Replacement for the SqueezeBox Touch ??

[janerik]

This streaming client from Stream Unlimited seems like an interesting alternative to the discontinued SBT.

http://www.streamunlimited.com/v3/en/Stream700.html

Has anyone here seen this in an affordable commercial product ? (without DAC and amplifier). I'm interested in the streaming client section only.

Thanks,

Jan

 

[JemHayward]

Its the innards of the Musical Fidelity streamer, and possibly others too. I imagine it does a good job. Not sure if they sell direct to the public though. The squeezebox software is open source, and so it can be run on other hardware. I have two SBT in my system, but the other three "squeezeboxes" are in fact a linux based touch screen PC called the O2 Joggler. You can pick up a Joggler on eBay for around £50-60 and install the SqueezeplayOS and attach it to your USB Dac and you are sorted. I'm looking into getting 24/96 out of it, with some help on the Joggler forum, as the bigger display looks good on my rack. Its bit perfect on 16/44.1 stuff via USB into my MDAC so should sound the same as SBT.

 

[janerik]

Its the innards of the Musical Fidelity streamer, and possibly others too. I imagine it does a good job. Not sure if they sell direct to the public though. The squeezebox software is open source, and so it can be run on other hardware. I have two SBT in my system, but the other three "squeezeboxes" are in fact a linux based touch screen PC called the O2 Joggler. You can pick up a Joggler on eBay for around £50-60 and install the SqueezeplayOS and attach it to your USB Dac and you are sorted. I'm looking into getting 24/96 out of it, with some help on the Joggler forum, as the bigger display looks good on my rack. Its bit perfect on 16/44.1 stuff via USB into my MDAC so should sound the same as SBT.

Thanks Jem, that's very useful. I didn't know the software was open source, so there is hope. I'll look into the Joggler or similar devices.

Much appreciated,

jan

 

[mudlark]

Streamers seem to implement upnp or dnla. There are quite a few ways of getting one of these working. The internet radio is a bit more complicated.

The squeezeboxes have their own software, but they now also work in upnp systems.

 

[janerik]

Its the innards of the Musical Fidelity streamer, and possibly others too.

In addition to the MF streamer, a little searching turned up the Stream-Box SE from Project and the D-Linear 7 from Consonance, the latter being a streaming client & DAC and the least expensive at US$898 :

http://www.diygene.com/store/Consonance Audio D-Linear7 24 192 Hi Res media player