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Hi,
I'm hoping for some recommendations for a boombox-type music player to use with my DNS-323/Firefly setup.
I currently have a Roku Soundbridge M-1001 playing mp3s from a Firefly server (svn-1498) running on the DNS (firmware v1.04). Both devices are connected to the wired portion of my home network. I also have a wireless g access point.
The music library currently contains 10,089 individual tracks, and still growing. The installation has been super-stable, which is the main reason I haven't upgraded anything.
The Soundbridge is literally screwed into my stereo system in the living room. I would like to add another, wireless music player that I can easily move around the house and into the back yard. The obvious choice would be a Roku Soundbridge Radio, but at $300 it is quite pricey compared to competitors, and I am skeptical about whether its sound quality will justify the cost. I also don't need a lot of the clock radio and other features not directly related to playing music and Internet radio over a wireless connection.
So, I'm looking for recommendations any of you may have for other devices that you have found to work well. Ideally, I would love to have something that connects to Firefly just like the Soundbridge. But, if nothing but the Soundbridge radio will fill that bill I'm willing to consider other music library connection types including UPnP and file shares that are known to work. My only other requirement is that the player must recognize m3u playlists; with over 10,000 tracks you can probably appreciate that playlists are a must. It would also be nice if the player could play the tracks of an album in track number sequence, not just in alphabetical, random or some other sequence.
Any suggestions/recommendations?
Thanks very much.
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Well, after doing some further research I can see why no one has answered. The Soundbridge Radio apparently has a rather ugly history of power supply and other problems, the Streamium players don't sound very good and the Squeezebox Boom requires Slimserver software which has just recently been ported to the DNS. To continue using the M1001 and add a Boom would require running Firefly and Slimserver, which is apparently anything but slim, simultaneously. From posts here it sounds like it consumes virtually all of the DNS's memory, so the chances of Firefly running on the same DNS simultaneouly are, er, slim.
The M1001 is already going on 3 years old so perhaps I should just wait for it to die and then replace it with a couple of Squeezebox players. It does seem that Roku is exiting the network player business in favor of their Netflix deal, and that Logitech is making a play to take over the market.
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