Re: Bathroom audio advice needed/recommendation

[Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Possibly the Roku/Pinnacle Soundbridge Radio seems to offer you most
of
what you want then...?  Except that the speakers are inbuilt (and very
good) - I don't know whether it can drive external speakers, or if your
prepared to open it to get at such a feature. .  Obviously the appliance
itself has to be located somewhere away from the bathroom as it's mains
powered. It seems a quality build product.

It does have a web interface - but you can only control the radio
(FM/internet) and basic functions ie volume/on/off etc as well as some
basic configuration options this way . You can't select tracks from the
UPnP server to play  , and in fact you must use the ir remote for this
as you can't even do it using the radios buttons  . Some UPnP
controllers / servers offer an inbuilt web interface themselves that
>may< work pushing the tracks to the SB as a renderer.  The SBRadio
also integrates via ROKU's Radio Roku website www.radioroku.com which is
quite an interesting concept.

If you do want to get tighter control over the player it incorporates a
very complete IP based integration protocol that could be linked into a
complete HA system. There may well be a web front ended application out
there that uses this.  HomeSeer has a Roku plugin available for example.

As a box without an amplifier built in but incorporating a nice web
interface Escient have a great range of products - but they are
expensive. Models differ in terms of CD multichanger interfaces,  on
board music storage (including none) / iPod support etc.

All the Squeezebox products have a web interface available but use a PC
for that purpose. They can connect directly to Squeezenetwork too. (no
PC required)

The Sonos units do serve web pages directly but nothing that is
particularly useful so you need a more capable external one.

K

Pedro de Oliveira wrote:
>
> Simpler in terms of my requirements. I firstly need it to do FM radio.
> If possible with a web interface and also if possible play mp3s from
my
> NAS. From the responses it seems these requirements aren't able to be
> met and so, based on the opinions of the list, I am moving towards web
> radio...
>
> I take your point about sonos being easy to use/install but as you
> imply, it is not cheap. I am considering it though and it would be top
> of my list if I could control it through an iphone without having to
> have a PC on to serve the web pages. This would negate the need to add
> to the initial outlay of Zoneplayer + controller.
>
> Anyone know if some software needs to be installed on a PC to
interface
> between the sonos web interdace and the Zoneplayer? If all that is
> needed is a web server, maybe I could serve web pages on my NAS
running
> Apache or this might not even be needed if the web pages are served
from
> the Zoneplayer itself.
>
> Cheers,
> Pedro
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>]
On
> Behalf
> Of Paul Gordon
> Sent: 20 January 2008 09:10
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Bathroom audio advice needed/recommendation
>
> Simpler in what respect? - From an end user ease-of-use point of view?
> Or from the installation complexity angle?
>
> Either way, I'd suggest you look long & hard at SONOS - it
absolutely is
> the proverbial piece of p*ss to both install and use. It ticks all the
> integration boxes - I control mine from CBUS switches, Comfort
> responses, and from HomeSeer. A skinnable web interface is freely
> available, In addition to the "full fat" PC interface
>
> Of course, if by simpler you also meant to imply cheaper, then that's
> another matter entirely.. :-)
>
> Paul G.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
> [mailto:ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com] On
> Behalf Of Pedro de Oliveira
> > Sent: 19 January 2008 22:52
> > To: UKHA Group
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Bathroom audio advice needed/recommendation
> >
> > Thanks to all for the recommendations.
> >
> > The Roku / Pinnacle device sounds interesting, I'll have to look
into
> > that.
> >
> > I was actually thinking of something a bit simpler , anyone know
of or
> > have a radio with a web interface?
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Pedro
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
> [mailto:ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com] On
> Behalf
> > Of Jon Wilkins
> > Sent: 19 January 2008 13:33
> > To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Bathroom audio advice needed/recommendation
> >
> >
> >
> > Similar to John's suggestion, the Pinnacle Soundbridge Home music
> > could be a possibility. It's an OEM'd Roku with some of the
frills
> > removed (wireless only, only a 2 line display etc) but will play
from
> > an itunes/firefly streamer or online 'radio' station. Control is
via
> > a remote but there's also a simple web interface and telnet-able
> > control (probably very similar to its real Roku bigger brothers).
> >
> > Currently (r)etailing around £40-£50 depending on
source, so the
> > reduced frills mean a cost saving.
> >
> > In case running cost is important to you, mine seems to draw a
> > constant 4-5W (ie cost = peanuts per year).
> >
> > On top you'll still need some appropriate powered speakers /
small amp
> > + unpowered speakers.
> >
> > Not sure how the Soundbridge would fare in a bathroom environment
- I
> > guess you'd do best to put it lower down and away from the
bath/shower
> > - not a problem, the remote is used to control.
> >
> > jon
> > On Jan 19, 2008 12:24 PM, John Murray <John@themurrayhouse
> > <mailto:John%40themurrayhouse.co.uk>
.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm just in the process of fitting mine. I'm using a single
Jamo
> > speaker
> > > that has two tweeter to provide stereo sounds from the one
speaker.
> > > I'm using a Roku Soundbridge initially (may replay with MCX
or Sonos
> > one
> > > day) and the Roku has a web interface to control what is
playing. It
> > does
> > > not have DAB, but most UK DAB stations also broadcast via
internet
> > > streaming, which is what I use. The Roku also links to my
PC's to
> > stream
> > > mp3's etc.
> > > Only drawback is, you need a separate amp.
> > >
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