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[Vuki]

Slim Devices' Squeezebox (Classic) is IMHO the most innovative, usable and user friendly piece of audio hw in last 20 years - true revolution. As you can see I'm quite a fan I have Classic, Duet, Touch, Radio and couple RPi based players. One Rpi 4 with Picoreplayer is used as a LMS server & player and it works perfectly serving music from WD MyCloud 4tb ethernet connected HDD. Recommended

 

[renaudrenaud]

Slim Devices' Squeezebox (Classic) is IMHO the most innovative, usable and user friendly piece of audio hw in last 20 years - true revolution. As you can see I'm quite a fan I have Classic, Duet, Touch, Radio and couple RPi based players. One Rpi 4 with Picoreplayer is used as a LMS server & player and it works perfectly serving music from WD MyCloud 4tb ethernet connected HDD. Recommended

I agree totally. I have all this stuff and I would like to buy a Transporter one day or another...

 

[renaudrenaud]

Atomic Pi + Daphile with tactile screen?

Well I was preparing a Daphile Atomic Pi for a friend. I propose him a 24" monitor, it was a 60€ bargain from a well know website. But my friend decline, WAF constraints etc... Didier aksed me for a 7" display, something I shown him with a Raspberry Pi.

Well, the official Raspberry Pi is 70€. And works with the Rasp, and does not work with a HDMI adapter.

So I went on Ali and found this screen for 35€. Capacitive Touch, but not sure it will work with Daphile.

Received the screen and it was ok:

 

[renaudrenaud]

So it was time for a new design...

And some printing.

Well my wife designed the case...

 

[renaudrenaud]

Lot of cables. I am waiting for some adapters for USB and HDMI connectors.

Also I use Wifi and I grab antenna cables from an old dead computer. For the moment cables are "free".

 

[renaudrenaud]

I've found a lot of people using Daphile does not understand they can have an output to the monitor. More than this, there is a resolution detection and it works fine on any kind of screen.

Back to this Ali screen, the goind point is the touch panel is working fine. For 35€ it's excellent.

So I have a 32bits / 768kHhz PCM Flac DSD player with 7"touch screen for less than 100€:
- Atomic Pi 35€
- Screen 35€
- Usb Key : 8€
- USB Hub :8€

Just add SMSL SU8 and pair of Elac... Waow! What a great budget system.

 

[Apesbrain]

You can also make a Squeezebox player out of any Android tablet.

 

[renaudrenaud]

Sure, maybe less fun?

 

[Apesbrain]

The Material Skin remote control plugin also looks very nice:

Available for both desktop and mobile browsers.

 

[Aldoszx]

Also Ropieee XL has Squeezelite capabilities.
Daphile virtual machine on ESXi (as LMS server only) + music on NAS + piCorePlayer as client (RPi Zero W) and Ropieee XL (RPi3&4) is the winning bundle for me until now.
I can use both LMS an Roon.

 

[Old Hi-Fi Guy]

You can also make a Squeezebox player out of any Android tablet.

@Apesbrain Just found this thread and your comment...can you speak a little more to this? Perhaps a link would point me in the right direction and provide inspiration?

 

[sergeauckland]

@Apesbrain Just found this thread and your comment...can you speak a little more to this? Perhaps a link would point me in the right direction and provide inspiration?

Download Jive Squeezeplay and run that. It emulates a Squeezebox, and works in the same way. You can also control it from another tablet or phone using any of the Squeezebox remote control apps.

A great bit of software.

S

 

[ta240]

Slim Devices was a company that was just a bit too far ahead of its time and it was possibly still a bit too soon when Logitech bought them out in 2006. Logitech went in the direction of lower end products towards the end that didn't catch on only to have Sonos come out years later with expensive versions that sold like crazy.

I got an original Squeezebox when they first came out late 2003 and nobody would listen to me about how incredibly handy it was having all my music at the push of a button. Now everyone thinks that is normal. I have 4 Touches and a radio. The Touches have microphones built in like someone thought that someday you'd want to talk to the device too. The touch screens are so handy for those that don't have their phone in their hand at all times and is what is missing from a lot of the newer offerings. That was also fun back in the day trying to explain to people that I can control it from a regular remote control, a touch screen on it, or any computer, tablet or (later) phone on the network. I'd get a blank look and "but I just put my ipod in this holder and listen to it through these speakers" and then later "but why would I want to get up and walk over to a touch screen when music is on my phone"

It is sad that the entire product line never got the attention it deserved but I am grateful that they keep the mysqueezebox.com site going.

 

[sergeauckland]

Just to add my thanks to the army of volunteers that keep LMS updated so I can still access BBC radio every time Aunty decides to 'improve' their on-line delivery.

S

 

[Apesbrain]

@Apesbrain Just found this thread and your comment...can you speak a little more to this? Perhaps a link would point me in the right direction and provide inspiration?

Sure, there are a few apps available for Android and iOS that allow those devices to function as a Squeezebox player. If you go to Google Play store, search for "SqueezePlayer" or "SB Player". Once installed on your device and your device logged on to the same home network as LMS, LMS can send music to it and you can listen via speaker or headphone; or output to an external speaker via headphone jack or Bluetooth; or output to an external DAC. You control this player just as you would any other Squeezebox using a web browser or mobile app. ("Material Skin" is a recent LMS plugin that provides a free and modern control interface for PCs, tablets, and phones.) BTW, it doesn't have to be a phone: an Android tablet (as in my photo) or Android "mini-PC" will also work. It's not that much more difficult to turn a Raspberry Pi into a Squeezebox player if that is something of interest:

https://forums.slimdevices.com/show...aspberry-Pi-with-(or-without)-HiFiBerry-board

Unlike the Android/iOS solutions, the RPi player will render to a compatible DAC all formats up to 24/192 PCM and DSD 64 (via DoP).

 

[Totoro]

I’m surprised nobody mentioned iPeng. I use that on ipads, which lets them act as players, as well as control other players.

 

[Old Hi-Fi Guy]

Sure, there are a few apps available for Android and iOS that allow those devices to function as a Squeezebox player. If you go to Google Play store, search for "SqueezePlayer" or "SB Player". Once installed on your device and your device logged on to the same home network as LMS, LMS can send music to it and you can listen via speaker or headphone; or output to an external speaker via headphone jack or Bluetooth; or output to an external DAC. You control this player just as you would any other Squeezebox using a web browser or mobile app. ("Material Skin" is a recent LMS plugin that provides a free and modern control interface for PCs, tablets, and phones.) BTW, it doesn't have to be a phone: an Android tablet (as in my photo) or Android "mini-PC" will also work. It's not that much more difficult to turn a Raspberry Pi into a Squeezebox player if that is something of interest:

https://forums.slimdevices.com/show...aspberry-Pi-with-(or-without)-HiFiBerry-board

Unlike the Android/iOS solutions, the RPi player will render to a compatible DAC all formats up to 24/192 PCM and DSD 64 (via DoP).

Thank you. I have a Squeezebox Classic, an SB3, a Touch, a Duet, and two Radios. Unfortunately, the Duet's receiver fell off my desk a while back and hasn't worked since. Looking on the bright side, at least the transmitter works as a remote with the other SBs.

I knew that you can use a tablet app as a remote, but it hadn't occurred to me that you can use a tablet as a player. I happen to have a tablet that I never get around to using, and you can never have too many Squeezeboxes!

 

[Apesbrain]

Unfortunately, the Duet's receiver fell off my desk a while back and hasn't worked since.

This is exactly the use case for a Raspberry Pi player. It replaces the Receiver and you use the Controller with it just as you once did.

 

[Old Hi-Fi Guy]

This is exactly the use case for a Raspberry Pi player. It replaces the Receiver and you use the Controller with it just as you once did.

Oh, now you're putting temptation in my path. The problem with projects like this is that there's always another lengthy learning curve that has to be negotiated before any progress is shown. This kind of Raspberry Pi and Arduino stuff has been on my wannabe to-do list for some time, but the sad fact is that I'm not good at learning about things that are electronic. I'm much better with things that have moving parts that I can see and touch.

Here's the first sentence from Step 1: "Assemble the HiFiBerry board onto the Raspberry Pi". I'm already having palpitations over what that might mean!

 

[rgpit]

To those using LMS. You've got to try the free 3rd party plugin called "Material Skin". For me, it's much better than Roon. If the "Music and Artist Information" plugin is also installed it will display the artist/album info, and photos from the web, including song lyrics (if they're available) in a well laid out and intuitive format. I've been using LMS for many years and I can't believe I hadn't found out about this until a few weeks ago. So glad I got rid of the buggy Roon software.