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I have found the Squeezebox to be a ridiculously infuriating piece of gear, starting with the requirement of only having one "drive" and the fact that it has now lost the ability to find the designated drive.  I didn't think my file system was that complicated, but it has really driven me nuts.

I'm set up as follows:

Macbook Pro
- iTunes folder (contains all of my MP3/AAC files)

external Iomega 1.5TB drive
- folders entitled "Masters" etc.  Each folder contains subfolders containing WAVs, then within those, FLACs

I can't get the aliasing of the iTunes folder to work, either.  In general, I find the thing to be a very limiting solution with pretty weak software, at least on the mac.  It's also pretty expensive.

So anyway, when I next set up an audio system, I think I will go a different route.  I've got friends who use this:

http://www.sonos.com/Default.aspx?rdr=true&LangType=1033

But again, these people have pretty simple music setups.  Can this thing play FLACs and actually draw files from multiple drives?
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Re: Anyone use Sonos systems? (plus bitching about Squeezebox)
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2010, 12:25:38 PM »
You can use multiple drives with a squeezebox.    http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=126287.0
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Re: Anyone use Sonos systems? (plus bitching about Squeezebox)
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2010, 03:26:20 PM »
^^ yes, I attempted that on my Mac. It did not seem to work.   It also doesn't even recognize sub-folders within the drive I give it, e.g.

/Iomega HDD/***Masters/band name blah blah/band name blah blah (FLAC16) - it won't find the last folder.
Mics: Schoeps MK4V, MK41V, MK5, MK22> CMC6, KCY 250/5, KC5, NBob; MBHO MBP603/KA200N, AT 3031, DPA 4061 w/ d:vice, Naiant X-X, AT 853c, shotgun, Nak300
Pres/Power: Aerco MP2, tinybox v2  [KCY], CA-UBB
Decks: Sound Devices MixPre 6, Zoom F8, M10, D50

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Re: Anyone use Sonos systems? (plus bitching about Squeezebox)
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2010, 04:26:58 PM »
I have found the Squeezebox to be a ridiculously infuriating piece of gear, starting with the requirement of only having one "drive" and the fact that it has now lost the ability to find the designated drive.  I didn't think my file system was that complicated, but it has really driven me nuts.

Been working *great* for me... for ten years... about 12 drives and many terabytes.

You're on a mac, so the symbolic links should be simple.

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Re: Anyone use Sonos systems? (plus bitching about Squeezebox)
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2010, 10:52:06 PM »
So far I love the new Touch I picked up.  A few bugs in the LMA app that I'm hoping I can work out in the settings, but hooking up wireless to my laptop has been a breeze.

I have yet however to take the time to link up my externals.  I am going to try and set that up this weekend, so I will second that any help would be appreciated from Mac users who have done this.
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Re: Anyone use Sonos systems? (plus bitching about Squeezebox)
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2010, 03:01:59 PM »
It was working fine until my first router died.  Now it just refuses flat out to find my music library.  I even tried changing the library folder to a different folder to see if that would help.  Think maybe a factory reset is what I need to do to get it back on track.
Mics: Schoeps MK4V, MK41V, MK5, MK22> CMC6, KCY 250/5, KC5, NBob; MBHO MBP603/KA200N, AT 3031, DPA 4061 w/ d:vice, Naiant X-X, AT 853c, shotgun, Nak300
Pres/Power: Aerco MP2, tinybox v2  [KCY], CA-UBB
Decks: Sound Devices MixPre 6, Zoom F8, M10, D50

My recordings on nyctaper.com: http://www.nyctaper.com/?tag=acidjack | LMA: http://www.archive.org/bookmarks/acidjack | twitter: http://www.twitter.com/acidjacknyc | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/acidjacknyc

 

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