Airport Express or Squeezebox?

[Salt Peanuts]

Dragging this thing from a grave, but I ended up buying a used SB3 from Zach and it arrived today. The setup went painlessly without a hitch. I must say I'm really loving it so far in the short time I've had it - I am a gadget whore, after all.

[Dusty Chalk]

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[n_maher]

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It's a cruel injustice that now that I'm a mod Fredbot no longer comes around. The fun that could've be had...

[crass]

Theres a 3rd option. Its a little more expensive than a squeezebox but it can do so much more. The Asus eee pc. Heres a pic I grabbed from google:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1338/1484629462_c49b385305.jpg

Anyway, it runs a modified (and simplified) version of linux. Its made to be a very small laptop (it has a 7 inch screen and 8gb of flash, no hard drive). It includes the wonderful amarok music player, which is superior to itunes in every respect.

Anyway, it doesn't have a digital out, but if your dac is USB it will be no problem. Or you can get something like the m-audio transit to feed your dac. Theres a thread on head-fi right now for using this thing as a transport.

Anyway, I'll have one in a couple weeks. I'll be using it as my transport. I'll let you all know how it works out.

[crass]

Heres a good video review of it;

[Dusty Chalk]

Yes, please do let us know, that looks very interesting.

[The Monkey]

I know it has been a while, but Apple is apparently working to develop an app for the iPhone (and maybe the iTouchMyself [or whatever the hell it's called]) that can access the iTunes library on your 'puter. If the interface for this is good, I will use it with my Apple Express over my SB3.

[iceman94]

A third-party developer also has an app out there for an iPhone/iTouch Squeezebox remote.

http://penguinlovesmusic.de/?page_id=3

[The Monkey]

A third-party developer also has an app out there for an iPhone/iTouch Squeezebox remote.

http://penguinlovesmusic.de/?page_id=3

Cool, thanks for the link.

[Dusty Chalk]

...the iTouchMyself [or whatever the hell it's called]...

That's correct.

[n_maher]

A third-party developer also has an app out there for an iPhone/iTouch Squeezebox remote.

http://penguinlovesmusic.de/?page_id=3

If I have some time tonight I may give this a shot.

[thrice]

If I have some time tonight I may give this a shot.

I've used Signal which does the same sort of thing. There is a lot of information somewhere on the Slim Devices forums regarding iPeng and Signal. They are both based on using playlists If I'm not Mistaken. Signal works with iTunes and an airport express (grawk used it i think). and iPeng works with the squeezebox.

[iceman94]

If I have some time tonight I may give this a shot.

I'd be really interested in impressions, I haven't had much time to investigate it myself. I just got a Squeezebox Duet and at some point in time want to pick up a used iTouch to do remote comparisons between the plugin and the default Logitech remote. I might try the Airport Express/Signal thing too, although I think I want to stick to something for SB as a Modwright Transporter or APL DAC (now w/ integrated Duet) are my two source choices for when I build a home (not crappy dorm) speaker system a year or so from now.

In any case, iPod-style-remote = teh awesome. I hope.