yobyot;485773 Wrote:
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Product suggestion: next Xmas, how about a slightly larger Boom++ with
a color screen, HDMI inputs/outputs and even better acoustics? After 30
years as an audiophile, I got tired of wires everywhere and huge
receivers and speakers all over my family room.
gweempose;471390 Wrote:
I'm beginning to feel the same way. I just spent most of the evening
trying to get my players to work properly with mysb.com, and I found the
whole experience to be incredibly frustrating. Fortunately, everything
seems to work just fine when I'm going through my local
Well, I just finished setting up my Radio -- which I bought on impulse
on sale at BestBuy for $149.
This allows me to put my Boom downstairs and use the Radio as my
bedside unit.
I AM impressed...by sync. I didn't realize I could get both players to
play the same thing until I stumbled across
christhedon;485605 Wrote:
two things:
1) Can you get your radio to sync music properly with your other
devices?? I can't its 80% out of sync.
2) How are you dealing with the volume sync issue, i.e. squeezebox
radio only has one volume (the sync volume) and no master volume.
PS
Not sure why, but sometimes the radio is out of sync with my boom (which
are in adjacent bedroom and bath and are used every morning together as
I start the day)- there is a delay of a fraction of a second but enough
to make them sound terribele. Stopping play and restarting corrects it -
and it
linvale;485881 Wrote:
Not sure why, but sometimes the radio is out of sync with my boom (which
are in adjacent bedroom and bath and are used every morning together as
I start the day)- there is a delay of a fraction of a second but enough
to make them sound terribele. Stopping play and
funkstar;485193 Wrote:
Worrying about Logitech going bust is a bit like worrying about Windows
updates if Microsoft goes bust.
Have you checked the market cap of both companies lately to quantify
that statement? ;) Not even close.
Worrying about MySB.com is a perfectly valid concern,
MelonMonkey;485467 Wrote:
Have you checked the market cap of both companies lately to quantify
that statement? ;) Not even close.
That wasn't meant to be a direct comparison, just meant as an
illustration :)
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funkstar
my collection:
*1*x squeezebox radio
*1*x squeezebox touch
*1*x
Patrick Dixon;472529 Wrote:
It was flagged many times during the beta program, but since they knew
better then what would change their minds now?
If they get a large number of returns due to the registration process
they might reconsider their stand in a later version of the radio
firmware.
usch;472350 Wrote:
I just don't want a device that is associated with an online service in
such a way that it becomes useless if that service is discontinued or
suffers a major downtime...
Understandable. But I can say that with well over two years using SB
players
seanadams;471455 Wrote:
Not just existing customers _especially_ for new customers, having
to provide your data for marketing purposes before hearing (free/your)
music is an abysmal out-of-box-experience. If you don't like it, let
them know.
It was flagged many times during the beta
Well, my first impression, erm impressed, this is the unit I was
originally after a while back but got a boom. Not gone into great
details with the settings yet. Used the 20 percent code to purchase,
amazing del from the netherlands to uk, 2 days, thanks logi.
Very impressed with the sound from
Having lived very happily with an SB3, Boom and Transporter and
controller for over a year the radio has been a great addition. I really
enjoy the interface and its inspired me to sort out my album art tags
and address some of mistakes I have in the organization of my music
collection. Really
Deciced. I am sending mine back.
I came back home today, attempt to turn it on ended up with weird
behavior, blank context menu, music not playing. Needless to say the
Boom next it to it works without a hitch.
It's a crap as it stands now. I might give it another chance in a year
or so,
unclemat;469453 Wrote:
Then annoyance - insisted on logging to mysqueezebox.com.
Hm. What if you don't have an account? I do not intend to register with
any online service, I only want to play my own music and maybe listen to
some shoutcast stations by URL. I really wanted a Radio, but if
If you want to use music services like Last.fm, Internet Radio or
Napster, you need a mysqueezebox.com account and the player needs to
have internet access.
If you only want to play local files using Squeezecenter, you do not
need to follow through on the registration process.
Lots of people
toby10;471799 Wrote:
I never thought I'd use the free subscription services either, but I'm
hooked on them now and listen to them far more than my own music
collection. Plus they are a great way to discover new artists that are
very similar to what you already like. :)
Just a
unclemat;470854 Wrote:
Another changed/missing feature
The SMBU had a release deadline to meet and they met it. There are
definitely some bugs and some missing features that aren't talked about
a lot, but I think that most will soon be taken care of. If I were
deciding whether or not to
JJZolx;470941 Wrote:
If I were deciding whether or not to return the unit I wouldn't worry so
much about the software, but would make the decision based upon the
hardware features and the sound quality.
I expect that gross bugs like the power button not working will be
fixed, but unclemat
I am testing the Radio and Boom side by side at the moment. It's
immediately obvious that the Boom display reacts much faster to user
inputs. There is no lag on Boom at all, while there is noticeable lag on
the Radio. Most offending is the power off button. Sound gets cut
quickly, but display
unclemat;471353 Wrote:
Combined with mushy feel of the rubber buttons on the Radio, the UI
experience is less satisfying ...I'm digging the Radio, but I do agree that
it doesn't feel as solid as
the Boom. Clearly, concessions were made to meet a certain price point.
The non-backlit
I really do like the SBRadio. I think it is very solid compared to other
similar radios. It has a nice cool look to it and the sound quality is
very good. The functionality is very good and the speed is fine; I do
not expect it to behave exactly like the SBBoom...it's a miniature. I
call it my
Well, I admit I see benefits of the multi line screen and some changes
in the interface (like press the dial to play).
But the amount of bugs in the unit is pretty annoying. Another bug -
selecting an item on a random mix playlist (song mix) causes the cursor
to jump to whatever relative (wrt to
unclemat;470854 Wrote:
Another changed/missing feature - I noticed that while browsing the
library, pressing a number key on the remote does not take one to the
position in the list as indicated by the letter associated with the
number, but instead it just selects a preset (if assigned).
egd;469609 Wrote:
That is just plain bloody pathetic! I've got multiple SB3s, two Duets
(doorstoppers) and a Transporter. None of these are Internet facing and
I see no reason for them to be. Are these devices online toys or music
players? Forcing users to do superfluous things that have
unclemat;471381 Wrote:
I have not connected it since to mysqueezebox.com again and never will.I'm
beginning to feel the same way. I just spent most of the evening
trying to get my players to work properly with mysb.com, and I found the
whole experience to be incredibly frustrating.
This thing is buggy. Was sitting idle, only to be found showing empty
playlist and no button would do anything. I could not even power it off
by holding the power button. Had to yank the power cable out.
I am near the decision to send it back and pick up another Boom.
Portability is not super
Another changed/missing feature - I noticed that while browsing the
library, pressing a number key on the remote does not take one to the
position in the list as indicated by the letter associated with the
number, but instead it just selects a preset (if assigned).
Quite an oversight. Using knob
Good observations. I don't think I've seen anyone mention yet that the
buttons aren't backlit. It's definitely a step backward in usability
from the Boom.
The navigation of long lists can indeed be choppy. Compare navigating
albums vs. navigating artists. The album navigation is hampered by
JJZolx;469582 Wrote:
Good observations. I don't think I've seen anyone mention yet that the
buttons aren't backlit. It's definitely a step backward in usability
from the Boom.
The navigation of long lists can indeed be choppy. Compare navigating
albums vs. navigating artists. The
Mnyb;469589 Wrote:
It is worse you can no longer set up an completely local system
somewhere in the process an internet link to SN is needed.
This was discussed at length in the beta phase and lots of people feel
the same way. However, my understanding is that an internet connection
is *not*
I think you should see this (when the alarm fires) -- perhaps there is a
setting that needs to be changed:
That wouldn't be particularly useful.
Okay, nice to see what the time is, and some people would like to be able to
snooze or turn off alarm, but the screen doesn't show what is playing.
bluegaspode;469766 Wrote:
Pressing the Power-Button turned the radio off (showing a big clock),
pressing it again turned it on and I still had the menu for turning off
the alarm. So I guess the power button is not really used to stop the
alarm.
No, the alarm is turned off with the power
However, my understanding is that an internet connection
is *not* needed for setup and playback of local music, if you have a
local instance of Squeezecenter running.
I don't think that's the case, or if so, it's certainly not obvious.
It was said that setup should be quick to get the user to
Philip Meyer;469886 Wrote:
I asked about this in another thread. When the alarm fires, don't you
get a menu with 2 choices (turn off alarm or snooze)? That's what is
indicated in the wiki.
There is a 3rd implied choice to hit the back button to keep playing
the stream from the alarm
And also if an existing squeezeboxserver 7.4 with all credentials for
network use, like my own is present. It is completely unnecessary and
tedious to setup trough the device, it could just auto register to
msb.com in the background.
I agree. Setup could attempt to connect to a local Squeezebox
MrSinatra;469891 Wrote:
where did u get a new boom for $240? thats cheaper than the sbradio
with battery!
From electronics-expo.com. They had it for $250 few weeks ago, and with
some coupon, it came to ~$240 shipped for me. Seems they have jacked up
the price since.
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unclemat
Yet another change... pressing on the remote has different function
than on SB2/SB3/Boom. It plays a song instead of getting extra song
info/options.
Pressing + brings menu with these options instead.
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unclemat
Another user experience gem... so to switch from a server to
squeezenetwork (mysqueezebox.com now, phew) one goes to:
SettingsAdvancedNetworkingSwitch to mysqueezebox.com
however to switch to a local server:
My MusicSwitch library
Very intuitive!
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unclemat
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