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(

2019-07-10 Thread MikeekiM
Well, I have been hanging on for quite a while now... And I had a LOT invested in the Squeezebox platform... But sadly, it was time for me to part with my treasured Squeezeboxes... :( Truth be told, I decommissioned my Squeezebox setup years ago, and this hardware was just sitting around