Topic: Who uses any of thing by slim device

[bl6216@yahoo.com]

I want to know if any use the Squeezebox or the Transporter and if so what do they think about how it works. I also would like to know if any one knows of any other devices that dose the same thing.

-Brian

[pfife]

a number of peiople use them.  They are beloved here.   I've got slimserver running, and its truly awesome.

[Brian Skalinder]

I have an SB3 that I run wireless in my living room so I don't have to run a CAT5 cable to from my office and so I have a small, easy interface for accessing my music catalog.  I'd rather not have a laptop floating around my very small LR for accessing music.  I run the SB3 digi-out to my Sony STR-DA3000ES, mostly at 16/44 for older and studio recordings, 24/48 for newer.

The SB3 interface works well for finding music to which one wants to listen, i.e. one already knows the intended recording.  Since it scrolls through recording entries one-by-one, it's not great for browsing, however.  As a result, I run Foobar on my desktop in my office and simply run soundcard digi-out to my DAC / rest of playback.  An SB3 for listening same-room as the HDD-based music catalog seems like a waste to me.

Wireless comments...

FWIW, at first I had trouble running 24/48 over my Linksys Wireless-G access point (WAP54g v.2).  My WAP was 5 thick, old-construction walls away from the SB3, and I had trouble with skipping.  I also had trouble with reliable wireless for PC in the same room.  Not so much a squeezebox issue as a wireless issue, it turns out.  I applied a hacked firmware to my access point to increase it's broadcast strength, and no problems since.  Couldn't be happier.  I'm totally media-free now in my listening:  PC > DAC > Audio Experiences Symphony / McCormack DNA-1 > VSA VR-1s in the office, PC > router > wireless > SB3 digi-out > STR-DA3000ES > VR-1 for living room, and iAudio M3 for portable audio.  Love it across the board.

And finally, keep in mind if you move to HDD-based playback, you may want to consider adding redundancy to your PC HDD storage setup, like RAID or reasonable redundancy without RAID.

The SlimServer s/w's available for download to try out.  SlimServer's a little slow to catalog my music every time I re-scan, but...no biggie, I just let it run overnight.  For reference, I have 576 "albums" (mostly live, still ripping and storing my studio discs), ~13k songs.  No problems with lag-time browsing on the SB3.  Any lag-times I've experienced have cleared up when I swap fresh batteries into the remote.

In four simple words:  I love my SB3!

I don't know of alternative devices with the same feature set, though it wouldn't surprise me if they exist.

[bl6216@yahoo.com]

Dose any one know if any one can mod a SB3 to do 24/96.

[Brian Skalinder]

Dose any one know if any one can mod a SB3 to do 24/96.

Not that I know of.  I know one of the recent releases of Slim Server (or maybe it's the SB3 firmware) will resample 24/96 recordings to to 48 on-the-fly, but I don't think they plan on supporting 96k with the SB3.

[bl6216@yahoo.com]

Dose the Transporter. I see it is a lot more and found a lot on mods for it. Here is the link.
http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/

[pfife]

Hey skalinder, I don't have an SB3 yet, but intend to get one, but I am still running slimserver, primarily to stream my collection to my work computer.  One of the features that I love about slim server is the ability to randomly select albums, as I am way, way, way to indecisive to pick something to listen to.  Does the SB3 have an equivalent of a random album select?

thanks man

[it-goes-to-eleven]

Does the SB3 have an equivalent of a random album select?

You can just hit 'Add' while on any directory and everything under it is added to the current playlist.  There is a 'shuffle' button that toggles between 'no shuffle', 'shuffle by album' and 'shuffle by song'.  I regularly listen on shuffle and then de-randomize when I hear something I want to hear more of.

[pfife]

Does the SB3 have an equivalent of a random album select?

You can just hit 'Add' while on any directory and everything under it is added to the current playlist.  There is a 'shuffle' button that toggles between 'no shuffle', 'shuffle by album' and 'shuffle by song'.  I regularly listen on shuffle and then de-randomize when I hear something I want to hear more of.

f yeah.  Beautiful.

[bl6216@yahoo.com]

What do they go for new and used. Where did you get them from.

[Daryan]

299 brand new direct from slimdevices.  Used, they hold they value extremely well at the moment, maybe 225-250 at best.

slimdevices.com

[bl6216@yahoo.com]

Hey Daryan what do you think about the Bolder mod for the Squeezebox and what mods did you get.

[bgalizio]

Hey skalinder, I don't have an SB3 yet, but intend to get one, but I am still running slimserver, primarily to stream my collection to my work computer.  One of the features that I love about slim server is the ability to randomly select albums, as I am way, way, way to indecisive to pick something to listen to.  Does the SB3 have an equivalent of a random album select?

thanks man

Yes, the SB3 can do this, since Slim Server is running. I noticed it last night (but didn't try it out).

[bgalizio]

Yes, the SB3 can do this, since Slim Server is running. I noticed it last night (but didn't try it out).

Random on 48,000 tracks is a trip

That it is (though I don't have nearly that many in my library).

I think I'll try to random album thing tonight and see how that works. I prefer to listen to albums rather than single songs anyway.