Powernode with Squeezebox

Answered

Torben Bjørgheim Abildgaard

• March 31, 2021 11:49

I recently purchased Powernode 2 in order to stop my children from harrassing me and my oldfashioned ways.

It may sound strange, but has someone tried to play from Squeezebox to Powernode?

This means using Powernode in two ways:

1. As it is supposed to work
2. As a simple oldfashioned amplifier

My oldfashioned ways
I like to have my own music, ripped and qualified with stars and stripes, so that I can make dynamic playlists – e.g. ’Female jazz queens’ (jazz, five stars, female) – that I can shuffle together with others dynamic playlists – e.g. ’Scandinavian acoustic jazz’ (jazz, five stars, instrumental, scandinavian). Hence the lists will grow or shrink according to my current feelings about the songs.

Oldfashioned ways
Sais dynamic playlists mixed with the unknown: Sometimes a song creates an extra need. In my old life with Squeezebox I would go to Spotify, look for the song mixed in somebody’s playlist and add that stranger’s playlist to my choice of music. Still playing my evergreens, but now with surprises included at random.

Surprise me, and tell me it works.

gratings/toBa

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• Official comment

  

  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • March 31, 2021 12:40

  Hi Torben

  Welcome to #LivingHiFi. The BluOS firmware on your Bluesound POWERNODE is a closed architecture and only works with other BluOS Players.

  Here's how a synopsis of how the Play Queue works; https://support.bluos.net/hc/en-us/articles/360000204487

   
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  Bob Dahlen

  • April 12, 2021 16:31

  Tony,

  I too would love to have my Node 2i be a LMS / Squeezebox endpoint / BluOS Player, in fact just like a Roon endpoint.

  BOB

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  Jesper moeller Nielsen

  • April 13, 2021 17:42

  Hello Torben

  I tried this several years ago, because the Squeezebox as a music server was super:), but I gave up.

   

   

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  Torben Bjørgheim Abildgaard

  • December 15, 2021 19:43

  Actually I found a solution. Squeezebox and Powernode comes with an optical connection.  Apply the adapter and no problems. Worked  instantly. /Torben

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  Ken

  • December 15, 2021 20:11

  Yeah, the Powernode is an integrated amp as well.  So you can certainly use it as such.

  But as far as assessing ripped music on a local drive is concerned, BluOS supports basic classification by tags such artists, genres, etc.

  You did raise an interesting point about dynamic playlists.  I guess that has something to do with making creative use of tags.  Not sure how strong BluOS is with that.  Some of things you may be able to do with the Spotify app via Spotify Connect.

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  Bob Dahlen

  • February 14, 2022 19:25

  I plugged Squeezebox Touch into optical but it’s got a delay from my other SBs. Any ideas.

  Or a SB client like the Roon client?

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  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • February 16, 2022 14:33

  There is a 50ms delay in BluOS - this is by design and required for synchronized multiroom playback.

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