RE: SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player

["Tony Butler" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>]

Ken,

I know what you're saying mate - flexibility is v.important.  I
certainly would _prefer_ to have access to everything all of the time,
but to be honest, even with a 300 disc CD changer, I find myself
returning to the same albums all the time so there is a lot of wastage
-
not to mention all the albums not in the changer because there's no
room.  
Some stuff I've outgrown as it were, others, I just am never in the
mood
for anymore but still, I don't think the 30,000 limit will be a problem
(maybe because I'm younger than you???!!!!)

In terms of mucking around with lists of songs, I wasn't suggesting
that
you would be faffing around every few days/weeks - which simply
wouldn't
do!
More that for example, I have musical taste and SWMBO does not and I
prefer a shower where SWMBO prefers a bath, so a bathroom AT which
accesses only SWMBO's music would be fine here, and not something that
would need fiddling with on a regular basis.

Not ideal, but these things rarely are :(
What we really need is:
The AT controls & form factor (bigger than the Simp3, but no wall wart
&
it does have optical out)
The limitless capacity of the Simp3
The display of the Simp3
The lack of server software of the AT
The price of the Rio
The audio format support of the AT
The open sourceness of the Simp3
The tech support form turtlebeach
And of course a streaming video version :)

Ain't gonna happen, but we all have to compromise somewhere:
Rio - dodgy controls, dodgy display, looks(!)
AT - 30,000 limit, price, size (maybe)
SiMP3 - no (hard) controls, server software, format support(?)

Not having heard it, but based on website blurb, I think it'd be a
tough
call between the AT and the SiMP3, but am now headed down a certain
road
so am sticking with it :-)


Tony
PS - wanna hold off on your AT purchase then?
PPS - Yes - More choice is a definite plus, (though as an X10 head you
should be used to little or no choice!), and can only increase the
chances of getting something that is right for you
PPPS - see MH's comment later - maybe Rio + ext. amp is the way to go
for you to get over the capacity problem?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennwatt@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 June 2002 21:06
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player
> 
> Here's the thing...
> 
> At the moment, as at last night anyway, I have approx. 225Gb of
MP3s,
> the DDAR simply cannot cope with that, I doubt very much that the
AT
can
> either. Now, I appreciate what you are saying regarding how many
would
> you actually listen to, but that's not really the point, the point
is
> that the reason that they are there is ease of use and
accessibility,
> certainly not for sonic nirvana! If I want that I'll use the
Micromega
> CD player and forget MP3 totally thanks.
> 
> So I might well want to listen to all sorts, some are on one
drive,
some
> are on another and I honestly don't have the time to muck about
> selecting only the few I think I might listen too in the next few
days.
> So raking through that amount of data is just not an option for
me,
> personally.
> 
> However, 30,000 tracks is not really that much, that's probably
going
to
> equate to roughly 3,000 albums or so as on one of my discs I have
83.7Gb
> with 22,710 tracks in 1804 folders (albums) so it ain't that big.
So
you
> should reach it's limit somewhere around the 130-150Gb mark, I'm
already
> way over that so the AT won't handle it either!
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I still think that the AT is a blinding bit of
kit
> and probably it is a bit better than the DDAR/RIO but it still has
> limits that affect me. TBH, the more choice the better as with all
hi-fi
> kit, then you buy what suits you.
> 
> I take your point though that, probably, it won't affect the
majority
of
> users but I need to find an alternative.
> 
> K.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Butler [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 07 June 2002 20:43
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player
> >
> > Nope, not done this.  The problem, ISTR, is one of memory -
it only
> has
> > a limited amount thereof and having indexed about 30k files, it
runs
> out
> > - IIRC.
> >
> > In practice, this may not be an issue - of your > 30,000
collection,
> how
> > many would you actually listen to?
> > And/or different rooms may have access to different sets of files
-
> eg,
> > you would never listen to Eminem in the kiddies bedroom because
of
the
> > 'slightly' dodgy language.  Black Sabbath may not be
required for
the
> > bedroom etc......
> >
> > If it's something TB can fix, in my experience, they will - a lot
of
> > features requested in the support group seem to make it to the
next
> > firmware release (provided more than 1 person requests it) or
a
> release
> > shortly thereafter.....
> >
> > I don't like having limits on anything personally, but this is
one I
> > feel comfortable with (for now).
> >
> > Maybe one of the resourceful ppl here who participates in the
bulk
buy
> > would like to try hacking the machine to solder in more memory
and
> thus
> > overcome this limit?????? :]
> >
> >
> > Tony.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 07 June 2002 20:03
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player
> > >
> > >
> > > > Dunno if the 30,000 'limit' on the AT will be an issue
for me
> > > > (not a Distributed Audio member :-)) but you never
know......
> > >
> > > Given that one of the "strengths" of the AT is the
support from
the
> > > company then has anyone tried emailing them to say that
we're
> looking
> > at
> > > buying - say - 20 but need to be able to handle *BLOODY*
big
> libraries
> > > and see what they say?
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >
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