[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Michaelwagner Wrote: it is a mistake to allow any piece of software or hardware to know you are anxious for the results. Yeah, I like that one! Since mine's been a good boy for a couple of days now, maybe it does prefer its new home more. (It's tucked under the desk rather than on top!) I've decided to show it who's boss (or reward it) with the SlimServer update to 6.3.1 and Ultra's latest plug-in All-In-One pack. Although my problem seems to have mysteriously resolved itself (fingers crossed), it's nice to know you guys are out there with advice, moral support, and daft comments. Cheers! -- born2bMild born2bMild's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Opinions on TelCanto for SlimServer
I tried Telcanto and didn't like it hugely... you might also want to have a look at Michael's *free* Slimremote (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25256highlight=slimremote) which works pretty well for me on an iPaq. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25928 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Transporter!
VPC sucks. Windows runs so slowly that it would be easier to draw a picture of the album cover and guess the track listing. Plus I'm not sure it's even compatible with Intel Macs. I haven't tried Moose using Parallels but it should work just fine. And of course with Boot Camp, a Mac is a full Windows PC so Moose would operate just as you've designed it to. But why would I want to boot into Windows? :P One of these days I'll fire up xCode and attempt to create a proper Mac app along the lines of Moose (first I'll have to learn how to actually program.) -- el payo el payo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1745 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25775 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Playlist file type
try clicking on the new music option (which is a drop down box) and changing to playlists. then click rescan. sounds like that may be your issue. if that doesn't work, post back and i'll explain better what i mean about the paths. -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25911 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Administer Linux from XP Pro?
For the odd occasion you do need to plug a monitor etc in it might be worth getting a remote admin board - AMI MegaRac, Peppercon Eric etc. - they're not cheap but occasionally come up on eBay for bargain prices. Basically they allow you to drive the machine, edit the bios, reboot etc. remotely - some allow a remote CD too. -- Andy D Andy D's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6091 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25891 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What makes the Transporter worth $1700 (or more) more than the SB3
OK, I'll try this one. Can someone explain to me in non-audiophile terms what makes the various features of the Transporter so desirable, because it's hard for me to understand what people are getting (besides a knob). Function: plays better music: (I don't think this is very important yet, but we'll see) - Feature: 24/96. If you have program material in this format, Transporter will play it. And it should sound noticeably different from 16/44.1 (CD). Function sounds better: (if your Squeezebox doesn't sound as good as your vinyl, SACD, DAC, half-track master tapes, etc, or your well-endowed friend's xyz, this will help). - Balanced analog stages and XLR out. If you have an amplifier with balanced inputs, you can go from here to there without getting unbalanced. The main rationale for balanced interconnects is to remove hum and noise, but balanced signal processing in the analog stages should also reduce nonlinearity (if done right). - Precision super-regulated power supplies. Super-low-jitter clocks to a wonder-DAC. If done right, this extracts signifcantly more music out of the same bits. Function looks better: - Pro-grade shiny connectors, and more of them. - Handles so you can pull the unit out to show your friends the shiny connectors. - Two displays. A bigger remote. Lots of buttons. And a knob. - Swap that Bang Olufsen Thermostat look for a Bose Shiny Soyuz look (http://www.niiao.ru/space/ids_soyuz_tma_en.htm) Personally I think it's a nice-looking unit. Can't afford one, but that's half the point; besides hoping to sell a few hundred units off the bat, it's aspirational too. I know someone who will buy one, and then they have me hooked. -- inguz inguz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25927 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] emails not bouncing?
I tried to post a message to the beta list, but my from address was incorrect, so the message wasn't accepted. In the past, I've instantly received a bounce mail from the list warning me that the post is awaiting approval. This hasn't happened this time - has something changed or is something wrong with the mailing list server? Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Emails not bouncing?
I tried to post a message to the beta list, but my from address was incorrect, so the message wasn't accepted. In the past, I've instantly received a bounce mail from the list warning me that the post is awaiting approval. This hasn't happened this time - has something changed or is something wrong with the mailing list server? Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Changing SB3 reported device id
My apologies if I could not find the right search term, but does the SB3 now have a way to report a device id to the router it connects to? -- stoobie-doo stoobie-doo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25935 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What makes the Transporter worth $1700 (or more) more than the SB3
Well sure, the transporter will play 24bit-96kHz files, but will there be any noticeable difference between this and a 24bit-48kHz file, which the current SB2 SB3 already support? -- RadioClash RadioClash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25927 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 20% off UK Squeezebox This Weekend!
M. -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25916 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Slim Devices Product? The Transporter per 6moons.com??
I think this man has a valid point. Masterbaron Wrote: SD is truly a responsive company SD has addressed most of the audiophile Mods.. SD has addressed the long sought-after form factor.. SD had addressed the blessed knob.. SD has addressed potential sound quality..dac, ps, etc. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25771 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
advice, moral support, and daft comments We're best at the *daft comments*. I notice those get the fastest response time. We're considering testing some of the forum members for testosterone doping. In particular, there's one guy whose daft comments show up on the forum before the original posting. That guy's definitely using something! After that, we offer *support* with dubious *morals*. Running a dead last is our *advice*. Sometimes it's worth taking. Sometimes not. The good news is, if the daft comments get thrown out of the race for doping, the advice moves up to position 2. (and in case you can't tell, *I'm joking* :-) ) -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Rescan not picking up new music
I recently added several new albums to my iTunes library but when I ask SlimServer to rescan the library to pick them up it doesn't. I've tried getting it to look just for new music and asking it to perform a full rescan but neither picks up the new tracks. I'm running SlimServer Version: 6.3.1 - 8476 - Mac OS X 10.4.7 (8J135) - EN - utf8 Any ideas on what else I can do to kick things into working?? Jodrell -- jodrell jodrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25940 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Backlit Remote
On Jul 27, 2006, at 1:54 AM, rick's cafe wrote: Any chance that you can post a picture of the remote showing how it looks when illuminated?? It's kind of tricky to photograph, but I'll give it a shot this week. -dean ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Backlit Remote
dean Wrote: It's kind of tricky to photograph, but I'll give it a shot this week. I hope we're back to talking about the remote now. -- SadGamerGeek SadGamerGeek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6145 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25789 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 20% off UK Squeezebox This Weekend!
radish Wrote: Can anyone say inventory clearance? :) Huh? The SB3 isn't discontinued. Maybe the reseller isn't going to be selling it anymore? -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25916 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What makes the Transporter worth $1700 (or more) more than the SB3
I'm sure about worth, but as a consumer of relatively high end audio gear, this is my take: For the sake of making the point, my 5.1, 2 channel and heapdhone setups, collectively cost me well over $200K. I'm not sweating $2K for a Transporter or 2.. or maybe even 3. That's just the truth. Also, having spent that much, I do want to maintain a certain aesthetic in my system. I don't believe in the significance of high end cables but use Cardas Golden Reference XLRs on my headphone setup b/c they match the setup in appearance. I buy certain pieces for their audible impact alone (e.g. TACT, Andra IIs) and others for a combination of sonics and aesthetic appeal(Esoteric D-03/P-03, Singlepower SDS-XLR). A better form factor alone would have been worth a jump to $1K for me. The new DAC should provide some improvement. In addition, the ability use the DAC for multiple devices is valuable for those who need/want a DAC. For me, the connectivity is also well worth the money. With all the gear I and many audiophiles have, one shouldn't overlook the value of verstitlity. With the AES and word synch, I can use an external clock to synch the Transporter with each of my TACT BOZ2200 digital amps(that also accept word synch). Slaving everything to the same clock in an all digital system is something that is important tom me and again, conributes to the increased value. With the new XLR connections you can make long runs, increasing the number of ways you can use or place the Transporter. For instance, in my 2 channel room, I will have the Tranporter in my headphone setup. I will either run the XLR outs directly to the heapdhone amp or run SPDIF and word synch to my Esoteric D-03 DAC (and then go XLR out from there). At the same time, I will run AES across the room to my 2 channel. I might also take an AES out direct from my computer and run it into the Transporter DAC. Without all of those connections, that configuration would be difficult. I completely understand why some people feel the $2K price tage on the Transporter is too much. Nevertheless I think there are many people who actually consider it modestly priced. while there might not be an additional $1,700 in parts in there, I think many people are actually going to consider it a value. -- Sleestack *headphone:* singlepower sds-xlr at, teac esoteric p-03/d-03, hd650 *2 channel:* tact rcs 2.2.xp w/ full aberdeen mods, bel canto oneref. 1000 monoblocks x 4, classe sacd2, epiphany 20-21s, tact w210 corner load subs *5.1 channel:* tact tcs mkii w/ aberdeen power supply, tact boz 216/2200 (x5) w/ aberdeen power supply, tact adc6 w/ full aberdeen mods, denon 5910, bel canto pl-1a, eggleston andra ii (x5), velodyne dd-15, pioneer elite pro 1130hd Sleestack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25927 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 20% off UK Squeezebox This Weekend!
Mark Lanctot Wrote: Huh? The SB3 isn't discontinued. ... yet? post too short, blah, blah ... -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25916 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 20% off UK Squeezebox This Weekend!
Fifer Wrote: ... yet? post too short, blah, blah ... Nah. Doesn't this reseller do this once per month? -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25916 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SliMP3...
I know it's been a while, but how do I get these things to show their MAC addresses so that I can upgrade the firmware? I have to say I've been a bit lax recently - they are on 1.3 following a spell in storage. I've also forgotton how to get the remote (Sony RM-V201) working - Do I have to switch it to DVD? Was there something in play with the recessed S button? Simon -- DynamicalSystem DynamicalSystem's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25943 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Fishbone Browse Artist View in 6.3.1
treble Wrote: I just installed the latest Slimserver version (6.3.1.). Is it me or is the Browse Artist View broken in this version? seems to work fine here. all songs, plus the list of albums. -k -- kdf kdf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25944 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Changing SB3 reported device id
I think he means the hostname which can be sent along with a DHCP request (some routers then use that to make the list of IPs in use more readable). As far as I know the SB doesn't send anything, at least my router doesn't seem to think they do. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25935 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Difference between favorites and playlists?
MyPicks rawks, as they say. -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25910 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Changing SB3 reported device id
Yes that is what I meant. Device name shows up blank in my router DHCP connection list. I want it to have a name, -- stoobie-doo stoobie-doo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25935 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Changing SB3 reported device id
I have Linksys WRT54G. I can view the router's DHCP client table but the SB3 hostname never shows in it although other devices do. -- Nickok Nickok's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5114 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25935 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Difference between favorites and playlists?
Good to see people like MyPicks. Do people see this as something which happily co-exists with favourites, or could there functionality be merged? If so how would people see this working? [I ask as it was an idea which was tentatively discussed a while ago with Dean.] BTW - if you like MyPicks, why not also install WikiRadio and upload your radio faviourites for others to access. [both plugins available from: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?WikiRadio] Adrian -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25910 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Playlists Problem
I'm using a SB3 in my store, using SlimServer Version: 6.3.0 - 8148 - Windows Server 2003 - EN - cp1252 , and my wife has found a problem - We have a bunch of playlists that we have set up over the last year or so, and we recently discovered they no longer show up on the SB3 or under the playlists option of the server.My employees are all allowed to so into the server from whatever machine around the store and modify the current playlist, and so I thought at first someone had deleted them all, but when I go to the folder on the drive they are all still there. I tried defining a new playlist folder and moving them all, then rescanning for playlists only, but no go - Any other ideas? -- bolfings bolfings's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4440 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25949 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What makes the Transporter worth $1700 (or more) more than the SB3
Yes, I believe that the transporter is worth $1700 more. The reasoning behind this claim is this: My experience with hi-fi is that to get a real improvement in sound quality is to replace the unit in question with something that cost ten times as the old one. Based on this theory (should that be hypothesis?), the transporter should actually cost $3000, so at $2000, it is in fact cheap. I know that this is a bold statement; it based on my own experience: replacing a $200 CD pleaer with a $250 one, Tom -- tomsi42 SB3, Rotel RC-1070/RB-1070, dynaBel Exact, Kimber Kable 4TC and Timbre. tomsi42's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25927 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Difference between favorites and playlists?
Triode Wrote: Do people see this as something which happily co-exists with favourites, or could there functionality be merged? I use both - Favorites as pretty much the family's combined most listened to list (10 - 20 entries at most); one step to access - it is the home page for my wife on the Nokia770. MyPicks offers more choices via its folders/menu structure - each family member can have their own menu(s) w/in MyPicks. I guess Favorites could be a top level menu, but IMO both should exist as separate items. Keep up the good work!! -- atlslim atlslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3054 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25910 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Internet radio issues with 6.3
I seem to have a problem launching Internet Radio stations using playlists. It seems to freeze up and I have to shutdown the Squeezebox. I can launch the same radio stations either manually or by setting it up in the SqueezeNetwork and it works fine. I am using 6.3.1 -- colglfr colglfr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4474 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25428 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox connected to 2-channel or 5.1/6.1/7.1 channel system?
Jazz1 wrote: I did find the digital coax in. I'm just not sure how to fire it up. I'd just grab some TV video cable ( it is the right impedance) and plug it into the back of your SqueezeBox and into your Receiver. try it, it might work for free. -- Pat Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bioinformatx.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Boombox to plug SB into?
On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 02:23:09PM -0700, Mark Lanctot wrote: Some devices that are renowned for sound quality are products from Tivoli like the 'PAL' (http://www.tivoliaudio.com/home.php?cat=266) (scroll down unless you want one in crazy colours) that comes with an input jack for the SB, an excellent radio and NiMH battery pack. Not stereo though, but with speakers that close together you won't get much of a stereo effect anyway. i have the tivoli model one and would certainly check out the PAL for this application. just be careful with any of these when running at full output. i accidently left my squeezebox alarm clock on full volume with the model one cranked up and was out of town. the squeezenetwork alarm sound went for a long time and did a little damage there. -- bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: My recipe for a cheap Slimserver
On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 06:49:07PM -0700, Mark Lanctot wrote: What OS could take suitable advantage of hardware like that? either freebsd or linux would use all the hardware in the compaq machine you point out. i worked at a company that used freebsd and a rather large amount of those proliant machines. i may take the buffalotech terastation that i've bricked and just hook up the ata drives to one of these machines w/ drop-in ata card. makes a great power case for them. :) -- bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Connecting my Squeezebox to external slimserver
On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 07:37:11AM -0700, staalelor wrote: Have you tried this on an ip-address outside your own subnet? My squeezbox does not connect to anything outside my 255.255.255.0 subnet. I've acutally tried it from three diffent subnets. I have no problems connecting to a slimserver inside my subnet the way you describe. Allso: It can't be a firewall or NAT-problem either, because I have no problems connecting using winamp. set a working default gateway? i use remote connections all the time. -- bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
