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Could you recommend some alternatives?

cjsuk 9y ago
Harmon Kardon Onxy bluetooth and fuck the smart features.
lightedman 9y ago
An appropriately-loud sound system that fills the whole house with music. I can hear my Bose radio throughout the entire apartment, without digital interference because everything is wired.
Angostura 9y ago
I have one of these and am generally really happy with it http://www.monitoraudio.co.uk/products/airstream/s200 http://www.monitoraudio.co.uk/products/airstream/s200
justin66 9y ago
Run Squeezelite on multiple Raspberry Pis paired with decent USB audio adapters (Berhinger UCA222 - decent analog and also optical out). Music served from a PC using the standard Logitech Media Server software, playback controlled with either the standard web interface or the Squeezer android app. Plug the RPis into decent stereos (not a powered speaker unless you are some kind of rabid animal) and you've got a good setup that can be controlled from anywhere in the house. Multiple stereos can playback in sync and be controlled from the same UI.
- pavel_lishin 9y ago
  Does Logitech Media Server integrate with all these doodads: http://www.sonos.com/en-us/streaming-music http://www.sonos.com/en-us/streaming-music ?
  - justin66 9y ago
    A few of them look familiar, but I don't use that stuff. My advice was given with someone with a digital music collection in mind. Spotify, for example, was available on the Squeezebox Touch (and not the earlier Squeezebox Classic) but I don't know how tricky it would be to make it work with Squeezelite.
    - itsmenow 9y ago
      There is a new plugin called "spotty" (see here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107615-Announce-Spotty-v1-1-0 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107615-Announce...) that lets you stream spotify to any client.
      - justin66 9y ago
        Thanks, I know someone who can use this. I also saw a year or two ago some guy was selling some product or service or something aimed at supporting the older hardware with newer streaming services. I just don't generally use the streaming stuff.
- pale-hands 9y ago
  Great advice. I've had squeezeboxes since the SB1 in 2003, and recently got a Hifiberry amp running Squeezelite. It's as minimal as it gets -- power brick, RPi + amp in a custom case, and speakers. The class D amp is surprisingly pleasant.
- itsmenow 9y ago
  I second this. I've been using various squeezebox devices (and software players) for years, for both listening to my own music collection as well as streaming (spotify mostly). The squeezebox server (i.e the core software that various clients can connect to) has been open-sourced, and is still actively developed/updated. There are also open-source software clients readily available.
snthd 9y ago
https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/blob/master/README.md Not a solution, but snapcast is a useful part of the puzzle for the actual streaming and multiroom sync.
- voltagex_ 9y ago
  What's the latency like? I've got some Qualcomm Allcast gear that seems to do sync properly with no perceptible delay, but it's the only one I've heard that does it properly.

Harmon Kardon Onxy bluetooth and fuck the smart features.

An appropriately-loud sound system that fills the whole house with music. I can hear my Bose radio throughout the entire apartment, without digital interference because everything is wired.

Angostura 9y ago

I have one of these and am generally really happy with it http://www.monitoraudio.co.uk/products/airstream/s200 http://www.monitoraudio.co.uk/products/airstream/s200

justin66 9y ago

Run Squeezelite on multiple Raspberry Pis paired with decent USB audio adapters (Berhinger UCA222 - decent analog and also optical out). Music served from a PC using the standard Logitech Media Server software, playback controlled with either the standard web interface or the Squeezer android app. Plug the RPis into decent stereos (not a powered speaker unless you are some kind of rabid animal) and you've got a good setup that can be controlled from anywhere in the house. Multiple stereos can playback in sync and be controlled from the same UI.

pavel_lishin 9y ago
Does Logitech Media Server integrate with all these doodads: http://www.sonos.com/en-us/streaming-music http://www.sonos.com/en-us/streaming-music ?
- justin66 9y ago
  A few of them look familiar, but I don't use that stuff. My advice was given with someone with a digital music collection in mind. Spotify, for example, was available on the Squeezebox Touch (and not the earlier Squeezebox Classic) but I don't know how tricky it would be to make it work with Squeezelite.
  - itsmenow 9y ago
    There is a new plugin called "spotty" (see here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107615-Announce-Spotty-v1-1-0 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107615-Announce...) that lets you stream spotify to any client.
    - justin66 9y ago
      Thanks, I know someone who can use this. I also saw a year or two ago some guy was selling some product or service or something aimed at supporting the older hardware with newer streaming services. I just don't generally use the streaming stuff.
pale-hands 9y ago
Great advice. I've had squeezeboxes since the SB1 in 2003, and recently got a Hifiberry amp running Squeezelite. It's as minimal as it gets -- power brick, RPi + amp in a custom case, and speakers. The class D amp is surprisingly pleasant.
itsmenow 9y ago
I second this. I've been using various squeezebox devices (and software players) for years, for both listening to my own music collection as well as streaming (spotify mostly). The squeezebox server (i.e the core software that various clients can connect to) has been open-sourced, and is still actively developed/updated. There are also open-source software clients readily available.

snthd 9y ago

https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/blob/master/README.md Not a solution, but snapcast is a useful part of the puzzle for the actual streaming and multiroom sync.

voltagex_ 9y ago
What's the latency like? I've got some Qualcomm Allcast gear that seems to do sync properly with no perceptible delay, but it's the only one I've heard that does it properly.