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
a number of peiople use them. They are beloved here. I've got slimserver running, and its truly awesome.
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...
Quote from: Brian Skalinder on September 21, 2006, 12:30:57 AMFWIW, 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 (http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,65307.0.html).
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.
Dose any one know if any one can mod a SB3 to do 24/96.
Quote from: bl6216@yahoo.com on January 03, 2007, 02:31:04 AMDose 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.
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/
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
Quote from: pfife on January 03, 2007, 07:40:08 AM
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.
Quote from: Freelunch on January 03, 2007, 11:50:11 AM
Quote from: pfife on January 03, 2007, 07:40:08 AM
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.
What do they go for new and used. Where did you get them from.
299 brand new direct from slimdevices. Used, they hold they value extremely well at the moment, maybe 225-250 at best.
slimdevices.com
Hey Daryan what do you think about the Bolder mod for the Squeezebox and what mods did you get.
Quote from: pfife on January 03, 2007, 07:40:08 AM
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).
Quote from: Freelunch on January 05, 2007, 09:10:13 AM
Quote from: bgalizio on January 05, 2007, 07:46:59 AM
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.