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Post by John on Oct 12, 2018 16:30:18 GMT
A good review of the project stream box It could be a cheap way into file playing for people
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Post by Slinger on Oct 12, 2018 16:52:30 GMT
Six hundred quid, no optical or co-ax out, only USB or HDMI(?). On a positive note, the user interface looks very, very, very, much like Volumio. My immediate reaction is that it looks like something that's out of date before it's on the shelves, and at that price for something that looks like a Pi-based setup but doesn't have the flexibility of a Pi-based setup... It's cheap for a streamer I suppose, and I like what Pro-ject try to do most of the time, but I'm not awfully impressed with this I'm afraid.
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Post by John on Oct 12, 2018 16:56:30 GMT
I think it is quite easy for people hence why I linked in
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Post by Slinger on Oct 12, 2018 16:58:26 GMT
Agreed, John. It's definitely got a place in the market for people who don't want to bugger about with a Pi, but why wouldn't you want to?  |
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Post by John on Oct 12, 2018 17:36:02 GMT
😊
We have quite a few people not as adventurous
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Post by MartinT on Oct 12, 2018 20:05:20 GMT
You're right about Volumio, Paul. It looks like an OEM version.
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 13, 2018 10:23:25 GMT
Agreed, John. It's definitely got a place in the market for people who don't want to bugger about with a Pi, but why wouldn't you want to? SoP for Mike's system Turn on. Sit down. Play music. Be happy. Avoid any buggering about |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 13, 2018 10:39:54 GMT
We know you love secretly soldering interconnects when we're not looking!
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 13, 2018 14:12:00 GMT
I'd love to be good at it !
The practice has not paid off though
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Post by MartinT on Oct 13, 2018 14:55:59 GMT
Hans seems to like the Pro-ject, and it's essentially an industrial Raspberry Pi with extra circuitry and Volumio OS. For those of us using a Pi with DigiOne and Volumio, his praise comes as no surprise at all.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 30, 2019 11:05:32 GMT
The Pro-Jet gets a Best Buy recommendation in the Jan-Mar 2019 HiFi Critic.
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Post by Stratmangler on Mar 30, 2019 14:54:09 GMT
It could be a cheap way into file playing for people I haven't even looked at the video, but I see from a later comment that it's 600 quids worth, so it isn't cheap. I have a Chromecast Audio player running as a LMS client - that is a cheap way into streaming 
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Post by mikeyb on Mar 30, 2019 15:14:53 GMT
According to the review the S2 ultra is very close to the SoTm Neo Ultra at leas than half the price. If my SoTm Neo can kick my Pi and Allo Sparkys butt then the S2 must be pretty decent, John Westlake had a hand in the development too which might explain why it gets great reviews 😉
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Post by John on Mar 30, 2019 15:38:49 GMT
If it comes close to the Neo that quite high praise and a definite step up from the DigiOne
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 30, 2019 16:44:15 GMT
Giant Little Dwarf. Good, clear video. The size is appealing and set-up looks easy enough. No coax a bit shit. I would try one second-hand but 600 a bit much to take a punt on. Will be interesting to find some user comparisons to the digione. |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 30, 2019 16:45:30 GMT
I think its being USB only severely limits its potential, otherwise a nice unit.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 30, 2019 16:58:36 GMT
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Post by mikeyb on Mar 30, 2019 18:28:11 GMT
If it comes close to the Neo that quite high praise and a definite step up from the DigiOne close to the Ultra Neo @ £1200 😉 Not the basic Neo @ £380 |
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Post by John on Mar 30, 2019 18:43:34 GMT
Yes close to the Neo not the basic model
Hans reckons 85 to 90 %
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Post by Pinch on Mar 30, 2019 19:12:03 GMT
I'd be interested in trying one - would fit quite neatly into my set up and enable me to retire the PC. Maybe soon.
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