Wi-Fi Digital Music Showdown - Roku SoundBridge Vs Slim Devices SqueezeBox

re: Wi-Fi Digital Music Showdown - Roku SoundBridge Vs Slim Devices SqueezeBox

Mike — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:03:04 GMT

Actually, SoundBridge does support Apple Lossless, starting with the 2.7 software release.

re: Wi-Fi Digital Music Showdown - Roku SoundBridge Vs Slim Devices SqueezeBox

Mike — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:08:34 GMT

Also, SoundBridge has been able to play Internet radio streams standalone, no PC required, for longer than the Squeezebox. Now, Roku has their own tuning service (Radio Roku, at http://www.radioroku.com ), and the SoundBridge 3.0 software in public beta can connect directly to it to browse the station database, which is up to something like 3000 stations and climbing.

re: Wi-Fi Digital Music Showdown - Roku SoundBridge Vs Slim Devices SqueezeBox

Mike — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:27:17 GMT

One more correction. The SoundBridge works on 802.11g networks, but is not 802.11g. It's an 802.11b device, so the network needs to be set to be compatible with 802.11b devices. 11Mbps (11b) is plenty fast for streaming audio, and this is among the reasons that the SoundBridge is less expensive.

re: Wi-Fi Digital Music Showdown - Roku SoundBridge Vs Slim Devices SqueezeBox

Wayde — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:59:50 GMT

Thanks Mike.

I read about ways even with the 2.5 firmware to make Roku do lossless using the music server. I could only write about what I experienced using the version I had.

I also think it's worth adding that using Slim Server (which works for both units) has an open source component so there are all kinds of freeware mods. You can use a version of Slim Server on a handheld Pocket PC and use it to control the playlist on your computer.

After trying both a few months ago I ended up going with Squeezebox but I liked them both.

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