![]() ![]() If the piece is a duet, too bad - the system has no concept of how to deal with TWO artists on the same song. ![]() For a record of Rachmaninoff concertos played by Vladimir Ashkenazi with the London Symphony Orchestra, the “Artist” tag could be “Sergei Rachmaninoff”, “London Symphony Orchestra” or “Vladimir Ashkenazi”. Allegro moderato ma non troppo con carne ma senza spaghetti”. Some of the track names are ridiculously long: “Variations on a theme by Haydn, for piano four hands (also arranged for orchestra) BZ 153.4 3. But you still have to go over the tags by hand to fix them. It has no idea that the 23 tracks that make up Rachmaninoff’s “Variations on a theme by Paganini” are one piece, distinct from the 3 tracks that make up Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto number 2” on the same album.Īn advantage of Sonata Server is that it automatically tags tracks as you rip them by going out to 4 different online databases. Like every other system, it has only three levels of hierarchy: artist, album and track. I’ve got Sonata Server (which DOES require a PC) and it’s probably the best for classical music, but it’s still a far distance from being any good at all for classical music. I have been doing this for a few years now. The system is super simple, nearly bombproof, and sounds great. but if your friend has internet (I’m sure she does) then she gets access to all the internet radio stations too. Days and days of driving later… at the cottage, I have my music up an running in about 10 minutes max. I toss the WD, sonos bridge, sonos 5, and a spare wireless router into boxes and put them in the trunk. The ipod touch can totally control the sonos… no ‘other’ computer needed. After it is set up you will no longer need the laptop. Set up the music library from the WD drive, using sonos software running on the laptop. Get the music onto the WD drive using the laptop.Ĭonnect the bridge to the router by ethernet, and connect the WD drive to the router by ethernet. an ipod touch to use as a controller, and It looks as though Logitech has discontinued the boom, probably because it was a useful, valuable device that cost less than the Touch. Instead of the Squeezebox Touch, (or in addition to it), she could just use the Squeezebox boom, which is basically a standalone, no amp required, stereo radio like boombox device. ![]() Listen to your music on your Squeezebox player – without using your PCĮnjoy the free storage! (Or get more space with a Premium account) Securely store your music in your own private, online Locker With FREE, easy-to-use software, upload your media to the locker, then tune in to play your favorite playlists, artists or albums. Keep your music collection securely online in a MP3tunes Locker to enjoy on your Squeezebox player anytime. Requirements: Requires a free account from. On the other hand, the box itself has a display and interface, which seems better than the Sonos, which requires an external controller of some sort (dedicated remote, PC, tablet, or smartphone).ĭoes anyone have a better idea? I’m kind of surprised that there aren’t more options for a person who does not have a home NAS or always-on PC. ![]() It seems a little more cumbersome than the Sonos because there is no built-in amplifier (and she has no legacy stereo system). The Logitech site says that multiple Squeezeboxes can talk to each other. This says that it has a USB port and can access music or photos from a USB drive. My next idea was the Logitech Squeezebox Touch. So then I thought “Wouldn’t it be nice if you could plus a USB drive into the Sonos?” But you can’t. It also seems a little wasteful of Internet bandwidth when her entire music collection could probably fit on a 64 GB USB flash drive (and I wonder if Google Music would support high quality 320 kbps streams?). That doesn’t work, though, because the Sonos does not support Google Music. My next idea was to have her CDs ripped, then push them all up to Google Music so that they could be streamed back down to the Sonos. She does everything with her laptop (running Windows XP! (but her company will presumably eventually upgrade to a newer version of Windows)), including listen to Rhapsody (subscription digital music service). My friend does not own a desktop computer, a home NAS box, or even a high-capacity MP3 player. Normally I recommend Sonos, but to play one’s personal music library it requires a home server. As the author of an article on whole-house music systems, I thought that I would be the perfect person to give advice to a friend who has recently moved into a new apartment and wants to declutter by sending her CDs off to be ripped. ![]()
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