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In Reply to: RE: Aurilic is clearly not understanding the product category posted by Bob_C on November 21, 2015 at 08:14:21
Who said the touch was the ultimate device ?.... I hardly think so. I have been looking for a better replacement, ever since I bought one..... But spending $3 Grand on a streamer is not something I'm doing. I also have 45, 2A3, and 300B amps and none of them cost close to $3 Grand.Yes, I have a raspberry pi, that I put together and ran under LMS. Not sure what these build your own devices would have over a SB Touch though..
When and if I find a better replacement for a Squeezebox Touch, I'm buying one. I merely said the replacement does not exist yet IMO.
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I would not spend $3 grand either for a streamer. I just think there are other cost effective ways to get features like the SB.
To me streaming from remote sources is more like a an FM tuner. I always knew I cannot get sound which equaled my system so I did not worry about it. Never owned a Marantz 10B, but did have a Scott 310E and Leak tuners.
As far as streaming locally... IMO if you understand what you are doing you can build a system equal or better than most commercial offerings.
But... not everyone has the background or wants to hassle with building computers, so off the shelf is the alternative... You just pay more for the convenience, and loose the flexibility of DIY.
The PI is a bit limited because of the way it handles the Ethernet, but there are other cool ARM devices out there. The Twisted Pear Audio guys are actually doing something pretty high end.
The difference between streaming and an FM Tuner, is that you can stream lossless from a remote location. Your DAC does not know whether the bits coming down the Ethernet Wire are from a Music Streaming Service or your Music Library located on your hard drive.
BTW - I am more enamored with LMS than the Squeezebox itself. It would seem that someone in the audio industry, could come out with a Streamer, with a quality power supply, clock, NO DAC, that could stream Music Services as well as personal libraries for a pricepoint of under $1000. No need for a Screen, remote etc.
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