Re: [slim] Sonos PlayBar...
My recent Samsung Smart TV doesn't output external source analogue sound But surely you're not putting in analogue sound? Most TVs will output PCM on the S/PDIF after decoding the HDMI input from cable tv/games console etc. amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98096 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos PlayBar...
d6jg wrote: My recent Samsung Smart TV doesn't output external source analogue sound through its optical out. It actually says this in the manual? Or you can't get this to work? As suggested, this should work. Regardless, HDMI input into a sound bar is rather pointless and why most such devices don't bother offering it. toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98096 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos PlayBar...
toby10 wrote: It actually says this in the manual? Or you can't get this to work? As suggested, this should work. Regardless, HDMI input into a sound bar is rather pointless and why most such devices don't bother offering it. I've a panasonic and it is the same - audio from analog TV signals (which are rare) are not output on the digital audio but are ouput on the analog audio out. Only sources with digital audio are output on TV digital audio out (i.e TV will not do analogue to digirtal audio conversion for output). bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98096 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos PlayBar...
d6jg wrote: Read the specs here http://www.sonos.com/shop/products/playbar It will stream music via wi fi like any other Sonos and is also designed to upgrade the audio of an HD TV via an optical cable. The blurb then goes on to say that with the one connection to the TV it will play the audio from a Sat box (or similar) connected to your TV. How? My recent Samsung Smart TV doesn't output external source analogue sound through its optical out. Both of my Panasonic TVs send whatever is on screen to the optical output, regardless of the source - very convenient for using my hifi speakers to improve the TV sound. For HDMI inputs and the built-in digital tuner I assume it is a digital passthrough (I've never checked), but it even provides optical out for the built-in analogue tuner, so I've always assumed it must have an ADC. Come to think of it though, I guess even the analogue tuner is implemented digitally, so the audio is probably digital from the moment it's received. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98096 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos PlayBar...
bpa wrote: I've a panasonic (2012 model) and it is the same - audio from analog TV signals (which are rare) are not output on the digital audio but are ouput on the analog audio out. Only sources with digital audio are output on TV digital audio out (i.e TV will not do analogue to digirtal audio conversion for output). Also with my Panasonic, if say a dvd with 5.1 audio is playingf connected to TV by HDMI - as TV only has 2.0 audio will negotiate over HDMI to get 2.0 from DVD player and only 2.0 audio will be output on digital audio out. So a sound in this case will only play 2.0 audio unless directly connected to DVD player. Yes, both are common limitations of TV audio outs, neither would be corrected if using HDMI out. ;) Few would have analog audio input into a TV if they are expecting digital/5.1 output. The more common setup is digital to AVR for surround and simultaneous analog to TV for non-surround use (like watching news, etc...). 2.0 digital output is really meant for input into an AVR which will matrix 2.0 to 5.1 (or more) via a DSP like Dolby ProLogicII. Common TV audio outs these days are: - 5.1 digital out if using the TV's own tuners (OTA, cable, QAM) - 2.0 digital out if using external digital input source (DVD, sat/cable box, BD) - no digital output if using external analog input source toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98096 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No competition for Sonos! :-(
@erland Trouble with multiroom systems is, you buy into an entire ecosystem. So if you spend money and want to expand your collection of devices you need to trust that the system will be around in the future. Of all the companies selling (moreless affordable) systems Sonos is the one I would trust to still be around in the future. They have been around for long and are really very visible on the market. A friend has Raumfeld and I am not that impressed by it. Plus, who knows if they will be around in the future. When I bought a system I decided against Sonos (also because of the pricetag) and for SB. But that is not really around anymore. As for developer apps, the only one I use is Triode's Spotify - which is superior to the Sonos support. The thing that sells me most on the Sonos is that you just click on a title and boom - there it is coming out of your speakers. The SB could run well, but it could also have a migrane and drive me nuts. Still have some time to make up my mind, but it is looking like Sonos at the moment... Squeezemenicely's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41812 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97440 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos PlayBar...
Following d6jg comments, I just did a retest on Panasonic with old video console - analog audio in did comeout on digital audio out. I think I must have messed up some setting last time I tried or did something stupid like vol on mute. toby10 wrote: Yes, both are common limitations of TV audio outs, neither would be corrected if using HDMI out. ;) Few would have analog audio input into a TV if they are expecting digital/5.1 output. The more common setup is digital to AVR for surround and simultaneous analog to TV for non-surround use (like watching news, etc...). 2.0 digital output is really meant for input into an AVR which will matrix 2.0 to 5.1 (or more) via a DSP like Dolby ProLogicII. Common TV audio outs these days are: - 5.1 digital out if using the TV's own tuners (OTA, cable, QAM) - 2.0 digital out if using external digital input source (DVD, sat/cable box, BD) - no digital output if using external analog input source I agree no technical reason but the use of HDMI on a sound bar could simplify thing for the end user - just one type of cable. No toslink, coax, minijack or RCA phono. However at the moment with the need to connect to legacy and ordinary audio equipment digital out makes sense for Sonos. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98096 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos PlayBar...
A little off topic, but hopefully close enough to get a reply! Does anyone know of a sound bar type product, which could be used with a sub-woofer to make a 2.1 sound system for the TV that also has a bluetooth (A2DP, I think) input so you could pay music from you phone through it as well? Cheers --Ian Stoker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8264 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98096 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
verypsb wrote: When I use Squeezecommander to browse through my music on my Nexus 7, it doesn't show any songs. It lists artist and albums, but am unable to select a song. The logitech app and Orange Squeeze don't exhibit this problem. Is this a known issue? Well, since you are obviously having issues with OrangeSqueeze, too (as I read from the post you made in the OrangeSqueeze thread at the same time), I would guess it's something with your setup. What you describe sounds to me like you have lost the connection to the server or the server is down. SqueezeCommander caches albums and artists so you can still browse them when the server stops responding, but when you want to open an album, it needs to retrieve the tracks and that fails. Me thinks the problem is actually the same one you are seeing with OrangeSqueeze just with different symptoms, you write that OrangeSqueeze complains about a loss of connection (or that it can't connect), which fits. Please check whether your server is reachable and running fine. Have a look at Settings-Information in the web interface, maybe it's stuck scanning. pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
Thanks for your reply, but these are really seperate issues. The logitech app is the only app that works (but isn't very user friendly or complete). Squeezecommander doesn't have connection problems, but doesn't allow me to select tracks, so it's useless. Orange Squeeze works, but has connection problems. (stop an d strat app, it works again) Why, I don't know The webinterface always works. So, I think it's a bit too easy to say that it is a network problem... verypsb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
verypsb wrote: So, I think it's a bit too easy to say that it is a network problem... I didn't say it's a network problem, I said it might be a problem with your setup. Did you check Settings-Information? Not sure about the Multiuser environment on 4.2.2, I believe I remember somebody else was having issues with this with one of the Apps before, indeed. But with 4.2.2 in general: I'm using both Apps on a Nexus 7 with Android 4.2.2 without any issues like you describe them. pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!
verypsb wrote: I really like Orange Squeeze, but experience frequent connection problems on my Google Nexus 7. It doesn't seem to find my Logitech Media Server, while Squeezecommander can find my Logitech Media Server without problems... Is this a known problem? Not really a known issue, but that doesn't make it valid. I use it on a N7 all the time. What LMS server version? I'd love to see logs generated when these connection hiccups happen. With a N7 you can use a trick to send a developer report by holding down vol up/vol down/power simultaneously. Android 4.1 made it much harder to get reliable log files from non-rooted devices. You can also use the menu item in preferences to submit logs, but often by the time you navigate there the relevant data is gone. Also, you might try the preview builds if you haven't already. There are quite a few connectivity-related changes (but nothing specific I can point to to solve your problem) in the 1.4-preview series. db122's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4076 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!
cdmackay wrote: I thought I asked this before, but can't seem to find it... Would you please consider possibly adding a volume control to the lockscreen plugin? I think you might have emailed directly, but yes it's on the radar. Thanks. db122's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4076 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No competition for Sonos! :-(
Squeezemenicely wrote: @erland Trouble with multiroom systems is, you buy into an entire ecosystem. So if you spend money and want to expand your collection of devices you need to trust that the system will be around in the future. Of all the companies selling (moreless affordable) systems Sonos is the one I would trust to still be around in the future. They have been around for long and are really very visible on the market. I completely understand your thoughts, if your main priority is to be able to enhance your system in the future, even if it isn't the best one on the market, Sonos is probably the best choice. Squeezebox had been around for a long time until Logitech decided to stop selling them but the advantage with Sonos is that it's their only business so it's probably unlikely that they will stop selling their devices, at least as long as they don't get acquired by a bigger company that changes their strategy... You will always have this issue when the software and hardware comes from the same company, the only real way to get around that issue is to have a documented protocol and allow third party hardware and software vendors to integrate with it, that way you aren't dependent on a single company. At the moment the only such solution available to the public which I'm aware of is UPnP but parts of the UPnP standard is really not optimized for usage with music. Future will tell if somebody comes up with a multi vendor solution which is more optimized for usage with music. erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97440 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No competition for Sonos! :-(
erland wrote: You will always have this issue when the software and hardware comes from the same company, the only real way to get around that issue is to have a documented protocol and allow third party hardware and software vendors to integrate with it, that way you aren't dependent on a single company. Am I missing something? Isn't SlimProto documented and publicly available? Even if it isn't documented, LMS is open-source so SlimProto can be discovered. While I agree that Sonos is the proprietory system most likely to survive, it strikes me that systems built around LMS and open-source players such as Squeezelite can be kept alive for as long as the enthusiast wishes, and are therefore the most future-proof of the lot. cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97440 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No competition for Sonos! :-(
SlimProto is documented but the control interface used by SqueezePlay is not. The CLI is, but the menu system, which now is the basis for the whole UI, is not fully documented. There is a documentation, but it's incomplete and in some places wrong and also the system changes from version to version. pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97440 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No competition for Sonos! :-(
re: UpNP, just noticed this. May be old newsand I'm leery of any server that brags about converting FLAC to WAV on the fly (on the other hand, maybe that is important if many players require WAV in a UpNP world http://minimserver.com/features.html garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97440 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Puzzled about iPlayer problem
Thought about this some more lst night. I believe the Touch installs iPlayer locally, not the LMS. I am running v1.2.9 of iPlayer. I removed it, upgraded to 7.7.2 the reinstalled it. It made no difference to iPlayer, I am still getting no listings for radio 4, 4Extra and 6music. Very frustrating. steve4586's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7928 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!
db122 wrote: I think you might have emailed directly, but yes it's on the radar. Thanks. Ah, I did switch from interacting via email to the web, recently. great, thanks much! cdmackay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=24816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Puzzled about iPlayer problem
There's an applet - BBC Radio for the Touch and the Radio - this is installed locally. There's a plugin - BBC iPlayer - this is installed on the LMS server. Either one should give you on demand listings. There's another plugin - BBC Extras - this also gives listings. castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Puzzled about iPlayer problem
So does the Touch use the same plugin as the SB3? If so, I am really confused now as the Touch works fine. I have been using iPlayer extra, but the interface isn't quite as accessible as iPlayer. My wife really likes iPlayer, but is frustrated by iPlayer extra. For the moment I have swapped SB3 and Touch so it is where we do most of our iPlaying. Thanks for the help and advice, it is really appreciated. steve4586's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7928 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No competition for Sonos! :-(
garym wrote: re: UpNP, just noticed this. May be old newsand I'm leery of any server that brags about converting FLAC to WAV on the fly (on the other hand, maybe that is important if many players require WAV in a UpNP world And can't see anything about synching or gapless, so I assume neither is supported. http://minimserver.com/features.html There are a lot of UPnP servers that works pretty good, the issue is the other components in the UPnP setup, especially if you pick components from different manufacturers as it often tend to result in all sorts of incompatibility problems because the UPnP standard isn't strict enough so each vendor interprets it a bit differently. erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97440 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No competition for Sonos! :-(
garym wrote: re: UpNP, just noticed this. May be old newsand I'm leery of any server that brags about converting FLAC to WAV on the fly (on the other hand, maybe that is important if many players require WAV in a UpNP world And can't see anything about synching or gapless, so I assume neither is supported. http://minimserver.com/features.html This server software works flawlessly, and since it is based on the OHMedia open source software it supports Linns extensions to UPNP, that support gapless playback and using their shoutcast fully synchronising multiple players. It also supports a very clever tag structure that allows browsing by all tag types in anti order you choose. For example you can browse by composer and then composition and then orchestra. It is written in Java, and there are build that run on virtually all platforms, both arm and intel based NAS devices and the usual Windows, Mac OSX and Linux variants. Not bad for free and by one guy. Dave DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97440 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Puzzled about iPlayer problem
steve4586 wrote: So does the Touch use the same plugin as the SB3? If so, I am really confused now as the Touch works fine. I have been using iPlayer extra, but the interface isn't quite as accessible as iPlayer. My wife really likes iPlayer, but is frustrated by iPlayer extra. For the moment I have swapped SB3 and Touch so it is where we do most of our iPlaying. Thanks for the help and advice, it is really appreciated. The BBCiPlayer LMS plugin will work with all players. You can also install a BBCiPlayer App for Touch Radio which does the same but without need for a local LMS. The Extra plugin was not intended to replace the iPLayer plugin just add additional choice such as the top 10 categories. However after user requests it can aso provide a fallback when BBCiPlayer XML feed is not working. The Extra awkward menu is determined the alternative source of prog info. Since Extra works but BBCiPlayer own menu is empty then check that BBCiPlayer plugin is up to date (what version have you installed ) ? Another possibility is some problem getting XML so I suggest clearing LMS cache and also check date/time on LMS host. bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 2 Squeezebox Classic For Sale
My son has 2 Squeezebox Classic for sale. One player has silver front, the other black. Both players say they were manufactured/assembled in the U.S.A. He is asking 200.00 (UPS shipping paid) for the players. U.S. only If someone wants just one player, 100.00 but they pay shipping. Check or PayPal for payment If you are interested please PM me. Thanks. Bruce14487 +---+ |Filename: DSC9.JPG | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14487| +---+ brucegrr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3964 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98114 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox: Product Name
Touchtwin is what I hope it will be. avta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox: Product Name
SqueezeClone JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Puzzled about iPlayer problem
Ok, but I am not sure how to clear the cache? Can't find instructions in the Wiki or in the forum. I assume this isn't a clear library and rescan? Could you point me in the right direction? steve4586's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7928 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Playback comes to iPeng
Pippin, Just want to say thank you for the good work. I was using ipeng when it was just an plugin for the squeezebox server and when your ipod app first came out, I bought that since the first version. When you first added the playback function, I didn't think that was very useful as I was mainly using the ipod for controlling all my other squeezebox devices. Recently, I found out that Logitech had discontinued the squeezebox line and I can no longer get any squeezebox in my local area or anywhere in the world for a reasonable price. After days of search, I realised that ipeng may be able to turn an ipod into a squeezebox receiver. I then pulled out my old 1st generation ipod and enabled the ipeng playback option. When I connected it through a charging line out cable to my Audiolab amp, the quality is surprisingly good! Sound quality of Flac playback is as good as a mid-level CD player. Better yet, on the server, it appeared as just another squeezebox player that I could control remotely. Now, I no longer need to worry about not able to get another squeezebox hardware. When I need a new player, just get an ipod and pick a nice dock or connection to fit the need. Much more freedom for hardware combination. To me, Logitech had just handed over one of their great product to Apple. Honva's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14948 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Puzzled about iPlayer problem
First check the BBCiPlayer plugin version. What version is installed ? Cache location depends on the OS. With Windows there is a conrol application which can clear the cache. The WebUI Setting/Info tab gives the cache location at the end of the page but depending your installation and plugins etc. you may not want to clear all caches/ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Puzzled about iPlayer problem
The time settings are ok as I sync via ntp. The LMS is installed on a sheevaplug, and is debian, the cache is located in the default /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache I am getting program listings for most stations, but Radio 4, 4 LW and 6 Music only show empty when trying to browse programs. Listen live works ok for all station. And the stations I listen to mostly? Yep Radio 4 and 6 music, so this is slightly annoying. Is there a command to clear the cache or is this via rm (I'll try not to rm * -f at root :-)) Thank you steve4586's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7928 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Yet another what amp for my SB question
Well despite the general doom and gloom about the demise of SB devices (nothwithstanding the community-funded thread) I'm still enjoying my little Squeezeboxen and waiting for used prices to settle down a bit so I can get some more. In the mean time, I recently bagged a brace of JBL Control One speakers in almost-new condition at a great price and I want to stick 'em on the end of a spare Squeezy. I'd forgotten how much I like these JBL beauties, but they do need a bit of welly to sing. I connected my little Topping TP-20 MKII but it runs out of steam just as the Control Ones start to boogie. The Topping TP-60 looks interesting but is much more expensive. So - any suggestions for a small straight-forward minimalistic line-level amp offering - say - upwards of 30W RMS per channel into 8 ohms (and not at 10% THD!)? Happy to buy used gear. Budget - how about £150 sterling / 175 euros / $230 US dollars? There's plenty above that budget (e.g used Cyrus Straight Line, Nu-Force) but I figure it's a decent break point for used gear at least. I know I can get some old Rotel / Denon / Sansui / Teac / whatever stuff below that price but I'd like something physically small and all I want is an on-off switch and a volume control. Thanks. GRC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98115 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
A small step in the direction of a community player - I've just declared release 1.0 of squeezelite, the headless player application we hope to use as part of this project. If you have not been tracking this before, but are interested in testing a small linux/windows/osx squeezebox emulator, please download the player from: http://code.google.com/p/squeezelite/downloads/list Please and provide feedback on squeezelite to the thread on the linux forum: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97046-Announce-Squeezelite-a-small-headless-squeezeplay-emulator-for-linux-(alsa-only) [it is no longer linux and alsa only] rather than here to avoid poluting this thread too much. The aim of this application is to provide a squeezebox emulation capbable of supporting many of the core audio playback features of recent hardware players for playback of local files and radio streams via LMS. [Note MySB.com and streaming services requiring it are not supported.] The player requires separate installation of codecs files and if installed will play wav/aiff, flac, mp3, ogg and aac streams. Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Yet another what amp for my SB question
GRC wrote: Well despite the general doom and gloom about the demise of SB devices (nothwithstanding the community-funded thread) I'm still enjoying my little Squeezeboxen and waiting for used prices to settle down a bit so I can get some more. In the mean time, I recently bagged a brace of JBL Control One speakers in almost-new condition at a great price and I want to stick 'em on the end of a spare Squeezy. I'd forgotten how much I like these JBL beauties, but they do need a bit of welly to sing. I connected my little Topping TP-20 MKII but it runs out of steam just as the Control Ones start to boogie. The Topping TP-60 looks interesting but is much more expensive. So - any suggestions for a small straight-forward minimalistic line-level amp offering - say - upwards of 30W RMS per channel into 8 ohms (and not at 10% THD!)? Happy to buy used gear. Budget - how about £150 sterling / 175 euros / $230 US dollars? There's plenty above that budget (e.g used Cyrus Straight Line, Nu-Force) but I figure it's a decent break point for used gear at least. I know I can get some old Rotel / Denon / Sansui / Teac / whatever stuff below that price but I'd like something physically small and all I want is an on-off switch and a volume control. Thanks. I've been very pleased with these: http://www.amazon.com/Parasound-Zamp-v-3-Two-Channel-Amplifier/dp/B001RISK9M http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PAZPRE2 garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98115 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Playback comes to iPeng
Thank you! Good to hear you like it :) Honva wrote: Squeezebox becomes SqueezePod. Hey, don't tell Apple ;) You know that SqueezeCast was once called SqueezePod and had to change the name upon request from Apple? Pod is forbidden in any names as of Apple, not only on the App Store... pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Puzzled about iPlayer problem
steve4586 wrote: The time settings are ok as I sync via ntp. The LMS is installed on a sheevaplug, and is debian, the cache is located in the default /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache I am getting program listings for most stations, but Radio 4, 4 LW and 6 Music only show empty when trying to browse programs. Listen live works ok for all station. And the stations I listen to mostly? Yep Radio 4 and 6 music, so this is slightly annoying. Is there a command to clear the cache or is this via rm (I'll try not to rm * -f at root :-)) Thank you No commands just rm -rf in most cases one can delete the whole thing and restart LMS it will then rescan files and build a new dB. One of the cases when you may want to be more selective is when using some of Erlands plugins like trackstat and don't want to restore stats from backup files . Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet - change receiver name
leon28 wrote: Hi There, need some help here, may i know how to set the duet controller to display chinese character correctly? help LEON MALASYIA The Font Replacer applet is what you need. See http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Third_Party_Apps_for_Radio_and_Touch. ply3908's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38634 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46382 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Yet another what amp for my SB question
I did the same thing and ended up buying this extremely small class c amp. Its a real beauty. Great sound and lots of welly. Fantastic value at £40 from eBay or Amazon. Mini Audio Amplifier Muse M50 TPA3123 T-Amp 50W RMS ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98115 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Yet another what amp for my SB question
ModelCitizen wrote: I did the same thing and ended up buying this extremely small class c amp. Its a real beauty. Great sound and lots of welly. Fantastic value at £40 from eBay or Amazon. Mini Audio Amplifier Muse M50 TPA3123 T-Amp 50W RMS Probably a great value for that little money but the TPA3123 chip is rated 2*25w at 4 ohm max 20w at 10% thd . 16w at 1% thd 4 ohm and 8 w at 1% thd 8ohm measured in the proper operating range at thd+N 0,08% it gives 5w at 8 ohm or 10w if you use one chip per ch and bridge them ( if the chip allows that ). If you read further at the amazon spec page muse spec it as high performance guarantee 5W RMS 8 ohm so for OP perspective he should consider it a 5w power amp . These class T and D amps suffer from a bit of creative specs so dividing the sales blurb power by a factor 4 - 10 is more like it . another hint can be the rating of the power supply ,some of the cheaper amps does not utilise these chips fully due to under dimensioned wall wart . To get the higher powers it should be feed 24 volts but muse includes a 14V 4Apower supply ? But for the price you can't beat these things :) and a boxfull of them is probably a good option in large house in need of more zones Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98115 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
