Before I bought my first Squeezebox player - an SB3 - I had experimented with a couple of other devices that played Internet Radio and local files from a DLNA server.
This was the first such device which I discovered the other day during a clear out. A Freecom Musicpal. Both knobs are really sticky. Stickier than you get a Boom. The left hand knob. Play/pause and volume is actually broken but the volume can still be adjusted with it in some way. Fortunately there is a system tray app that surprisingly works on W10 which can control the volume.
Internet Radio still works and it will play mp3s from my QNAP dlna server (but not Flacs). It has a single speaker but also a stereo line out.
When I first got the SB3 and installed LMS 7.7.2 on my first Qnap I created a favourite on the Musicpal for stream.mp3. It still works!
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2019-11-28, 15:10 #1
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It all started here .... and it still works!
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Living Room Joggler & Pi4/Khadas -> Onkyo TXNR686 -> Celestion F20s
Office Joggler & Pi3 -> Denon RCD N8 -> Celestion F10s
Dining Room SB Boom
Kitchen UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio)
Bedroom (Bedside) Pi Zero+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones
Bedroom (TV) & Bathroom SB Touch ->Denon AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s + Kef ceiling speakers
Guest Room Joggler > Topping Amp -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes
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2019-11-28, 15:23 #2
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I wrote about my beginning with this stuff a few years back.
http://dabdig.blogspot.com/2008/07/d...plication.html
I think I bought that Audiotron in 2001 or 2002.
and then my first Slimdevices kit in 2005 - the new SB2
http://dabdig.blogspot.com/2008/07/d...-2-having.htmlPaul Webster
http://dabdig.blogspot.com
Author of "Now Playing" plugins covering Radio France (FIP etc), PlanetRadio (Bauer - Kiss, Absolute, Scala, JazzFM etc), KCRW, Supla Finland, ABC Australia, CBC/Radio-Canada and RTE Ireland
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2019-11-28, 16:03 #3
My learner device was a Netgear MP-101:
I remember being amazed that it worked. Taught me the perils of "two-hop" wireless. 802.11(b)!
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2019-11-28, 16:05 #4
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You predated me by a couple of years both with your first device and youR first post
I blogged about it in 2013
https://www.js60och.co.uk/internet-radio-stuff/VB2.4 storage QNAP TS419p (NFS)
Living Room Joggler & Pi4/Khadas -> Onkyo TXNR686 -> Celestion F20s
Office Joggler & Pi3 -> Denon RCD N8 -> Celestion F10s
Dining Room SB Boom
Kitchen UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio)
Bedroom (Bedside) Pi Zero+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones
Bedroom (TV) & Bathroom SB Touch ->Denon AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s + Kef ceiling speakers
Guest Room Joggler > Topping Amp -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes
Everything controlled by iPeng & Material on iOS
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2019-11-28, 16:09 #5
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Also found this post I wrote in 2012
https://www.js60och.co.uk/logitech-what-have-you-done/
Still valid 7 years laterVB2.4 storage QNAP TS419p (NFS)
Living Room Joggler & Pi4/Khadas -> Onkyo TXNR686 -> Celestion F20s
Office Joggler & Pi3 -> Denon RCD N8 -> Celestion F10s
Dining Room SB Boom
Kitchen UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio)
Bedroom (Bedside) Pi Zero+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones
Bedroom (TV) & Bathroom SB Touch ->Denon AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s + Kef ceiling speakers
Guest Room Joggler > Topping Amp -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes
Everything controlled by iPeng & Material on iOS
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2019-11-28, 16:21 #6
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LMS server: O2 Joggler with Jivelite, Pi Zero W with PcP 6.0
Amp: Denon PMA-50
Players/Speakers: Touch, Logitech Radios, Sonos Play 1s & Beam, Libratone Zipp, GGMM E2 & E3, Yamaha WXAD-010, Loewe Airspeaker, Google Chromecast Audio, Home Mini & Nest Hub, Amazon Echo 2,3 and Show5, Pioneer WX-SMA1, Roberts S1, O2 Joggler, Cisco Joggler, Fiio M6, Avantree Priva BT transmitter
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2019-11-28, 16:22 #7
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VB2.4 storage QNAP TS419p (NFS)
Living Room Joggler & Pi4/Khadas -> Onkyo TXNR686 -> Celestion F20s
Office Joggler & Pi3 -> Denon RCD N8 -> Celestion F10s
Dining Room SB Boom
Kitchen UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio)
Bedroom (Bedside) Pi Zero+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones
Bedroom (TV) & Bathroom SB Touch ->Denon AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s + Kef ceiling speakers
Guest Room Joggler > Topping Amp -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes
Everything controlled by iPeng & Material on iOS
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2019-11-28, 16:29 #8
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Absolutely.
I have a friend who is wedded to Sonos but doesn’t keep abreast of developments in quite the way I do.
I took great pleasure in letting him know about the September release of their portable speaker designed for outdoor. Just in time for the English summer (not).VB2.4 storage QNAP TS419p (NFS)
Living Room Joggler & Pi4/Khadas -> Onkyo TXNR686 -> Celestion F20s
Office Joggler & Pi3 -> Denon RCD N8 -> Celestion F10s
Dining Room SB Boom
Kitchen UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio)
Bedroom (Bedside) Pi Zero+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones
Bedroom (TV) & Bathroom SB Touch ->Denon AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s + Kef ceiling speakers
Guest Room Joggler > Topping Amp -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes
Everything controlled by iPeng & Material on iOS
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2019-11-28, 16:40 #9
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LMS server: O2 Joggler with Jivelite, Pi Zero W with PcP 6.0
Amp: Denon PMA-50
Players/Speakers: Touch, Logitech Radios, Sonos Play 1s & Beam, Libratone Zipp, GGMM E2 & E3, Yamaha WXAD-010, Loewe Airspeaker, Google Chromecast Audio, Home Mini & Nest Hub, Amazon Echo 2,3 and Show5, Pioneer WX-SMA1, Roberts S1, O2 Joggler, Cisco Joggler, Fiio M6, Avantree Priva BT transmitter
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2019-11-28, 17:14 #10
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One factor which 'worries' me a bit is whether the squeezebox community will start to demonstrate demographic creep as time passes! (Include me in that!)
I wonder what the average age is of users these days?LMS server: O2 Joggler with Jivelite, Pi Zero W with PcP 6.0
Amp: Denon PMA-50
Players/Speakers: Touch, Logitech Radios, Sonos Play 1s & Beam, Libratone Zipp, GGMM E2 & E3, Yamaha WXAD-010, Loewe Airspeaker, Google Chromecast Audio, Home Mini & Nest Hub, Amazon Echo 2,3 and Show5, Pioneer WX-SMA1, Roberts S1, O2 Joggler, Cisco Joggler, Fiio M6, Avantree Priva BT transmitter
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