squeezebox boom dying what to replace it with
- #3
Or build a DIY RPi replacement with a 7" touchscreen running PiCorePlayer.
Lots of tutorials on the web and on the forums here, but this one seems fairly consummate.
And so add together a pair of active/powered speakers as per gvh'southward proffer above.
If you're not interested in a screen then you could just get a RPI + Amp Hat, burn HiFiBerryOS onto a SD card (which includes a SqueezeLite client) and then but attach a small pair of passive speakers up to it. Or apply a RPi + DAC lid in a case with a a pair of active/powered speakers.
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- #6
If you're not worried about a display and/or admittedly perfect sync with other squeezebox speakers you could just get a Sonos or Airplay supporting smart speaker and enable/apply the UPnP (which support Sonos) or Airplay 'bridge' plugins in LMS to stream to information technology.
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- #eight
It's not but Apple products that support AirPlay there'south plenty of 3rd party devices with built in speakers that back up it. It'southward just a protocol for sending audio over a network.
In terms of Sonos, yes you tin can utilise a unmarried speaker with LMS and no demand for whatever hub etc. Although you're paying a premium for Sonos' ain multi room software / ecosystem that y'all then won't utilize. The sound/build quality on Sonos is in the upper end of smart speakers, but equally don't expect to be 'blown away' they're yet only a pocket-sized, single source speaker. You may be able to option up a adept used bargain as they've sold millions of units over the years.
I'k not aware of any mod / native Squeezebox devices outside of the DIY realm.
I expect if you're wanting to buy something new and off the shelf I await you're going to have to stream to via some other network audio protocol like AirPlay or UPnP/DLNA (Sonos is seen as a UPnP/DLNA device in LMS) — rather than the native Squeezebox/Squeezelite network audio protocol — and then apply a matching span plugin in LMS.
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- #10
Ah OK I didn't realise that there were third-party devices that supported Airplay. Is there anything non-Apple in the sub-Sonos price bracket that matches the Sonos (and Boom) for audio quality?
I encounter that the Sonos Ane Gen 2 is effectually £190, which isn't every bit bad equally I had feared, so maybe that would be an option.
You can probably get a new generation Sonos I SL for £159 if you hunt around.
Another selection might be the Ikea Sonos/Airplay speaker. Never heard one and assume it isn't fabricated to quite the same quality as proper Sonos speakers, only could be a cheap selection if information technology's only for background / kitchen music. Functionally it'southward the aforementioned as a Sonos One SL in terms of features.
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Pretty sure you can also use the Ikea puck/remote (which also works with the official Sonos speakers) when using LMS via a bridge plugin. Although you would need the Ikea hub to integrate the remote.
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I am sure others will chime information technology with suggestions or but have a search on the forums for Airplay supporting smart speakers. You may also exist able to use a Chromecast supporting speaker, but I have never used the Chomecast plugin in LMS so can't personally vouch for how well that works.
Merely I think if you're after a brand new device and tin can alive without a display / on device browsing, then using a 'span plugin' (to a tertiary party network audio protocol) in LMS is probably the way to go.
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- #12
In that location is no bodily dedicated Sonos LMS plugin - you apply the UPnP/DLNA bridge plugin, taking advantage of the fact that Sonos devices present themselves every bit UPnP/DLNA streamers on the network and they should also exist able to be used as such, more or less. The UPnP/DLNA bridge plugin has a Sonos histrion pre-defined configuration profile, which should save you manually having to configure the plugin to match the Sonos's particular quirks when operating equally a UPnP renderer.
Are you having Chromecast device network discovery issues with any other software (eg BubbleUPnP Server, Chrome web browser, etc), especially on the aforementioned networked device that LMS (& therefore the Chromecast bridge plugin'southward helper app) is installed & running on?
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- #13
You didn't reply the question as to whether it's only the display? If information technology is and so an quondam telephone or tablet running the LMS web interface with the Textile skin volition supervene upon the display. I'd also have no qualms virtually buying a used Touch on.
You may be disappointed switching to a mono device.
- #14
Yous didn't answer the question every bit to whether it'southward just the brandish? If it is then an onetime phone or tablet running the LMS web interface with the Cloth pare volition replace the brandish. I'd also have no qualms about ownership a used Touch.
Y'all may be disappointed switching to a mono device.
Prior to doing a mill reset a couple of months ago the Boom was likewise sometimes disconnecting from the LMS server (i.e. it wasn't just the brandish that was going blank), merely since the factory reset the Boom has retained its connection to LMS even when the display was blank. The display would go off for long periods then come up dorsum on, while connection to LMS remained constant.
Unfortunately at present the power supply seems to be dead (I've checked it with a multi-tester and I get no voltage reading). Is there annihilation special about the Boom power supply, or tin can I employ any 12v supply which volition supply 2.5A of electric current? (Edit: I have a 12.5v, 1700mA power supply in my drawer - presumably that wouldn't be suitable?)
I've plugged the power supply from my other Nail (I take two) into the trouble unit, and it does still power up, then hopefully it would exist worth investing in a new power supply if it's only the display that'south the trouble.
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- #fifteen
Sounds like it could have been a failing PSU all along?
The extra half a volt probably won't injure just 1700mA is 1.7A rather than the 2.5A you demand. Nigh routers operate on 12V so if you take an old one kicking around it would be worth checking the PSU from that.
Booms are a scrap prone to issues with the power jack so it may also be worth cleaning the centre pin & outer contact of the Booms jack with some fine emery material. Peculiarly equally information technology's in a kitchen. One of mine would cut out if the power lead was moved & cleaning the socket sorted information technology.
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