<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Damian</b> <<a href="mailto:damian@gingermagic.co.uk">damian@gingermagic.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Peter Bowyer wrote:<br>> On 17/07/07, Damian <<a href="mailto:damian@gingermagic.co.uk">damian@gingermagic.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>>> Could you tell me what the difference is between Squeezebox 1,<br>>> Squeezebox 2 and Squeezebox 3? Can they all do the same thing with them
<br>>> being open source software?<br>><br>> Drifting waaay off topic now.... working backwards: SB3 is the new<br>> physical design, comes in wired and wired+wireless. SB2 is the same<br>> guts but older case.
<br>> SB2/3 play more encoding formats natively (FLAC I think), although the<br>> Slimserver does transcode if needed for older clients.<br>><br>> SB1 came in wired+wireless only, and had the older display, although
<br>> there was a display upgrade option. Firmware is upgradeable - new<br>> releases of Slimserver often come with new releases of firmware - the<br>> upgrade is a single button press.<br>><br>> Slimp3 is older still - wired (10Mbit) only, much more restrictive
<br>> firmware. Will happily play MP3s across wired networks with analogue<br>> outputs.<br>><br>>> Can they all connect to pandora etc or is that a new addition of<br>>> Squeezebox 3?<br>><br>> I *think* that both SB2 and SB3 will do that... if that's a
<br>> dealbreaker then better get it confirmed.<br>><br>>> Also, I just saw Roku SoundBridge on the net. Is that the same kind of<br>>> thing?<br>><br>> Yes - although I can't remember the details. The Slimserver code is
<br>> open source, and Roku have used it.<br>><br><br>I really appreciate everyones thoughts. Thank you so much!<br><br>I'm currently looking out for Slim devices on ebay. They're looking a<br>bit too pricey for me, but I'll see if any deals come up in the next
<br>month or so (is there a way to automatically check ebay for items?)<br><br>The Rocu Soundbridge seems a bit cheaper. How does it compare?<br></blockquote><div><br><br>I'm not sure if I saw this mentioned, but a cheap alternative to actual slim devices are Media MVP boxes running mvpmc (
<a href="http://mvpmc.org">http://mvpmc.org</a>). I have a couple of these connected in my house. The connect to the slimserver software on my Myth box and can play from my music collection, streaming stations, sirius etc. I cannot connect to Pandora, since that requires and actual Slim device.
<br><br>Plus I've got the added advantage of quiet front end Myth boxes that can play recorded TV and stored videos.<br><br> - J<br></div><br></div><br>