[rwmj]

I couldn't read the article because of ad blocker issues, but Logitech Squeezebox is going strong in this household. You can pick up the physical devices reasonably cheaply on ebay as people replace them with functionally worse and privacy invasive modern alternatives.

[joshvm]

Yes! I was amazed when I took it out of a packing box a couple of years ago and it still works just fine. I think Spotify doesn't work any more, but we use it as a old fashioned internet radio in the kitchen. The sound quality is surprisingly good.

[dementik]

Spotify works well through Spotty plugin.

[aurea]

Our Squeezebox is still going as well, but with most using iOS devices at home, we’re not able to control it anymore because the app was discontinued. Does anyone know of a solution for iPhones?

[bcrack]

Possibly the best solution would be an installation of the Logitech Media Server (LMS) on a raspberry pi (e.g. piCorePlayer [0]) or an already available home server. LMS can then handle all squeezeboxes (or squeezelite installations on other hardware) on the same network and allows control via a web interface.

[0]: https://www.picoreplayer.org/

[aurea]

Thanks, I have an unused Raspberry Pi, I will try this out.

[davewongillies]

Its not cheap but iPeng[0] is the most up to date squeezebox app for iOS

[0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ipeng/id767266886

[dementik]

Forget the native app, just use material-ui plugin for web UI. Works quite well on mobile.

[freepor]

The analog outs on those Squeezeboxes are exquisitely clean.