Our amazing SoundBridges are certainly not dead. I use mine everyday. The community has figured out cool ways to keep them working but, unfortunately, when I try to give technical details, someone edits them out of the post and locks the thread. So we discuss those details elsewhere and you have to search to find them.
My SoundBridge can:
Display the correct time
play radio stations that have moved to https.
search an online database of thousands of stations by genre
play mp3s stored in iTunes
I will continue to work to keep them running for as long as possible.
But the firmware is no longer available and it doesn't seem likely it ever will be again.
If you buy a SoundBridge used, you will be stuck with whatever version it has on it.
So a new-old-stock still in the package deal from the 'bay' might not be as good an option as a well used one. Because the new one never got updated back in 'the day'. But I have seen new old stock M1001's, still in the bubble pack, with a piece of paper in them that say they came from the factory with version 3 firmware. those would be the good ones to find.
A M1001 is better than a M1000 or M500.
M500's wifi is just about done.
Some early M1001's said 'M1000' on the front panel. if the connections are on the back, it's a M1001
if they are on the side under the endcap it's a M1000.
I don't have an M2000. I wish I did.
The newest firmware version I've seen is 3.0.52
There are a lot of units out there with 3.0.44, and they work great.
Any thing older than that and you start having problems we can't fix.
For example, 2.7.38 can do wifi with some security, but can't connect to an online database of radio stations.
Let's not forget the R1000. Super cool model. Great sound from the built in speakers.
In short, if your SoundBridge is running 3.0.44 or higher, keep it. We can do this.
"Let the Music Play...Again!"
Chris
