Yes, I've had some private email about the Squeezebox Radio, don't know much about it other than the fact that its a mono set with one speaker, think its portable too! if it can be configured in the way all the other Squeezebox Players can then that would certainly be worth looking at.
I appreciate you want to use a radio without a computer, the Squeezebox Radio may offer that and the Squeezebox Boom certainly does offer that flexibility to the user, not as accessible as we'd like it to be yes but with a bit of patience you can get around it. I can see people running into all sorts of problems with a truly "Stand-alone" set that won't interface with a computer at all, the most obvious being finding stations and adding them to a preset or favourites list and the next - perhaps not quite obvious - is controlling the settings of the player. One thing I really like about the Boom - and I demonstrate this in the review - is that I now have a fully accessible and flexible alarm clock. On 27/04/2012, at 1:04 PM, Bud Schwab wrote: > Well, it's all getting a little clearer to me finally. Amazon does have that > one they call "Boom" for $500, and then the "Touch" for$250 and one called > "squeezebox radio music player" for $150. I'll have to read your article > again to help me get what I'm looking for. Actually I'd like to get a stand > alone that doesn't have to involve the computer at all. Thanks for your > patience. > > Bud > > At 06:44 PM 4/26/2012, you wrote: >> I don't know why I bother sometimes <smile>, I explained the different >> models of Squeezebox in my review, the "Boom" was the type I demonstrated, >> looks like a boombox. >> >> The "Duet" is a hi-fi tuner model with a colour screen remote control. >> >> The "Touch" is a system using a touch screen with SD card slot and USB >> socket. >> >> As far as I know they're the only 3 model of Squeezebox system available but >> none! are selling for $500.00, the Duet" may come close and perhaps that's >> the model you're thinking of. >> >> Whatever model you select you can control them in at least 2 of the 3 ways I >> described, the "Touch" obviously can't be easily controlled from its own >> control panel but you can control it from the your Squeezebox account or >> from an external app say for an IOS or Android device, from the Squeezebox >> Server application etc. >> >> >> On 27/04/2012, at 11:39 AM, Bud Schwab wrote: >> >> > They had smaller ones there but they didn't call them Boom. Their $500 >> > boombox sounded quite large, more like the old boomboxes the kids had. >> > They had a Squeezebox there that wasn't called a Boom that was around >> > $150. Maybe that's the one you were reviewing. >> > >> > Bud >> > >> > At 06:18 PM 4/26/2012, you wrote: >> >> Hang on, they're certainly not worth $500.00 so you must be getting the >> >> Squeezebox you saw on Amazon confused with something else, perhaps >> >> another Squeezebox model for example? >> >> >> >> As I said in the review, I only paid $200.00 for my Squeezebox Boom and >> >> that's about what everyone else I know has paid, some have paid nearly >> >> $300.00 but certainly not $500.00. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 27/04/2012, at 10:58 AM, Bud Schwab wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi Gang, >> >> > >> >> > I'm looking for a webradio and read the article that Dane has written >> >> > about the squeezebox boom and it sounds great. However I see it on >> >> > Amazon at $500 which I can't afford. I also noticed one there called >> >> > Grace which sounds pretty good for about $170. Has anybody tried one >> >> > of these things and how successful was it as far as blind friendly. I >> >> > currently have a Sanyo W227 which is a great radio but not at all >> >> > accessible except for the eight presets. >> >> > >> >> > I would appreciate any feedback on the Grace or any other in that price >> >> > range. >> >> > Thanks so much. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Bud Schwab >> >> > W 6 Z Y P >> >> > Malibu, California >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> >> > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> > >> > >> > Bud Schwab >> > W 6 Z Y P >> > Malibu, California >> > >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > Bud Schwab > W 6 Z Y P > Malibu, California > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
