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  • I honestly just pay for deezer. Any song I want to DL with Deemix for 12$ a month? Absolutely yes. Plus, my wife uses that account to stream on her phone, so it's a win win

    Deezer can have better quality than Soulseek, but I've had a lot of success on Soulseek though. If you doubt a DL, you can always spectrum analyze it to check for obvious fake files

  • Does anyone consume scene music?
  • These rips, even in FLAC, never contain logs or cues. If you're downloading FLAC for archival purposes, these files are essential. Private trackers and SS are the only way I download music. Scene rips are a waste of my time

  • Apartment Audio Solutions
  • LMS would fit the bill perfectly. LMS, or Lyrion Music Server, formerly known as Logitech Media Server, is open source software that's been given to the community by Logitech themselves. It used to be used to stream music from your computer to Squeezebox devices, but now you can stream it to nearly any computer, including...

    Raspberry pis! By using piCorePlayer, you can turn your pi into a server for LMS, a player, or both at the same time!

    I've been using LMS for years and can't praise it enough. I've got whole house audio. My server runs on a Pi 4 and streams music from my NAS, but you can even stream it from a connected drive, Spotify, Deezer, or Qobuz!

    Also, don't fret about LMS's...dated...UI. There's robust themes out there, including the legendary Material Skin https://github.com/CDrummond/lms-material

    Since you can use a Pi, you can connect any amp and speakers to it. Hifiberry makes great DACs that you could use for a cleaner sound, but any modern USB DAC would do well IMO.

    You can still get Squeezeboxes cheaply on eBay, BTW. The Squeezebox Boom and Radio both are all-in-one WiFi enabled devices that can connect to your LMS server and stream music. Their sound quality is excellent, even for 10+ year old hardware.

    If you have any questions, hit me up or check out the forums: https://forums.slimdevices.com/

    https://lyrion.org/ https://www.picoreplayer.org/

  • Music Players
  • I'm a huge fan of LMS (Lyrion Music Server, formerly Logitech Media Server, formerly Slimserver, formerly...)

    Fantastic piece of software. The server can run on a first gen Raspberry Pi and handle 100k+ tracks like it's nobody's business

  • New laptop time. Thinkpad recommendations?

    My lappy has bitten the dust, and I'm in the market for a laptop. I'm thinking about going Thinkpad.

    I only plan on this being for web browsing, text editing, coding, etc. Any gaming is done on my desktop.

    What would be a good Thinkpad model? I do t mind getting an older/refurbished one. Haven't been on the laptop market in nearly 8 years, so I don't know what to look for anymore

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