The original squeezeboxes, up to the SB3, Boom, and Transporter were very similar in engineering approach (truly ‘slim’ devices). This changed with the Touch and the Radio, which are quite different, can do more independently and run SqueezeOS, a linux based system. I have had them all starting with SB3. Still do except got rid of the Receiver portion of the Duet. Love my TOUCH players, Radios, and Transporter.
SliMP3 (2001)
Squeezebox (November 2003)
Squeezebox2 (April 2005)
Squeezebox Classic (SB3) (November 2005)
Transporter (September 2006)
Squeezebox Duet (January 2008), receiver and controller, The controller is the first unit in the Squeezebox line that runs on SqueezeOS, an embedded Linux distribution. These devices are less “slim” than the previous Squeezeboxes. The Squeezebox Radio and the Squeezebox Touch are also SqueezeOS based.
I joined the SB party with a Boom, later adding a Transporter. at my SB peak, I had two each of Boom, Radio, Touch, and Transporter.
The Boom, Radio, and Touch all had problems w/ WiFi once I moved to a mesh network (never used a transporter wirelessly). I no longer use any squeezeboxes, but occasionally connect a Boom, and it works fine.
if you poke around the slim device forums, it seems the Radio mostly works now with the community firmware, but the touch remains problematic.
I am well aware of the Radio WIFI problems, have had them myself, and have solved them with the “community firmware”, which I also run on the TOUCH and CONTROLLER (there is a slightly different version for the RADIO only). I visit the slimdevices forum almost daily and have for at least 15 years. I see relatively few posts about TOUCH wifi problems as compared to the many, many threads and posts related to RADIO wifi. But I don’t use a mesh system, so have no evidence on how that interacts with any of the squeezebox players. My TOUCH (5), RADIO (4), BOOM (2), and TRANSPORTER (2) (it is ethernet) are rock solid on my network.* But again, it is probably a 5 or 6 year old router, and not mesh.
*some of those are backup units. In service I have 2 touch, 1 transporter, 2 booms, and 2 radios.
best to just post your question here, but PM is fine too. If too Squeezebox specific, I’d say move the discussion over to slimdevices forum. Lots of help there.
You are welcome. An applet is required on the TOUCH to setup the ability to connect a DAC via the Touch USB port. I think it is called EDO? But I’ve not used it before. But you seem to have worked out that issue.
Yes enhanced Digital Output just don’t know if the plugin repository still works I made my own at home and putted the plugins on my NAS…still community is still ongoing on community FW, please check there
I made the choice to moveback to LMS two months ago and very happy, Its matured a lot and gives me all I need. I dont have Squeezboxes anymore as they died but using a DMP A8, Squeezlite on a Pi and Wiim, then UPnP and Airplay Bridges for the rest. Gives me all I used from Roon with less outlay, less hassles.
I was a devoted squeezebox user for many years but once Logitech took them over, I abandoned ship. I’d say pass on trying to get your squeezebox to work smoothly with Roon. Instead, put it out to pasture and replace it with a Roon ready device like a Wiim Pro.
Logitech dropped the line over 10 years ago. The crowd-sourced updates to LMS (now Lyrion Music Server) are fantastic improvements since Logitech dropped them. A few examples, one can now integrate Tidal, Spotify, and Qobuz with local files (similar to Roon). Also, use of tagging to better handle Classical (works, movements, etc.). Also identification of different sorts of releases (albums, EPs, singles, etc.). Anyhow, Roon does some things that LMS doesn’t do, but LMS is about 1000 times better now than it was under the last days of Logitech.
