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In Reply to: RE: Budget posted by dsrtjeeper1 on August 11, 2014 at 18:02:01
It's a fine "learning tool" until more streamer transports get manufactured. (By my count, there are really only 4 or so of these).
If you don't already have a hard drive, and you want to, (and don't have an external DAC) & SPDIF cable to use with the SBT, - then you'll really blow through your budget fast).
Later, after you're familiar with all of this stuff, you can expand into stuff like NAS (network attached storage: hard drive that is ethernet/networked).
With the Squeezebox, - you get a (not too bad DAC), a USB port to attach an USB hard drive directly, - tons of Internet radio, music playback apps.
Mind you, none of this stuff will likely sound as good as some of the "better" $2000 CDP players. Yes, Internet radio & apps do not sound as good as CDPs.
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
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Well I've certainly got a lot to think about. I enjoy cd quality but streaming any genre of music is very appealing. I've always liked satellite radio in the car. A nice mix is always nice. I'm still intimidated by dedicated pc's and external storage. My surround receiver is set up for Pandora and the likes. I'm curious how streaming would be through the Pioneer SC61.
Is that even though the quality of Internet Radio, (and I'm including Pandora, Live365, Soundcloud, Sirius), is that you get far, far, far, more stations than you ever could with an antenna, and you have less trouble & its associated static with dialing in a station/app.
In that sense, - I'll take it for what it is, - and be happy with no static, - which I've always hated. As a songwriter/musician, - radioplay, - and its associated, (for lack of a better word), fascism, - has always been a problem anyway. And, what comes out has always been compressed.
I don't know about streaming with the Pioneer; but a dedicated digital file transport, (whether it's capable of streaming internet radio or not), does offer up a lot of flexibility and convenience.
It is very hard to come up with a scalable solution that is both cost effective & sounds awesome. IMO, the reasoning behind separate components for separate functions, {as is tradition with high end audio}, still offers great wisdom. The genius of the Squeezebox is that it is, (almost), only a transport... A product like the Sim Audio Mind, (and hopefully it will have more and more "sister" products soon), plugs right in as a higher quality Squeezebox replacement. (Recognizing that there are a small number of feature apps that the Mind currently doesn't have available, but is/will soon be, capable of).
Cheers,
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
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