Dude, this is priceless! Your pictorial response to my post made my day. Seriously, what Phil said -- how about another gadget to control it? Actually, it is a bummer that it doesn't have an RF remote. Those are awfully nice and handy. Unison uses them. For that matter, Griffin makes one to control iTunes from another room -- at least it works in my house, although the distance isn't too great. It only cost $30 or so, so you can imagine the manufacturing cost. The plastic wrapping container probably cost more than the part itself. I can't imagine it would have cost SB much more to do this rather than a generic remote.
ModelCitizen;154790 Wrote: > No, not really. My usual listening position is central in the room, > either comatose on the floor infront of where the Scalextric > controllers are (on cushions with head on a poof) or on the sofa behind > where the photo is taken (again centrally between the speakers). This > position is a bit too far form the speakers for my liking and I have to > squint a bit to see the Transporter's screen. > > I just tried aiming the remote at the ceiling and was surprised to see > that if I was standing in front of the unit it sill responded. However, > as soon as that knob gets in the way of the remote's line of site > there's no response at all. > > I would prefer it if the hifi rack faced me but there is no elegant or > practical way to do this in this room (which is odd as it's not small). > The angle and IR reponse has never been a problem with the Naim stuff or > the Squeezebox 3 (which was angled towards me anyway). > > I am contemplating turning the whole rack round to face down the room > (with Transporter towards the bottom).. which will look really pants > and get in the way of the right hand speaker (not to mention the lounge > door being opened by small children and whacking into the front of the > hifi rack). > > I have an iPaq which runs the handheld web interface quite well, but > it's nothing like as simple as using the remote (and means taking my > eye off the race for so much longer). I'd find it hard to contemplate > getting a Nokia 770 just to run my hifi... > > I like the Telescope idea, or perhaps turning the Transporter upside > down.. or maybe I should just move house. > > MC -- highdudgeon Relax. It's about the music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ highdudgeon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29656 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
